Gemstone guide
Your pratical guide to learn everything you need to know about the incredible world of colored gemstones.
Alexandrite
Alexandrite
Discovered in 1830, alexandrite owes its name to Tsar Alexander II. Its particularity is to be green in natural light and purple red in artificial light.
Amethyst
Amethyst
Considered during antiquity as a talisman against drunkenness, amethyst is distinguished from other stones by its shades of purple.
Ametrine
Ametrine
Ametrine is a bicolor quartz. Its particularity is its color: purple for amethyst and orange yellow for citrine. It is thus a mineral composed of two existing and identified minerals.
Aquamarine
Aquamarine
Aquamarine is from the same family as emeralds. Its name comes from the color of the ocean. The most prized is a deep blue.
Chrysoberyl
Chrysoberyl
This is another family of gems, including alexandrite and cat's eye chrysoberyl.
Emerald
Emerald
Emerald is the most precious of the beryls. This stone is prized for its inclusions, which are called Gardens, and which allow light to be reflected.
Garnet
Garnet
Like spinel, garnet is a family of gems of various colors. Among the best known are almandine garnet, spessartite garnet, pyrope garnet, etc.
Demantoid garnet
Demantoid garnet
Garnets are a large family of minerals and demantoid garnet is certainly the most highly regarded. Its distinctive green color plays with the light and gives it a unique personality.
Malaya garnet
Malaya garnet
In the garnet family, Malaya garnet is between pyrope and spessartite. It has a color with orange-red nuances and extraordinary fires.
Rhodolite garnet
Rhodolite garnet
Rhodolite is a variety of garnet with red and pink shades. A birthstone for January, it brings color and vitality to the heart of winter.
Spessartite garnet
Spessartite garnet
Spessartite garnet belongs to the same family as tsavorite, malaya, or pyrope. Its orange color is very characteristic.
Tsavorite garnet
Tsavorite garnet
The tsavorite garnet is one of those stones whose name alone evokes a journey. These green gems are mined in the heart of the Tsavo Park in Kenya.
Morganite
Morganite
Morganite is a pink beryl with salmon-colored hues. It was named after the New York banker J.P Morgan.
Peridot
Peridot
Peridot has a very characteristic green color, close to that of the olive, which also earned it the name of olivine.
Ruby
Ruby
Along with sapphire, ruby is one of the corundums. Of a deep red color, the most sought after shade is "pigeon's blood".
Sapphire
Sapphire
Like ruby, sapphire was once used as a name for several blue stones. Sapphire includes all corundum of colors other than red
Star sapphire
Star sapphire
The star sapphire is a unique and unusual stone. Often considered as a talisman, its five-pointed star gives it a unique character in the stone world.
Sphene
Sphene
Also called Titanite, the sphene varies between yellow, green, gray, pink and red.
Spinel
Spinel
Spinel is a group of minerals, which covers almost the entire color range.
Tanzanite
Tanzanite
Of the zoïsite family, tanzanite is a stone with blue-violet shades. It takes its name from the only deposit that exists, in Tanzania.
Tourmaline
Tourmaline
Tourmaline is a family of stones, which covers all colors. It is a stone commonly used in jewelry.
Indigolite tourmaline
Indigolite tourmaline
Indigolite tourmaline includes all tourmalines with blue shades, from light to strong.
Mint tourmaline
Mint tourmaline
The mint tourmaline draws its name directly from its color, around the nuances of mint. It brings freshness and soothing.
Paraíba tourmaline
Paraíba tourmaline
Among the family of tourmalines, there is one that attracts all eyes, the tourmaline Paraíba. Its neon blue-green color gives it a unique aura.
Zircon
Zircon
Zircon is a mineral, part of the silicates. Its chromatic palette ranges from yellow to red through green, blue and black.