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>Four Gemstones Rarer and More Beautiful Than Your Average Diamond:
A big, white, and clear as a mid-day sky in July diamond, is the epitome of a gemstone. But, there are stones out there that aren’t as tough as diamond, they aren’t as famous as diamonds. Yet their beauty rivals that of even the most famous diamonds, the Hope Diamond.

Demantoid Garnet
This green variation of all you January babies birthstone is the rarest of all garnets. I had to dub this one The Prince.

Alexandrite
Good luck finding this extremely rare stone at you local jewelers.It possesses a quality that only a hand full of other natural stones can stake claim to, color change. Alexandrite is a variety of Chrysoberyl, same family of gemstones that Emerald fall in, that displays a change -of-color from green to blue-green in daylight, and purple to purplish-red in incandescent light.

Paraiba Tourmaline
Relaxing with this crystal clear blue ocean beneath me. Paraiba is one of the most magnificent natural gemstones in the world. First found in Paraiba, Brazil, it’s color varies from intense blue to green.

Padparadscha Sapphire
Pink rose of a gem. the Padparadscha Sapphire. Padparadscha is a variety of corundum, the sapphire and ruby family. It’s color is a pinkish orange, and it gets its name from the Sanskrit/Sinhalese padmaraga, a color similar to that of the lotus flower.

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