August Birthstone Peridot Jewelry and Peridot Rings

The birthstone of August, Peridot jewelry and Peridot rings in silver and gold.

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Chrome Diopside - Emerald WISH they looked this good!

Siberian Chrome Diopside Jewelry is a beautiful rich green. The color is as intense as kryptonite you feel mesmerized by its beauty.



It is a hard to find and rare gem. Emeralds dream they had this clarity, color, sparkle, and price tag. Chrome Diopside Jewelry gives you a excellant quality stone for much less cost than it would be for an emerald of that qsize and quality. Also know that Chrome Diopside has almost twice the (sparkle factor) refractive index as an emerald!!



Chrome Diopside gemstone is found mostly in very small sizes. Large size gems are extremely rare and are often owned for collectors. Clean facet grade material is rarely ever found. Common mined material is often opaque and heavily included. Becasue of the difficulty in gemstone cutting, 90% of the gem is removed in cutting. (A 10ct piece of rough will result in a 1ct stone.)



The finest material is found in Siberia. Where they must wait until the weather isn't sub zero to mine. (a few days of time each year.) The more open economy of the Soviet Union has made Chrome Diopside more available then in the past. This new arival to the gemstone world is now seen in high end and designer jewelry.



Deposits are also found in India, Austria, Finland, Myanmar, Madagascar, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United States, with the finest gems mined in Siberia.



For Metaphysical Healing - Chrome Diopside is a heart chakra tuned energy.It brings a feeling of universal love into the every day life and views of the world. Blockages of the emotions will be assisted in clearing fostering growth of trust and the ability to live a heart based life.
Diopside Structure: Species: Diopside Color: Green, yellow, brown, black Specific gravity: 3.22 - 3.38 Chemical composition: CaMgSi2O6, calcium magnesium silicate Crystal system: Monoclinic; columnar crystals Hardness: 5-6 (Mohs scale) Refractive index: 1.664 - 1.730



Vibrant green Chrome Diopside Jewelry in Women's Rings and Chrome Diopside Men's rings. Found at Earths treasure Jewelers. We specialize in rare and unique gemstones, that are set in your choice of silver or gold with prices affordable for everyone.

Gemstone Earrings, Leverback and Stud Earrings

All styles of lovely earrings, studs and dangles with mystic topaz, green amethyst, rubies. Yellow gold, white gold and sterling silver

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Ruby the birthstone of july

Red jewelry is a power color there's more legend behind this color than any other. Stimulating and exciting to the senses it draws the attention of the eye and has been widely used as an accent element. It has been associated with action a confident demeanor and the emotions of anger love and passion



The red member of the corrundum mineral family is known as Ruby the other colors of corrundum blue, pink, yellow, light orange, green and white are called sapphires. The color of ruby ranges from a light pinkish red to pure blood red to very dark purplish red. The most valuable tone being the blood red color ruby.



Ruby is the birthstone of those born in July. It is also the anniversary gemstone for the 15 and 40th year of marriage. It is also the gem for the zodiac sign of cancer. It is said to be particular lucky for lovers and to bestow upon the wearer health and happiness.



Valued throughout history as only a good luck charm and protecting talismans but as one of the most valuable and exotic stones known to man. It is fact that a good quality ruby is more rare to find then a diamond and most of the time more expensive as well.



Most of the rubies sold on the market today are small and of commercial quality, being either off color or heavily included to opaque. If you want to get a fine quality ruby that isn't thousands of dollars a good alternative is a laboratory grown gemstone.



What is the difference between a natural and laboratory gemstone. Natural gemstones are mined from the earth, they are also very rare since they have taken millions of years to grow and form. Sources of quality rubies include Madagascar, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Africa, and Thailand.



Laboratory grown stones are made in a laboratory using the same materials found in the natural stone. And created underr extreme heat and pressure conditions to copy those conditions in nature that cause the original stones to form. These stones do lack the rarity and story of earth mined stone but they also lack the physical imperfections. You can get a very large and almost flawless gem of the best ruby color at a very affordable price. For example this stunningly beautiful ring below holds a 5ct lab grown ruby in a mans ring.