Buy Jadeite From Reputable Auctioneers

Posted by slang on September 7, 2009

Due to its high price, there are many jadeite fakes in the market. Hence, it is extremely important to buy from very reputable auctioneers like Sotheby’s  and Christie’s Swire in Hong Kong.

Highly translucent jadeite Peapod of rich emerald green material of good thickness, surmounted by a pear-shaped diamond weighing 1.23 carats, mounted in 18 karat white gold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: HKD6,480,000

A pair of highly translucent interlocking jadeite double hoops of brilliant even emerald green colour, accented with a diamond-set hoop, suspended from a trilliant and princess-cut diamonds, mounted in 18 karat white gold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: HKD 5,696,000

Jadeite Ring set with a highly translucent bright emerald green jadeite cabochon, on a textured gold shank of 18 karat yellow gold. Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium: HKD 660,000

Emerald green material of fine translucency carved as a pepper of good thickness, surmounted by circular-cut diamonds, mounted in platinum, circa 1940's.Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium:HKD4,800,000

Chrysoberyl Cat’s Eye Gemstone.

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The most famous and valuable cat’s eye gemstone is chrysoberyl cat’s eye. The cat’s eye can fetched very high premium with its vivid cat’s eye effect. In fact, some of the prices of the chrysoberyl cat’s eye are comparable to the prices rivaling high quality sapphire.

Interestingly when cat’s eye is mentioned amongst jewelers, they normally mean the Chrysoberyl cat’s eye. Other types of cat’s eye gems require an designation like cat’s eye apatite, cat’s eye quartz and others.

Many would wonder the reasons for the sought after chrysoberyl instead of other types of cat’s eyes. The reasons are as follows:

• Chrysoberyl has superb gemstone characteristics, with a hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs scale. This places chrysoberyl right behind ruby and sapphire as an especially hard-wearing gem, suitable for all kinds of jewelry. Because of its excellent hardness, chrysoberyl takes a good polish and displays superb luster.
• Chrysoberyl cat’s eye displays a very sharp cat’s eye that can be seen in any kind of light. Some other gem varieties that exhibit phenomena such as the cat’s eye or star effect do so only when strong light is focused on the stone.
• Some chrysoberyl cat’s eyes also have a considerable degree of translucency, rarely found in gems cut as cabochons.

More details  of Chrysoberyl:

• Chrysoberyl was discovered in 1789 and described and named by Abraham Gottlob Werner, in 1790. Werner worked at the Freiberg School of Mining from 1790-1793 and was well known as one of the most outstanding geologists of his time.
• Chrysoberyl is usually found in golden-yellow, green-yellow, brownish or red tones. The main deposits are in Brazil, Sri Lanka, Burma, Madagascar, Russia, Zimbabwe and the USA.
• Incidentally, there is another chrysoberyl which is the Alexandrite, chrysoberyl cat’s eye which is quite rare and exotic.

Scapolite Cat’s Eye Gemstone

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Scapolite, which is Greek for “rod” or “shaft,” is commonly found in stubby to long prismatic crystals, hence the name. Its crystals are tetragonal so that it will commonly have a square or octahedral cross-section. It was was first discovered in 1913 in the Mogok Stone Tract in upper Burma. {See its gemological properties below.}

Scapolite usually exhibits excellent transparency and been known for its gemstone quality. Some of the less transparent material exhibit chatoyancy or the cat’s eye effect when cut as cabochons. Cat’s eye stones are rather rare and desirable as they tend to have exceptionally sharp eyes. 

Cat’s Eye Apatite

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Apatite gets its name from the Greek word for “cheat”. The care for apatite should be quite careful as it is similar to that of opals which is heat and shock sensitive, so steamers and ultrasonic must be avoided. The stone is slightly too soft to recommend for rings. Cat’s eye apatite is generally untreated.

Like other selection of the cat’s eyes gemstone, look at :

• Chatoyancy’s effect.

              When the stone is rotated, the cat’s eye glides over the surface. 

• Clarity
  Apatite is usually a transparent gemstone. 
• Cut
  The cabochon cut is excellent for a unique brooch or pendant, if its base is parallel to the fibers.

Quartz Cat’s eye

Posted by slang on September 6, 2009

Quartz cat’s eye is quartz in which inclusions of rutile create chatoyancy or the cat’s eye effect. Usually found in colors of white, green, yellow or brown, quartz cat’s eye is a durable gem which is a inexpensive alternative to chrysoberyl cat’s eye. Deposits are found in Sri Lanka, Brazil and India

Sillimanite Cat’s Eye

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Sillimanite is an aluminum silicate, related to both andalusite and kyanite. In fact these three minerals are polymorphs — they share the same chemical composition but different crystal structures.

Sillimanite is named after the American chemist Benjamin Silliman (1779-1864). Silliman was one of the first American professors of science and taught at Yale University.

The Specific Mantra For Wearer Of Catseye Gemstone

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Below is the specific mantra for those wearers of catseyes gemstone who wish to enhance the power of this wonderful stone:

How To Use Numerology To Choose Your Lucky or Powerful Gemstone

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If you believe in the power of gemstones, you can combine your knowledge of numerology to select the suitable lucky & powerful gemstone to wear as a ring or as a pendant hanging around your neck.

Most numerology books generally links the Date of Birth/Personality No to the type of lucky gemstones.

To be more accurate, both the Personality No and the Life Path/Destiny No/Fadic No should be taken to select the correct lucky gemstone for the wearer. Using the Personality No is really too generalized and might be misleading at times.

Before we start, let’s recap:

Computation of Personality Number & Life Path Number/Destiny No /Fadic No:

[Remember that: Personality Number = date of birth:]

Example 1:

Say if you are born 27 th

Then your personality number = 2+7 =9

Example 2:

Say if you are born 29 th

Then your personality number =2+9=11=1+1=2

Remember that Life Path/Destiny No/Fadic No = Add date + Month + Year ]

Example:

Say if you are born 3 rd of October 2007

Then you Life Path/Destiny No/Fadic No = 3+1+0+2+0+0+7 =13=1+3=4

Summary Of Your Suitable Gemstones Based on Personality & Life Path/Destiny/Fadic No:-

Gemstones And Its Related Mantra

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Some wear gemstones for its beauty and color appreciation. However, quite a number of wearers wear certain gemstones for their power(s) to achieve good fortunes whether in health, spiritual and material wealth or ability to ward off evils,etc.

With the proper wearing of the correct and flawless gemstones, it is said that the wearer will achieve good fortunes whether in health, spiritual and material wealth.This gemstone power is also in line with ancient Vedic authority.

In fact, the power of gem stones emanates from the nine planets (nav graha) recognized by astrology. The gem stones can enhance the wearers in various situations like enhancing cosmic color to one’s own aura, attracting the attention of their ruling planet,etc.

Coupled with the below Mantra enhancer associated with the individual gemstone, this will help to activate the power of the respective gemstone.

[ refer to earlier article on gemstones and numerology re: what gemstone to wear ]

Append below is a table tabulated the type of gemstone and its purported mantra:

Classification And Identification of Jadeite

Posted by slang on September 4, 2009

Many jewellers classify jadeite by texture into three categories:

1. Old-mine or lao keng jadeite
2. Comparatively old-mine or jiu keng jade
3.  New-mine or xin keng jadeite

The old-mine is considered as the best category with fine texture, excellent lustre and high translucency.

Experts identify the quality of jadeite by the following criteria:

1. Intensity of color
2. Purity or Zheng: a pure green with no traces of blue or yellow
3. Intensity or nong: the more intense the green the better
4. Brightness or yang: a fresh brightness free from shade or mist
5. Evenness or yun:an even distribution of green throughout the gemstone
6. Translucency: the more translucent, the more valuable it is re: the lustrous and transparent one being the best cateogry

When buying jadeite, the aforesaid criteria need to be scrutinized. Other ancillary matching jewel like diamonds which are occassionally used to enchance its being is really of secondary importance.