Tuesday 23 November 2010

Jewelry - Gemstones

Most jewelry pieces listed here have never been worn. Please feel free to browse through variety of good quality items. More pictures of any item can be provided upon request. If you have any questions, please email: info@uniorb.com

1. Stunning Large Sterling Silver Rare Ammonite Multigem Pendant


ID: MG1
Size: ammonite only - 2  1/2 x 2 1/4 cm
Stones: garnet, topaz, peridot, citrine
Condition: New
Price: 16,000 yen






2. Stunning Navajo Pear-shaped Lapis Coral Silver Pendant


ID: S2
Size: 5 1/2 x 5 cm
Condition: New
Price: 8,500 Yen






3. Huge Tibetan Top Abstract Labradorite Pendant



ID: S3
Size: 5 x 4 cm
Condition: Intense Fire, New
Price: 8,000 Yen






4. Gorgeous Sterling Silver Carnelian Pendant

ID: S4
Size: 3 1/4 x 2 1/2 cm
Condition: New
Price: 2,500 Yen







5. Huge Eye Ring Malachite Pendant


ID: S5
Size: 5 1/2 x 3 3/4 cm
Condition: New
Price: 7,000 Yen







6. Rare Fossil Coral Agate Cab GF Pendant


ID: F1
Tan and Blue Fossil Coral Agate Cab Pendant
Size: 3 x 2 1/4 cm
Condition: New
Price: 4,000 yen






7. Red Plume Fossil Palm Root Sterling Silver Pendant



ID: F2
Size: 4 x 3 cm
Condition: New
Price: 5,000 Yen




8. Lovely Sterling Aragonite, Garnet, Pearl Pendant 

ID: S6
Size: aragonite - 3 1/2 cm width
Condition: New
Price: 3,000 Yen







9. Nice Large Round Sterling Silver Leopard Skin Jasper Pendant

ID: S1
Size: 4 cm
Condition: New
Price: 3,000 yen







10. Gorgeous Sterling Silver Sunstone Pendant


ID: S7
Size: 2 1/2 x 2 1/2cm
Condition: New
Price: 1,800 Yen





 
11. Lovely Huge Swirl Rhodochrosite Pendant  
 
ID: S8
Size: 4 x 4cm
Condition: New
Price: 6,000 Yen







12. Unusual SS Russian Charoite, Amethyst Multigem Pendant

ID: MG2
Size: charoite only - 3 x 2cm
Stones: amethyst, moonstone
Condition: New
Price: 15,000 Yen









Gemstones are "minerals that have been chosen for their beauty and durability, then cut and polished for use as human adornment." Here's the extensive list of gemstones found in the above jewelry pieces.

  • Agate - a variety of chalcedony formed from layers of quartz which usually show varicolored band
  • Amethyst - purple variety of quartz and the most valued member of the quartz family
  • Ammonite - mineralized remains of an ammonite, the predecessor to the nautilus
  • Argonite - a carbonated metamorphous gemstone naturally found in stalactites or around natural hot springs
  • Carnelian - reddish brown color member of the quartz family
  • Charoite (Russian) - colors range from bright lavender, violet and lilac to dark purple with swirling patterns of black Augite, transparent crystals of microcline feldspar, and/or orange Tinaksite
  • Citrine - a variety of quartz ranging in colors of yellow, yellow-brown, orange, dark orange-brown, reddish-brown
  • Coral - hard, variously colored, calcareous skeleton secreted by certain marine polyps
  • Garnet - gemstone of red or dark red or of red-brown color
  • Iolite - a transparent, violet-blue, light blue, or yellow-gray mineral 
  • Jasper - contains organic material and mineral oxides which give it interesting patterns, bands and colors
  • Labradorite - variety of plagioclase feldspar found in igneous rocks and characterized by brilliant colors
  • Lapis Luzuli - combines various minerals, mostly lazurite, but also contains calcite (white), sodalite (blue) and pyrite (fools' gold, a metallic yellow)
  • Malachite - stone with light and dark green banded areas
  • Palm Root - petrified palm wood is a variety of chalcedony
  • Pearl - organic gem formed inside mollusks such as oysters and mussels
  • Peridot - a gem variety of olivine
  • Rhodochrosite - found in the form of stalactites and stalagmites in the caves of Argentina
  • Sunstone - aventurine feldspar containing minute flakes of hematite - usually brilliant and translucent
  • Topaz - very hard gemstone in a wide range of color

Jewelry - Pearls

Most jewelry pieces listed here have never been worn. Please feel free to browse through variety of good quality items. More pictures of any item can be provided upon request. If you have any questions, please email: info@uniorb.com

1. Cultured Double Strand Baroque White Pearls.



ID: P1
Inner strand: Pearl sizes - 5.5 to 8.5mm
Outer strand: Pearl sizes - 7.5-10.5mm
Very good condition.
Price: 12,000 yen


2. Gorgeous Large Sterling Silver Blue Mabe Pearl Pendant


ID: P2
Size: mabe pearl - 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 cm
Total pendant size: 3 3/4 x 3 cm
Condition: New
Price: 4,500 yen






3. Nice Sterling Mabe Pearl & Iolite Pendant


ID: P3
Size: 3 1/2 x 3cm
Condition: New
Price: 2,500






4. Vintage Two Strand 36" 8-9mm Golden Pearl Necklace


ID: P4
Size: 36" (90 cm) long 8-9mm
Faux Pearls with designer rhinestone clasp
Very Good Condition
Price: 4,500 Yen



5. Multistrand Seashell Necklace


ID: SEA1
Size: 30cm long
Fair Condition
Price: 1,000 Yen










There are many types of pearls:

  • natural pearls (made without human interference)
  • cultured pearls (made when a foreign substance is intentionally inserted into a living oyster. This method was first used in 1893)
  • baroque pearls (pearls that have irregular shapes)
  • Biwa pearls (an irregular shaped pearl which forms in the freshwater of Lake Biwa, Japan)
  • blister pearls (pearls which grow attached to the inside of the shell)
  • black pearls (gray to black pearls)
  • freshwater pearls (pearls which form in fresh water mollusks and resemble puffed rice)
  • Mabe pearls (cultivated blister pearls )
  • seed pearls (small, tiny pearls used in Victorian jewelry and sewn on clothing).