The Gem Guide

A corundum family stone celebrated for its celestial blues, from cornflower to royal depths, and trusted for daily wear.

The king of gems, a blood-red corundum steeped in legend, prized above all for its intense, living color.

A beryl treasure whose spring-garden green, flecked with natural inclusions, has symbolized rebirth for five millennia.

Pure crystallized carbon, the hardest natural substance on earth, forged in the mantle's furnace and celebrated for unmatched fire.

The royal quartz, wearing violet hues from lavender to deep grape, once rarer than ruby and beloved of ancient emperors.

A sparkling aluminosilicate that ranges from icy blues to imperial golds, prized since antiquity as a stone of clarity and fortune.

The beryl of the sea, a serene blue-green twin of emerald, named for the waters it was said to calm and guard.

A family of fiery silicates in every color but blue, with the deep red almandine the most beloved since the Pharaohs.

A radiant olive-green olivine that sparkles even in candlelight, born of volcanic fire and ancient meteorites.

A kaleidoscope in stone, whose play of rainbow color flashes from spheres of silica — the most magical of gems.