All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for August 2018!
Here
are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for August 2018:
This Month's Special:
This Month's Gem News: Tantalising
Tanzanite: The Ultimate Blue Gem
More
than half a century after its discovery, we bring you the history of tanzanite,
the alluring blue gem whose colours range from deep blue to lilac…
Read
More…
Newly Faceted or Photographed Gemstones:
Newly
arrived from our cutters and faceted from All That Glitters rough, we have
posted photos for the following items:
Orange
Zircon(2 pieces, the smaller one has SOLD!);
Small ‘Test’ Gemstones which include Fancy Rare Garnet (various colors –
yellow, padparadscha, imperial/champagne), Purple Garnet (SOLD!) and Orange Tourmaline(SOLD!). We attempted to photograph some of the Blue
Flash Amethyst as well as the Rhodolite/Umbalite Garnet (3 matched pairs and 3
singles), but color rendition wasn’t good enough for posting. We were also hoping on selling these two
parcels to dealers, as we have a few whom would probably love to have these in
inventory. While we await an
appointment, if you have an interest, we can tell you what sizes, shapes,
colors and prices are associated with them.
Gemstones in Cutting:
We
also have two large 100ct Oregon Sunstones that will be carved and/or cut by
the multi-award winning cutter, Dalan Hargrave. These will be available in
about 6 months.
All That Glitters at Auction!:
We
have five wonderful items at auction in August with Heritage Auctions. The pieces consist of 3 Copal Pieces with
Insects and two beautifully etched Russian Meteorites. The difference between Copal and Amber is age
– where Amber is older than Copal.
Though we purchased the pieces as Amber and the differentiation of Copal
from Amber can be difficult at times unless the included insects can be dated
due to being extinct, the items listed are described as Copal. There is a debate about Columbian ‘Amber’ as
some say it is true Amber and others claim it is not as old as it should be to
deemed Amber, therefore it is Copal.
Whatever you want to call them, all three pieces have beautifully
detailed preserved insects and come with brass stands!! View the Preserved Insects in Fossilized
Tree Resin/Sap as well as the Meteorites on the following page – and Bid Now
prior to the auction starting or attend the auction live on-line!!
All That Glitters In The News:
The
newly photographed “Ametrine Trapiche” that
we recently added into inventory and that is a new find originating in Brasil,
will be featured
in an article (Summer 2018) in the well-known Gems & Gemology Magazine by
GIA. The edition will be mailed to
subscribers in early August and I have been told that the link to the article
will be available about August 9th or so. When we have seen it appear on line, we plan
on having the link on our main website page, on our Learn More page, and in our
September Monthly Email. All That
Glitters Unique and Rare Gemstones have appeared in Gems
& Gemology Magazine on a regular basis, with the first article being
1996 noting the newly discovered Imperial Malaia Garnet, named by the owner of
All That Glitters. All four new acquisitions will appear in the article,
with three being available for sale!
Gerard
Quintin from the South American Gem Academy contacted All That Glitters about
an upcoming article as he desired some of our unique fine examples of
Ametrine. Geoffrey Dominy, whom we met and have been in contact with for
about 30 years, then reached out for more photos and info for this
article. The World Gem Foundation is responsible for Gemology Today, and
Geoff is the founder, as well as a relatively new publisher of books on
gemstones. We expect some of our gemstone to be in his future books as
well as other articles. The Ametrine article may be viewed on the
following link:
Our
gemstones have appeared in magazines, books, newspapers, trade journals and
even websites such as International Gem Society as many of All That Glitters
gems represent the gemstone species on their website! All That
Glitters/L. Allen Brown may be the most published gemstone business as far as
photos of unique, fine and extraordinary color, as well as the least known
since we haven’t displayed in Tucson since 1990 or exhibited in a show open to
the public since 2003! That could change with 2019, as we might display
in Tucson again, and if not in 2019, we certainly hope to in 2020 – so put it
on your calendar and plan to visit our booth! We will note our location,
booth, hours, etc.in our monthly emails prior to the show.
Welcome to New Customers!:
All
That Glitters has new customers from the following countries:
United
States
Singapore
Korea
Other
(Signed up for the mailing list w/o an listing a country – but from outside of
the U.S.)
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