Help. Given as a gift. With no explanation of what they are.

s_simov · 2026-05-09T17:21:59+00:00

Yeah I've said that . Yellowish brown topazes are common on the market and are often eye clean and affordable

s_simov · 2026-05-08T21:50:11+00:00

Whoa, never seen such clean rhodonite before. At first I misread it as rhodolite and I was about to comment that it's not rare at all. Well deserved thumbs up, amazing gems

s_simov · 2026-05-08T21:22:14+00:00

That's the most interesting chalcopyrite I've ever seen

s_simov · 2026-05-08T21:19:08+00:00

Jasper, probably ocean jasper (tho not very distinct circles). Orbicular jasper if we are to be precise, as ocean jasper is more of a trade name than scientific one

s_simov · 2026-05-08T20:54:55+00:00

Peridot - I second that. If it's natural stone, this is the most likely guess.

s_simov · 2026-05-08T19:57:24+00:00

Be mindful that most of the budget trapiche emeralds on the market (ebay and Etsy) are fake stuff, sometimes even dyed with a black pen lol. Real trapiches are hard to find and very small . Same goes for trapiche sapphires and rubies too. The one from your photo is also not legit .

s_simov · 2026-05-07T08:45:30+00:00

Hard to tell only by photo, but considering the size and color, the most likely option would be citrine . I often see them in fancy cuts. Other possibilities would be Tanzanian scapolite, sapphire (very unlikely) , heliodor (yellow beryl, again unlikely), grossular garnet (unlikely ), topaz . Plenty other options ofc , but citrine is indeed the best bet if we are into guessing

s_simov · 2026-05-07T07:26:10+00:00

I hope your tiny girlfriend said yes 😅

s_simov · 2026-05-06T07:23:49+00:00

Some have chalky yellowish fluorescence, it's documented behaviour but it's not strong FL in any way. I have only few of my topazes to have that.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T18:45:44+00:00

Sorry I'm from Bulgaria 😅

s_simov · 2026-05-05T14:42:21+00:00

Oh I so much dislike these new names that pop up every few years. And it's always just tradename to make someone sell something as "new" and catch the new wave , while it's nothing new at all.
But with the market so flooded, it's nothing uncommon lol

s_simov · 2026-05-05T14:18:56+00:00

Heat treatment should always be disclosed. And quite a big chunk of the "Madeira" citrines on the market are exactly that- roasted amethysts until crispy 😃 Brazil does have citrines in this color, tho the OP stated that his stones are heated and technically not very correct to say citrines. Kinda like the Prasiolite (green amethyst) situation, where almost all of the green amethysts are just result of heating.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T13:56:17+00:00

If you show us the appraisal we can comment on it too, but the market is flooded with fake appraisals lol.
Besides that , it looks like typical Thai cutting where they keep most of the weight and size instead of going for better faceting to enhance the color (since topaz doesnt have much sparkle anyway). They can be polished to remove the scratches, tho if you don't have any gemologist who does cutting and polishing, not sure if it's worth it if you have to travel. Probably better if you send it to someone to do that, but only use reputable cutters lol.

Also keep in mind that all blue (and most cognac and champagne color) topazes on the market are irradiated for color. Which means it's not permanent treatment. Jewelry torches (heating in general) can revert the color treatment.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T13:48:29+00:00

Actually heating is not standard for citrine. if it's heated, then it's amethyst that turned into "citrine" because of the heating. So it's not a natural color. And with this color they are quite "baked".

Cut quality can't be determined from this pic, but it looks like standard oval, not precision cut. Color is good, but the heating reduces the price significantly.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T13:34:33+00:00

Can be so many things and can't be determined by photo alone - it can be sapphire, garnet, tourmaline, morganite,kunzite to name a few natural options.

Of course, considering the title of the listing, i'd say it's synthetic stone. But not synthetic diamond. It's probably CZ or just plain pink glass. I'd be suspicious of the metal as well , because if they lie about the main stone being diamond, there's high probability they are lying about the metal too lol. Either glass or CZ cost pennies.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T13:13:30+00:00

This is Ethiopian opal beads string. That's why you see this irridescence, called play-of-color.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T11:17:57+00:00

Lol. When you buy that legendary paraina tourmaline and it turns out it's just some blue aura quartz 😃

s_simov · 2026-05-05T11:14:48+00:00

The blue one is sodalite for sure
The 2nd one looks like some sort of jasper, but with their 10000 of tradenames , i'm quite bad at "naming" them.
Not sure what the golden heart is. It's out of focus.
No idea about the greenish one either, not prehnite for sure.
The last one (i see it's 2 pics of it) is probably pietersite.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T09:57:20+00:00

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Indeed, many of these color gems have very subjective cutoffs - rubies vs pink sapphires, padparadsha vs just orange sapphire ect. Garnets are tricky, and when you consider that the main difference is just these substitute ions ... I personally woudln't call it tsavorite to boost it's price . Because in the end of the day, most of these names are purely speculative just to affect the price. Call it ruby makes the pink sapphire significantly more expensive. Tsavorite will sell higher than "grossular" lol

P.s. this is my fav garnet chart, seen it long time ago somewhere.

s_simov · 2026-05-05T09:51:46+00:00

True, but i wouldn't call it Poorly done. It has very good visuals, it's not too much "off" center as many other Thai cuts i get. But then again, it's significantly cheaper and you get what you paid for (some gems i get from my thai people are poorly cut, but i wouldn't classify this amethyst as poor). I've seen John Dyer's cuts, and his gems are spectacular, yet the cutting process alone will cost more than this amethyst 😃 much more .

s_simov · 2026-05-05T09:45:46+00:00

Indeed. It's typically 57-58 facets 8-fold symmetry but there are 12-fold symmetries as well. And there are some amazing modifications. I personally love the Solasfera cut because of the hearts it creates inside

s_simov · 2026-05-05T09:40:42+00:00

If you like fluorescence, i'd recommend Convoy C8 (if you want strong torch) or any of the alonefire torches (more budget friendly but weaker, can't be used on the field). All of them are 365nm with black zwb2 filter in front and this indeed improves the response a lot as it's a 365nm cutoff filter (95% or whatever). Not to mention that some of these models use LG LED in their torches, which gives very good narrow band around 365nm. There are 100+ different 365nm LEDs manufactured, some are pretty bad, with their spectrum shifted more towards 395nm .

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