All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for April 2015!

Here are the changes to look for on the All That Glitters Website for April 2015:

This Month's Special:  Roman Coin in sterling pendant with 3 garnets http://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

                                                                   

This Month's Gem News:  ‘Perfect Storms’ Cloud BaselWorld Business

http://www.atggems.com/Monthly_News.htm

"The world’s turmoil has begun to catch up with the superrich, who comprise most of the demand for the top gemstones, diamonds and designer jewelry pieces offered at BaselWorld 2015.deposit in Mozambique. The discovery made headlines, the kind usually reserved for large diamonds…"

Read More on the above link.

Newly Faceted or Photographed Gemstones:

http://www.atggems.com/Photos_New.htm

A 2.04ct Reddish Orange Unheated Sapphire has been Certed by GIA

Wonderful Natural Brasilian Agate slices have been photographed - real beauties when held up or lit

We have photographed our 1.50ct Round Red Burmese Spinel (placed on the back of a hand and in diffused light within a large room) for a potential customer - she didn't click that button to Buy - so available to those who wish a fine Round Red Burmese Spinel….very few available and prices are very high currently

(check out our other fine recently purchased Burmese and Mahenge Spinels, unique in color and priced to move!)

Check out the Wonderful HACKMANITE - our last one; deposit is not producing - ours is a high quality gem

A large 6+ct Burmese Peridot

Oregon Sunstone with schiller faceted by the award winning Daryl Alexander

Two very fine Natural Alexandrites both weighing 1.03ct each - currently being certed at GIA (possibly sold)

A Rare Faceted Amethyst from Morocco with Enhydro(water/gas)

Two Red Burmese Spinels

One ORANGE Mahenge Spinel - have never seen one like this before!

A Rare Pad-Colored Burmese Spinel

Color Shifting Unheated Madagascar Sapphire

An Unusually Colored Sapphire from a new find in Nigeria (looks like a Cobalt Spinel!)(price to increase)

A Magenta Pink Oval Sapphire

Almost Clear Cat's Eye Moonstones with VERY Sharp Eyes

Ethiopian Opal - Lots of Color Play

Four Quartz with aesthetically pleasing and very collectable Inclusions!

Roman Coin set into a Sterling Silver Pendant with 3 Round Garnets - includes the chain/free shipping/ins

Two Splendid Large Agate Slices for Home Decorators

Yellow Beryl Crystal with Smoky Quartz Crystal

Light Green Fluorite Cluster from China

Unusual Termination on an Aquamarine Crystal - see it to believe it!

Five Nice Amethyst/Quartz Crystals/Specimens with Enhydros

Extremely Large Multiple Enhydros in Quartz Crystal/Specimen - photos with detail and video available

Large Pyrite on Matrix from Spain

Palm-sized Pyrite on Matrix with Quartz Crystal Growth (Peru)!

Clean and Nicely Formed Topaz Crystal from Pakistan - Facet Rough or Specimen

Cherry Creek Intarsia - 12 pieces, purchased for their beautiful designs

Another of our Orangy Pink Sapphires was just Certed by GIA as the coveted variety of Sapphire - Padparadscha (this 0.91ct gem is currently in Australia and just waiting for approval before being marked as sold)

New Page - Decorator Items:

http://www.atggems.com/Photos_Decorator.htm

Includes larger mineral specimens, sculpted/carved gemstone material, antiquities, etc.

More All That Glitters Gemstones Studied at GIA:

We have another 5 or so items currently within GIA being studied with the possibility of their publication in Gems and Gemology Magazine in the future.  GIA's Robert Weldon took the photos during the recent Tucson Show.  The items were taken back to GIA Carlsbad for study.  We will keep our customers informed as we obtain more information in the future…

Gemstones in Cutting:

We have two approx 95ct Deeply Colored Ametrines that we are currently deciding how to facet and who will do that faceting.  Stayed tuned - these pieces will be super special!

Our hopes of increasing our Opal inventory with large fine quality Opals have been dashed.  After removing the mud/matrix from what seemed to be outstanding Opal, we were left with smaller pieces after trimming out issues, grinding down areas, etc.  This represents a loss of thousands of dollars, but this is the risk when one purchases rough material - as one is never sure

Australia Finds All That Glitters in the Month of February AND March!:

We have been selling and shipping gemstones to Australia for decades now, but there has been a large number of newly added customers from Australia over the past month.  As a reminder, gemstones of high value will be shipped by FedEx and insured in full via a third party.  Smaller valued items can be shipped via USPS with limited insurance.  Gemstones of high value will require a wire (bank to bank) transfer of funds, similar to what is also required for similar sales in the US and other countries.  We believe that our most recent sale of a large unheated GIA certed Sapphire saved our Australian customer many thousands of dollars off the expected wholesale price of his gemstone and far more when one considers what the markup would have been on the retail level… 

A Tourmaline was sent  to Australia this month as well as two fine Sapphires (which are currently in transit as this monthly email is being written).  Welcome to all those new customers from Australia!  More countries need to be represented, so now is the time to be heard and make your All That Glitters purchases!

Prices are not decreasing on the market for fine color.