Tradenames
Understand gemstone trade names such as Pigeon's Blood, Royal Blue, Santa Maria, Muzo, Crimson Red, Indicolite, Neon, Vivid, Sunrise and colour-change stones.
AA
AA-grade tanzanite in medium blue-violet tones, a trade grade denoting fine colour. Stones chosen for even saturation and precise faceting.
AAA+
AAA+ tanzanite, the top trade grade for depth of blue-violet colour. Vivid, richly saturated stones cut to hold their hue in every light.
Cats Eye
Cat's eye chrysoberyl and alexandrite with sharp, mobile bands of light across the dome, each selected for the strength and centring of its eye.
Color Change
Colour-change alexandrite, chrysoberyl, demantoid garnet and blue sapphire that shift hue from daylight to incandescent light, including cat's eye stones.
Cornflower Blue
Cornflower blue sapphire, blue star sapphire and blue zircon in the soft, velvety medium blue prized for its even, daylight-bright tone.
Fanta
Fanta spessartite garnet in the vivid mandarin orange that earned the trade name, from bright juicy tones to deeper reddish orange hues.
Indicolite
Indicolite blue tourmaline alongside bi-colour and red tourmaline, from teal-leaning blues to deep ink tones, each cut to open up the colour.
Muzo
Muzo Colombian emerald, named for Colombia's historic mining district, in the deep bluish green and soft garden inclusions collectors look for.
Neon
Neon-bright Paraiba and cuprian tourmaline with Burma ruby, Zambian emerald and chrysoberyl, chosen for the electric glow that defines the trade name.
Pigeons Blood
Pigeons Blood describes the most saturated red in ruby. Our stones are Mozambique rubies chosen for depth of colour and even saturation.
Royal Blue
Royal Blue is the trade name for deep, velvety blue. Explore blue sapphires and tanzanites selected for saturated colour and lively brilliance.
Santa Maria
Santa Maria names the deep, intense blue of fine aquamarine. Our aquamarines are chosen for that saturated sea-blue and clean, bright crystal.
Sunrise
Sunrise describes the soft pink-orange glow of padparadscha sapphire. Each stone is selected for that delicate balance of pink and orange hues.
Sunset
Sunset gathers the warm orange tones of padparadscha sapphire and orange tourmaline, from soft apricot through to deep, glowing amber-orange.
Vivid
Vivid marks our most saturated stones: rubellite and chrome tourmaline, green tourmaline, tsavorite garnet and peridot in full, open colour.
Watermelon
Watermelon tourmaline pairs a pink core with a green rim in a single crystal. Our bi-colour tourmalines are cut to show both colours clearly.