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