All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for September 2026!

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for September 2026:                                                                                     

 

This Month’s Special:  Last Piece of Signed & Numbered Jim Kaufman Intarsia!

***  Save $195!!!!!   ***

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:  

The early days of 2026 are providing the Edge Retail Academy, which caters to the fine-jewelry industry, with some positive indicators about colored gemstone and Pearl sales…

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

We are seeing the results via photos and videos of newly faceted gemstones from rough sent to one of our specialty cutters.

This includes a Blue Flash Amethyst, Red Zircon, Golden Scapolite, two Color Change/Shifting Garnets, numerous Oregon Sunstones many with Copper Schiller and several LuAG Lab Grown Garnets for use in Pet Scans (grown for the medical industry and we are faceting this neon glowing material for gemstones!).  We have posted photos of these gems on the Newly Photographed page and it is believed that by the end of September, we will have them in our office and will re-weigh, do all the associated tracking/paperwork, enter the info into our database, then work on some videos and finally create code to display descriptions of each gemstone as well as posting either photos, videos or perhaps both.  This will take about a week or so once we have begun that intensive process.  We will be traveling internationally again, so it is very possible that all the information, photos and videos of these new gemstones might not be posted until early October.

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

Most of the rough sent to our specialty cutter has been faceted and we hope to have them in our possession in a few weeks.  We will be traveling internationally again, so it is very possible that all the information, photos and videos of these new gemstones might not be posted until early October, but our goal will be the end of September if all goes well. 

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for August 2026!

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for August 2026:

August Already!?!                                                                              

This Month’s Special:    

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:   

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Read a Quick Synopsis Generated by AI regarding L. Allen Brown/All That Glitters...

This has been added to our main landing page for All That Glitters:

An AI Search on "Who is L. Allen Brown", provides a quick synopsis of L. Allen Brown, founder of All That Glitters, and a general summary of the All That Glitters Business Model. We created a pdf file with this content, making no changes from what was found. This info was obtained across many websites to create a concise biography of L. Allen Brown and the special business which is known for selling fine quality faceted gemstones to the trade/pubic/collectors over the past 45+ years since the creation of All That Glitters.  (This will also be a link in the Learn More as well as All That Glitters In The News pages)

https://www.atggems.com/docs/LAllenBrown-Business-Synopsis_Pilot-AI.pdf

 

New Page –  Doped Glass Sold as Zultanite in Jewelry Stores in Turkey (and elsewhere!)

This All That Glitters article, written by L. Allen Brown recently, will be a permanent link on the All That Glitters Learn More page.

https://www.atggems.com/Turkish-Doped-Glass-as-Zultanite.htm

(This New Page will be deleted from our monthly emails starting in Sept but will still be available on our website!)

 

New Page – A previous Monthly News article is now a permanent page/link on the Learn More page

The Science of Origin Determination – A Lecture by GIA Lab members at the ATGA Lecture Series in February of this year and attended by L. Allen Brown, owner of All That Glitters.

https://www.atggems.com/Learn_More.htm

(This New Page will be deleted from our monthly emails starting in Sept but will still be available on our website!))

 

Updated Page – Our Tribute to Our Good Friend/Previous Fine Gemstone Cutters has been updated with information to be found at the bottom of this tribute page.  A nice biography of Stephen Kotlowski was discovered while doing research online and we wanted to share this information with those that remember him, have enjoyed his talented work or have heard or read about him in the past.

https://www.atggems.com/Uniquely-K.htm

(This Updated Page will be deleted from our monthly emails starting in Sept but will still be available on our website!))

 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

Coming in the next month or so, approximately 24 newly faceted gemstones from All That Glitters Rough!

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

Yes, finally the package of our rough noted over months in the past was sent to one of our specialty cutters and we are awaiting the results.  Of the approximately 24 gemstones to be faceted, a few of the LuAg Lab Garnet, as well as a few Oregon Sunstones have been completed.  Hopefully in a month, we should have all back in the All That Glitters office…

What we are expecting back in the future includes:

  One Blue Flash Amethyst; Numerous Oregon Sunstone consisting of Clear, Straw Colored, Reddish/Orange and Pieces containing Copper Schiller; 7 pieces of the Neon LuAG Lab Grown Garnet; 1 piece of a partially worked 30+ct Color Changing Turkish Diaspore, originally from a 100ct piece of rough and that was put away for many years; and 2 pieces of very  special Color Changing Garnet from Africa.  Cutting should be completed over the next few months, as we have 24 pieces to be faceted and it does take time for the quality work that our specialty cutters is known for.

In the All That Glitters office, the owner, L. Allen Brown, has been faceting a Chrome YAG in a fancy emerald shape.  Due to the first time cutting this particular design, it has been a challenge aligning all the facets and due to the girdle being slightly thicker on one side and attempting to correct this, the gemstone will be smaller than anticipated and hoped.  This was been in the process of cutting for some time and hopefully will be completed in a few weeks if time at the lap is available.  It is possible that it could be given to one of our cutters to complete, with another gem being started in a previously successfully completed design. 

UPDATE – getting the girdle to align properly was taking too much time and it has been removed from the dop and the cutting process.  Eventually, when other rough is sent to our cutters, we will include this to be faceted…so this will be in inventory ‘sometime’ in the future.

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm

 

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for June 2026!

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for June 2026: 

                                                                                                        

This Month’s Special:  

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:   

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Trip to the Turkey (April 2026) – Precipitates Research and New Page on the All That Glitters Website!:

Color Change Diaspore (also called – Zultanite, Czarite, Ottomanite and Turkizite) was supposedly seen in stores, as there were typically signs indicating that they had Zultanite, but what they had wasn’t Zultanite/Color Changing Turkish Diaspore!   They are selling something that appeared to be doped glass or some sort of synthetic.  Both the small and large gems weren’t the right color nor were they displaying it property to show the color change (utilizing incandescent or fluorescent lights) – they were using lights with colored filters, which colored the gems as well as anything underneath them.  SO…the truth seems to have finally revealed itself and is described in this Month’s Gem News!  Refer to link directly above – This Month’s Gem News…

 

New Page –  Doped Glass Sold as Zultanite:

This All That Glitters article, written by L. Allen Brown recently, which is also This Month’s Gem News, will be a permanent link on the All That Glitters Learn More page.

https://www.atggems.com/Turkish-Doped-Glass-as-Zultanite.htm

 

Updated Page – Our Tribute to Our Good Friend/Previous Fine Gemstone Cutters has been updated with information to be found at the bottom of this tribute page.  A nice biography of Stephen Kotlowski was discovered while doing research online and we wanted to share this information with those that remember him, have enjoyed his talented work or have heard or read about him in the past.

https://www.atggems.com/Uniquely-K.htm

 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

Completed prior to Turkey - 12.13ct Yellow Scapolite from Morogoro is completed in a Fancy Brilliant Round Design that is a killer – another ATG Cut!

A 29.08ct LuAG, Neon Greenish Yellow – and IT GLOWS – ATG Cut!

Three Incredible Montana Sapphires!  (1 certed recently by GIA – Unheated Pink and Two Blues!)

1.63ct Round RUBY from Montana, Rare!!!!  Just back from being certed by GIA (Gem ID and Origin)!  
Dematoid Garnet - Dispersion!
9mm Round Glowing Tanzanite  SOLD!
Matched Pair - 8mm Round Glowing Tanzanites  SOLD!
Teal Sapphire - 3+ct (Certed)
Neon Lemon Round 3ct Sapphire – a Must See
Simply The Best - Color Change Burmese Trilliant Zircon  SOLD!  (This was the favorite of the importer of these phenomenal Zircons)
Beautiful Blue to Purple Large Spinel
Peachy Colored EM Cut Tourmaline  SOLD!
Bright Green/Clear Bicolor Tourmaline
2 Very Fine Grey Spinels - Burma
Large Green Tourmaline surrounded by Diamonds in Pt Pendant with Chain – On Long Term Hold!
Fancy Agate Pear-Shaped Cab
Iolite "Sunstone" - New Find!
Sand Blasted Agate from Gobi Desert - Outer Mongolia

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

Description of Newly Added Gemstones to the All That Glitters Inventory (seen above) will be removed in Julys Monthly Email…

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

We are currently creating a package of our gemstone rough to send to one of our specialty cutters – and this includes:

  One Blue Flash Amethyst; Numerous Oregon Sunstone consisting of Clear, Straw Colored, Reddish/Orange and pieces containing

  Copper Schiller; 7 pieces of the Neon LuAG Lab Grown Garnet; 1 piece of partially worked 30+ct Color Changing Turkish Diaspore,

  originally partially worked from a 100ct piece of rough and that was put away for many years; and 2 pieces of very special Color

Changing Garnet from Africa.  Cutting should be completed over the next few months.

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm

 

 

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for May 2026!

 

Can’t Believe it is May Already – but we got through another winter…

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for May 2026:                                                                                                         

 

This Month’s Special:    

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:   

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Trip to the Turkey – April 2026!:

Color Change Diaspore (also called – Zultanite, Czarite, Ottomanite and Turkizite) was supposedly seen in stores, as there were typically signs indicating that they had Zultanite, but what they had wasn’t Zultanite/Color Changing Turkish Diaspore!   They are selling something that appeared to be doped glass or some sort of synthetic.  Both the small and large gems weren’t the right color nor were they displaying it property to show the color change (utilizing incandescent or fluorescent lights) – they were using lights with colored filters, which colored the gems as well as anything underneath them.  SO…we can’t make a long story short here, but will probably mention all of this in next months news….

 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

Completed prior to Turkey - 12.13ct Yellow Scapolite from Morogoro is completed in a Fancy Brilliant Round Design that is a killer – another ATG Cut!

Just Off the Dop recently – a 29.08ct LuAG, Neon Greenish Yellow – and IT GLOWS – ATG Cut!

Three Incredible Montana Sapphires!  (1 certed recently by GIA)

1.63ct Round RUBY from Montana, Rare!!!!  Just back from being certed by GIA (Gem ID and Origin)!  
Dematoid Garnet - Dispersion!
9mm Round Glowing Tanzanite
Matched Pair - 8mm Round Glowing Tanzanites
Teal Sapphire - 3+ct (Certed)
Neon Lemon Round 3ct Sapphire – a Must See
Simply The Best - Color Change Burmese Trilliant Zircon  SOLD!  (This was the favorite of the importer of these phenomenal Zircons)
Beautiful Blue to Purple Large Spinel
Peachy Colored EM Cut Tourmaline  SOLD!
Bright Green/Clear Bicolor Tourmaline
2 Very Fine Grey Spinels - Burma
Large Green Tourmaline surrounded by Diamonds in Pt Pendant with Chain – On Long Term Hold!
Fancy Agate Pear-Shaped Cab
Iolite "Sunstone" - New Find!
Sand Blasted Agate from Gobi Desert - Outer Mongolia

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

We are expecting to facet a Zircon in the future, in a cushion shape if we continue to go with that shape. 

• Ran into issues with the diagonal keel line on the Zircon so this was put aside for the future.

We are currently faceting a LuAG YAG, that Lab Grown (Ce:LuAG, lutetium aluminum garnet (Lu₃Al₅O₁₂) doped with cerium) that glows like lime green radiator fluid – looks like it is radioactive!  We have several pieces of this costly rough and will be faceting gems over x number of months or even years perhaps, and will be selling some of the pieces to other facetors.  To quote a GIA article on this material – “This material was introduced to the optics industry in the late 1990s and acts as a scintillator, a fluorescent crystal that absorbs high-energy radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays and reemits them as lower-energy visible light that is much easier to detect.”  The shape is a fancy oval, in a design that we have used twice before because it is unique and real sparkler!

Contemplating on sending some rough to one of our specialty cutters, but working out the details.

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm

 

 

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for April 2026!

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for April 2026:

 

This Month’s Special:   

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:   

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Trip to the Turkey – April 2026!:

Off on a trip to Turkey, which produces some interesting gem material including: 

Color Change Diaspore (also called – Zultanite, Czarite, Ottomanite and Turkizite);

Jet; Chalcedony; Chrysoprase; Lavender Jade; Fire Opal; Amethyst; Pink Tourmaline

Note that the alternative names above to Diaspore, is a marketing ploy for sales by various businesses

and are trademarked names – but it is all from the same area and the official mineral name is called Diaspore. 

We have some of the finest examples of Color Change Diaspore and they may be viewed on the following page:

https://www.atggems.com/Photos_Diaspore.htm

ALSO, you can read more about Color Changing Diaspore in the International Gem Society (IGS) Article which also displays a

Photograph of two ovals from the All That Glitters Collection/Inventory – they have long since sold, but many even better ones exist currently in inventory and our pricing is typically far below expected retail prices and even wholesale prices at times.  All of our Diaspore has been faceted by well-known U.S. Cutters, known for their multi-award winning faceted gemstones, with one of these cutters being the Supreme Master Gem Cutter, Stephen Kotlowski.

IGS Article – Turkish Gemstones (including Diaspore):  https://www.gemsociety.org/article/an-introduction-to-turkeys-gemstones/

Shipping of Packages will not be available from about April 1^st until about April 20^th.

 

 Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

Two Faceted Gemstones by L. Allen Brown, owner of All That Glitters – Just Off the Dop:

A 12.13ct Fancy Round Yellow Scapolite from Morogoro, Tanzania – A Sparkler!

Neon Greenish Yellow 29.08ct LuAG (lab grown) – and IT GLOWS!

Four Incredible Montana Sapphires!
Dematoid Garnet - Dispersion!
9mm Round Glowing Tanzanite
Matched Pair - 8mm Round Glowing Tanzanites
Teal Sapphire - 3+ct (Certed)
Neon Lemon Round 3ct Sapphire – a Must See
Simply The Best - Color Change Burmese Trilliant Zircon  SOLD!  (This was the favorite of the importer of these phenomenal Zircons)
Beautiful Blue to Purple Large Spinel
Peachy Colored EM Cut Tourmaline  SOLD!
Bright Green/Clear Bicolor Tourmaline
2 Very Fine Grey Spinels - Burma
Large Green Tourmaline surrounded by Diamonds in Pt Pendant with Chain – On Long Term Hold!
Fancy Agate Pear-Shaped Cab
Iolite "Sunstone" - New Find!
Sand Blasted Agate from Gobi Desert - Outer Mongolia

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

We are expecting to facet a Zircon in the future, in a cushion shape if we continue to go with that shape. 

• Ran into issues with the diagonal keel line so this was put aside for the future.

We might be faceting a LuAG YAG, that Lab Grown (Ce:LuAG, lutetium aluminum garnet (Lu₃Al₅O₁₂) doped with cerium) that glows like lime green radiator fluid – looks like it is radioactive!  We have several pieces of this costly rough and will be faceting gems over x number of months or even years perhaps, and will be selling some of the pieces to other facetors.  To quote a GIA article on this material – “This material was introduced to the optics industry in the late 1990s and acts as a scintillator, a fluorescent crystal that absorbs high-energy radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays and reemits them as lower-energy visible light that is much easier to detect.” 

• Yes!  L. Allen Brown, the owner of All That Glitters, has recently finished faceting a square from this material and it weighs 29.08cts and measures approx. 15.5mm.  It glows like it is radioactive!  Reminds some of the lime yellow radiator fluid color.  It is priced at only $65/ct – as we have seen this material at $100/ct and as high as $187/ct (which is a crazy figure, but some businesses do ask some high numbers for this interesting, unique and much sought after material).

Contemplating on sending some rough to one of our specialty cutters, but working out the details.

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm

 

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for March 2026!

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for March 2026:

 

This Month’s Special:   

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:  

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Trip to the 2026 Tucson Gem/Mineral Shows!:

Our first year was 1987 and we have been attending since that timeframe and did display in 1990 at the Holidome Show with some of our Brasilian Associates.  There were only a few major shows that were worthy to note, perhaps about 4 that I personally recall attending initially in the late 1980s – and now there are many more with more opening almost every year. 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

Recut 9+ct Aquamarine – Killer!

Four Incredible Montana Sapphires!

Dematoid Garnet - Dispersion!
9mm Round Glowing Tanzanite
Matched Pair - 8mm Round Glowing Tanzanites
Teal Sapphire - 3+ct
Neon Lemon Round 3ct Sapphire
Simply The Best - Color Change Burmese Trilliant Zircon  (This was the favorite of the importer of these phenomenal Zircons)
Beautiful Blue to Purple Large Spinel
Peachy Colored EM Cut Tourmaline:  SOLD!
Bright Green/Clear Bicolor Tourmaline
2 Very Fine Grey Spinels - Burma
Large Green Tourmaline surrounded by Diamonds in Pt Pendant with Chain – On Long Term Hold!
Fancy Agate Pear-Shaped Cab
Iolite "Sunstone" - New Find!
Sand Blasted Agate from Gobi Desert - Outer Mongolia

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

We are expecting to facet a Zircon in the future, in a cushion shape if we continue to go with that shape.  We might be faceting a LuAG YAG, that Lab Grown (Ce:LuAG, lutetium aluminum garnet (Lu₃Al₅O₁₂) doped with cerium) that glows like lime green radiator fluid – looks like it is radioactive!  We have several pieces of this costly rough and will be faceting gems over x number of months or even years perhaps, and will be selling some of the pieces to other facetors.  To quote a GIA article on this material – “This material was introduced to the optics industry in the late 1990s and acts as a scintillator, a fluorescent crystal that absorbs high-energy radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays and reemits them as lower-energy visible light that is much easier to detect.” 

Contemplating on sending some rough to one of our specialty cutters, but working out the details.

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm

 

 

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for February 2026!

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for February 2026:

This Month’s Special: 

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

This Month’s Gem News:   
Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…
https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_News.htm
 

Our One Month Trip Abroad:
After about a month abroad in several Asian countries, we have returned with only 12 gemstones…This compares to looking at many tens of thousands of gems the last time we did a similar trip, where we returned with 150 gemstones – a lot of time spent looking and talking in the past, but we seek center gemstones, so the size has to be correct, the color has to be really fine, the cutting is important as we want lively gems and don’t want the waste of both weight loss and money for those gems that have to be re-cut; and very important, the price has to be correct so that we can be more than just competitive out there in the market and sell gemstones below wholesale, at wholesale and at times between wholesale and retail.  With inventory high and costs for fine material VERY high in the market (and they won’t be going down), plus the 19% commission that must be paid to the US Government for imported items from these areas of the world, it is more than a challenge to be able to make purchases and resell where our clients/customers can both afford and find value.  In looking into some tariffs recently for a better understanding, it seems that Thailand had some tariffs for imported goods from the US, such as industrial parts, some food products and a few limited other items – but the tariffs imposed on the importers in the US purchasing from Thailand, is across the board on all items and is 19%.  For those in the trade that might send out rough to be faceted in different countries, when their material comes back worked, there would in the past be no tariff – now, they must pay 19% in order to obtain their own merchandise back…and if the tariff isn’t paid, the material goes back to the sender.  It seems impossible to break even with all the costs that are associated with traveling, making purchases as close to the source as possible, trying to obtain the best price, and with only a total of 12 gemstone purchased, making ones money back seems an impossibility.  Just the time on a flight to get from the US to these countries, from the East Coast we are typically talking 15 hours onboard ONE PLANE and there are stop overs also, so depending on ones destination, add up to about another 5 hours…and layovers are typically 3 hours, and then there is the anticipated 3 arrival timeframe prior to departure for international travel, not to mention getting to and from an airport…so we are talking about 30 or so hours when one leaves ones office/home to the time they arrive at their destination hotel – and if like many people, that might be 30 hours or so of no sleep and a time change which could be 12-13 hours or so  There is one individual in the mineral trade who was recently traveling for 3 months – he had just left Bangkok prior to our arrival there ourselves, and he was off to India!  He did note that his travel time back home would be about 72 hours – and he took a 4+hour Uber ride from one area in India just to get to the airport.  You really have to love what you do in cases like this with long travel times; and from personal experience, one will get sick with the flu or a cold and frequently have issues with food which puts one out of commission for a few days.  International colds can be incredibly bad also.  And to close out this topic, yes, this time once again, while traveling for a month, a cold was encountered as well as a few bouts of something most likely related to food…
(The above information will be deleted from March’s Monthly Email and subsequent monthly emails)
 

The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show IS HERE!:
It’s that time of the year again and tens of thousands of dealers from around the world will descend into Tucson for the Tucson
Gem and Mineral Shows.  Listings show 3000+ vendors/exhibitors with possibly 65,000 attendees from around the world.
Unfortunately, this is a bad time of the year for large gatherings of people, especially from abroad, where flu is prevalent and virus hunters keep their eyes open for new variations of bird flu and other viruses.  In talking to another dealer, who is an award winning cutter and has faceted some incredible gemstones from our rough (a large number still available!), we think that one gets sick with something during attendance and that seems to happen about every 3 years.  So, whether it is flu, colds, RSV, covid, norovirus, etc. vigilance doesn’t mean we can return in the same health as when we arrived.  Covid reared its head the day the owner of All That Glitters went to fly back to the east coast back in 2024 – and there are all kinds of stories of issues/sicknesses during an approximately 40 year attendance!
 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 
Mint Green/Deep Seafoam Green Afghani Round(!) Tourmaline weighing 5.41ct  (On Long Term Hold – Inquire if Interested)
Deep Navy Blue 3.18ct Cushion Spinel from Tanzania
Color Change Spinel, Purply Blue to Lilac/Violet – 3.31ct  SOLD!
Color Shift/Change Garnet 2.42ct Trilliant  SOLD!
Sapphire, 3.47ct, Color Change from Deep Blue to Purple. Unheated
Fancy Tanzanite (Yellow Zoisite) –2.82ct Oval
Flashy Dispersive Round 5.62ct Sphene from Madagascar   SOLD!
Lively Deep Powder Blue Elongated Oval Sapphire – 2.74ct
Natural Alexandrite 0.98ct Oval! Color Change is Green/Teal to Bluish Purple
Another Rarity and New Find!! Clear Garnet (Grossular – Cushion Shape – CERTED!)
Killer 9.79ct Namibian Lagoon Tourmaline - Doesn’t Get Better  (No Longer Available)
A Special 9.60ct One-of-a-Kind Certed Gemstone – EMERALD  (No Longer Available)
We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm
Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…
https://www.atggems.com/Photos_New.htm
 

Gemstones in Cutting:
We might be faceted a LuAG YAG, that Lab Grown (Ce:LuAG, lutetium aluminum garnet (Lu₃Al₅O₁₂) doped with cerium) that glows like lime green radiator fluid – looks like it is radioactive!  To quote a GIA article on this material – “This material was introduced to the optics industry in the late 1990s and acts as a scintillator, a fluorescent crystal that absorbs high-energy radiation such as X-rays or gamma rays and reemits them as lower-energy visible light that is much easier to detect.” 
Contemplating on sending some rough to one of our specialty cutters, but working out the details.
There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….
 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!
All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…
Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!
https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm
 
 

 

All That Glitters Website and Info Changes for January 2026!

Seems like it was only a few months ago that we entered 2025…

Happy New Year to Everyone!

 

Here are the changes on the All That Glitters Website for January 2026:

 

This Month’s Special:   

Visit our Monthly Special Page to Learn More…

https://www.atggems.com/Monthly_Special.htm

 

This Month’s Gem News:   

Visit our Monthly Gem News Page to Learn More…

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

 

Our One Month Trip Abroad:

After about a month abroad in several Asian countries, we have returned with only 12 gemstones…This compares to looking at many tens of thousands of gems the last time we did a similar trip, where we returned with 150 gemstones – a lot of time spent looking and talking in the past, but we seek center gemstones, so the size has to be correct, the color has to be really fine, the cutting is important as we want lively gems and don’t want the waste of both weight loss and money for those gems that have to be re-cut; and very important, the price has to be correct so that we can be more than just competitive out there in the market and sell gemstones below wholesale, at wholesale and at times between wholesale and retail.  With inventory high and costs for fine material VERY high in the market (and they won’t be going down), plus the 19% commission that must be paid to the US Government for imported items from these areas of the world, it is more than a challenge to be able to make purchases and resell where our clients/customers can both afford and find value.  In looking into some tariffs recently for a better understanding, it seems that Thailand had some tariffs for imported goods from the US, such as industrial parts, some food products and a few limited other items – but the tariffs imposed on the importers in the US purchasing from Thailand, is across the board on all items and is 19%.  For those in the trade that might send out rough to be faceted in different countries, when their material comes back worked, there would in the past be no tariff – now, they must pay 19% in order to obtain their own merchandise back…and if the tariff isn’t paid, the material goes back to the sender.  It seems impossible to break even with all the costs that are associated with traveling, making purchases as close to the source as possible, trying to obtain the best price, and with only a total of 12 gemstone purchased, making ones money back seems an impossibility.  Just the time on a flight to get from the US to these countries, from the East Coast we are typically talking 15 hours onboard ONE PLANE and there are stop overs also, so depending on ones destination, add up to about another 5 hours…and layovers are typically 3 hours, and then there is the anticipated 3 arrival timeframe prior to departure for international travel, not to mention getting to and from an airport…so we are talking about 30 or so hours when one leaves ones office/home to the time they arrive at their destination hotel – and if like many people, that might be 30 hours or so of no sleep and a time change which could be 12-13 hours or so  There is one individual in the mineral trade who was recently traveling for 3 months – he had just left Bangkok prior to our arrival there ourselves, and he was off to India!  He did note that his travel time back home would be about 72 hours – and he took a 4+hour Uber ride from one area in India just to get to the airport.  You really have to love what you do in cases like this with long travel times; and from personal experience, one will get sick with the flu or a cold and frequently have issues with food which puts one out of commission for a few days.  International colds can be incredibly bad also.  And to close out this topic, yes, this time once again, while traveling for a month, a cold was encountered as well as a few bouts of something most likely related to food…

 

The Tucson Gem and Mineral Show is Almost Here!:

For any of our customers planning on attending the show or are in the area during the shows timeframe and would like to see some specific gemstones/minerals/rough, please let us know and we will attempt to have them available to show you in person – at a one-on-one display/discussion!

 

Newly Faceted or Newly Photographed Gemstones: 

Mint Green/Deep Seafoam Green Afghani Round(!) Tourmaline weighing 5.41ct

Deep Navy Blue 3.18ct Cushion Spinel from Tanzania

Color Change Spinel, Purply Blue to Lilac/Violet – 3.31ct

Color Shift/Change Garnet 2.42ct Trilliant

Sapphire, 3.47ct, Color Change from Deep Blue to Purple. Unheated

Fancy Tanzanite (Yellow Zoisite) –2.82ct Oval

Flashy Dispersive Round 5.62ct Sphene from Madagascar

Lively Deep Powder Blue Elongated Oval Sapphire – 2.74ct

Natural Alexandrite 0.98ct Oval! Color Change is Green/Teal to Bluish Purple

Another Rarity and New Find!! Clear Garnet (Grossular – Cushion Shape – CERTED!)

Killer 9.79ct Namibian Lagoon Tourmaline - Doesn’t Get Better

A Special 9.60ct One-of-a-Kind Gemstone – Species/Type Yet to Be Revealed

We also have many gemstones not photographed and available in our inventory and described in our Inventory Texts list for those who wish to peruse those lists.  Though many of the gemstones listed there might be photographed, there may be even more that are not photographed!   https://www.atggems.com/Inventory_Lists.htm

Visit Our Newly Photographed Page to See What is New…

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

 

Gemstones in Cutting:

The two previously mentioned gemstones of Diaspore and Oregon Sunstone are still in limbo.  Considering sending out a package

of other rough to one of our cutters – perhaps after Tucson.

There is very little new rough presently in our inventory in general and we already have representations faceted from that rough, including:  Blue Flash Amethyst, Blended Ametrine, Tourmaline, Color Change Diaspore, Yellow Beryl, Color Change Garnet, Umbalite and Rhodolite Garnet, Oregon Sunstone, Lab Grown Alexandrite and others….

 

All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase!

All That Glitters had teamed up with Stuller Settings - Choose a Setting/Design for a Gemstone in the Comfort of Your Home!   Once you have made your choice/selection, save it.  We will be notified via email and can provide you a special All That Glitters discounted price, typically about 35% off the price that had been displayed; what is calculated is the retail price, so we must recalculate to give you the All That Glitters Discount!  Note that savings on All That Glitters colored gemstones could be as high as 75% or so off retail, since we purchase as close to the source as possible, and there are no others in between the purchase of the rough or faceted gemstone.  Contact us if you have found your special gemstone in our inventory and we can provide the dimensions if not already stated on our website – you can search the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase for that shape and those dimensions to find that special setting…

Visit the All That Glitters Jewelers Showcase and Start Designing Now!

https://www.atggems.com/Jewelers-Showcase.htm