My grams had a 2 ct Russian Alexandrite that she wore everyday. It was bought in the 80’s. My auntie has it now. Such a beautiful play on color.

@user-uy7kr4km1x

10 ай бұрын

Hi

@Jack-er6wi

2 ай бұрын

What’s that gotta do with the 5 underrated gems lol

I love when I’m wearing my favorite necklace and someone comments, “That’s a pretty amethyst.” Then I take it off and show them it’s actually a bicolor sapphire that just looks purple. Makes me smile every time.

@lindanorris2455

3 жыл бұрын

RIGHT ON.

My engagement ring is a teal sapphire, and I love it! Such a gorgeous stone.

I've known about Paraíba Tourmaline for many years but never imagined ever seeing one. Then one day I walked into one of my favourite jewellery shops and there it was, almost hidden in a corner of a display case. it came home with me.

@susanhammond5300

3 жыл бұрын

Mate, you will find them on Gemporia.com online and on TV!

@susanhammond5300

3 жыл бұрын

Gems tv that is ..;))

@melaniemaniscalco2060

2 жыл бұрын

My taste is far, far outstripped beyond my budget. Ah, well.

Tourmaline is the secondary birthstone for October. When my daughter was deployed to Afghanistan she bought some stones for me. One was a flawless 4ct dark green (think blue spruce) tourmaline.

@herbiethekat3637

3 жыл бұрын

Now some months have secondary birthstones. I think it has to do with people not interested in the originals. I worked at Macy’s in the bridge jewelry dept. we would have special sales on birthstones. I remember pearls didn’t sell much even the colored ones.

@bierjip1

2 жыл бұрын

@@herbiethekat3637 And birthstones were invented by jewelers around 1900 to stimulate sales...

Nice list. Zircon really is underrated. I have an antique engagement ring that is almost 200 years old. Belonged to my grandmother. When she died, my father discovered someone had pried the diamond out. He gave me the ring. It had beautiful scrollwork. I am a December baby, so he had a blue zircon set in it for me. I still have it. After all these years it is still beautiful.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing.

i honestly never liked citrine until i bought a gorgeous light champagne coloured citrine ring and im hooked.fits perfectly with my dark skin.

I LOVE the Zircon! When my husband asked me to marry him I designed the engagement and wedding rings. I used a London Blue Topaz for the center stove and flanked it on either side with a diamond cut colorless Zircon giving it a traditional 3 stone look. I used 2 ropes intertwine for the my bands. For hubs I designed a Sailboat face flanked by anchors and an inlay of 2 ropes intertwined. Yes (if you're wondering) I was in jewelry sales in the past and wanted something totally different from what I used to sell. Don't forget that Zircon does come in other yummy colors like sunset, red, brown to name a few. It's my favorite natural alternative gemstone to diamonds.

I like that you are bringing coloured gemstones to the fore👍👏. I have worn an Australian teal blue sapphire as my engagement ring for 49years, love how they are becoming very popular in their own right. I have a Malawi rhodolite garnet ring that is more often than not, mistaken for a ruby. Also have a colour change lavender blue spinel from Vietnam, which never ceases to amaze me, it’s like having two rings in one. I have the most gorgeous seafoam blue zircon from Cambodia, along with a honey red zircon. All these gemstones are 2cts or more and absolutely beautiful, and didn’t break the bank. Diamonds play second fiddle to the main event which are the stones mentioned above, never bought into all the propaganda hype over diamonds, nothing rare about them at all. Now with these semi precious gems, each one is unique.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

I still appreciate diamond, but yes, I love all the beauty and variety that come with gemstones. Thank you for watching and commenting.

One story I love is the Black Star of Queensland (the largest Star sapphire known)- because at the time they didn’t realize sapphires came in black- spent a few years as a doorstop.

Garnets are way underrated - so many pretty colors. Deep blood red, bright greens and shockingly orange. A gorgeous stone all around.

I think the beryls are my favorite gem family. They’re versatile! You have goshenite, emerald, bixbite, morganite, all sorts! Goshenite was used in some of the first eyeglasses! I adore this gem family

I am lucky enough to have a beautiful Alexandrite, my daughter is called Alexandra so when she turned 21 I gave it to her.

I really think smokey quartz is underrated. I understand why, most people don't find brown a very appealing colour in a gemstone, but in just the right shade, in a piece of yellow or red gold jewelry, it's absolutely beautiful.

@itsacarolbthing5221

3 жыл бұрын

I have a bracelet of cubes of smoky quarts. It was a gift from my mother, and it looks like a string of shiny chocolate squares. It's beautiful.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

You're right. in the right piece with the right stone, it is very pretty and probably underrated.

@gnarbeljo8980

3 жыл бұрын

Agree! There are stunning modernist pieces in Scandinavia, often silver statement pieces to die for. I made my mum a collier of smoky quarts cubes and softly oval sweet water pearls in subtle shades of brown to gold and purples, and she gets compliments left and right whwn ahe wears it. Also a lovely stone for cufflinks for him. Also with rutile inclusions. A gemstone for elegant minemalists and fans of single statements. Oh and brunettes! ❤️

@itsacarolbthing5221

3 жыл бұрын

@@gnarbeljo8980 that sounds like a beautiful piece of jewellery. Spoken as a brunette! 😁

@josephalexandergemmell9979

3 жыл бұрын

years ago, i bought from a japanese dealer some smoky quartz beads. they have the BEST fire, hints of amethyst. the right smoky quartz can be really beautiful!

The tsavorite garnet is really pretty! My favorite stone hasn't changed though, alexandrite is still my favorite, some people think it's ugly because it can look muddy under certain lighting but to me those natural, imperfect alexandrite stones are the most beautiful.

Yay! Tsavorite is also my absolute fave. We must be in a company of two.

Ametrine. I love the purple and yellow mix. I also think topaz is underrated as well.

@melaniemaniscalco2060

2 жыл бұрын

Why is it that one never sees golden topaz? It's my birth stone, and it's supposed to be frightfully expensive.

Was waiting to hear Spinel. My fav by far

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

It is a good one!

I have always wanted a pink sapphire ring, but now that I’ve learned that garnet (my own birthstone) can be found in pink, I may have a change of heart. Thank you for this video.

@rhodessarabe5517

2 ай бұрын

I have natural pink sapphire from mogok myanmar. Untreated natural pink sapphire that i want to sell.

Love Morganite and Kunzite as well.

@VondaInWonderland

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed! 2 of my favorites too ♥

@lindanorris2455

3 жыл бұрын

I CLEANED MY PEACH COLORED MORGANIT RING WITH WINDEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STIPUD! STUPID! STUPID! NOW ITS SKY BLUE PINK IN COLOR. STUPID! STUPID! STUPID me!

@VondaInWonderland

3 жыл бұрын

@@lindanorris2455 Woah, no way! I use Windex all the time. Thank you so much for the heads up ♥

@VondaInWonderland

3 жыл бұрын

You're not stupid btw, you just didn't know ♥

Zircon is my favourite. It’s older and rarer than Diamond.

@sandamaliekulasekeraa2128

3 жыл бұрын

Cubic zirconia is the cheapest and the most useless stone dear White Sapphire is much much better than this

@rogerhargreaves2272

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandamaliekulasekeraa2128 - did I mention Cubic Zirconia?

@donaldknerr3623

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandamaliekulasekeraa2128 No

@lindanorris2455

3 жыл бұрын

@@sandamaliekulasekeraa2128 3 DIFFERENT ANIMALS HERE.

@lindanorris2455

3 жыл бұрын

DID NOT HEAR THE MAN ZIRCON AND CUBIC ZIRCONIA ARE TWO DIFFERENT STONES. ZIRCON IS A REAL GEMSTONE. CZ IS NADE IN A LAB!!

I love the green garnets and green amethyst stones. Would even love those in an engagement ring.

@dnwr5224

3 жыл бұрын

Amethyst is purple quartz, in green it is called prasiolite,

@causticchameleon7861

3 жыл бұрын

@@dnwr5224 that’s it. Could not for the life of think of the proper name. Thank you

@birdlover7776

9 ай бұрын

JTV jewelry has green amethyst-Praisiolite- in rings. I particularly like the halo style rings !

As a long time rockhound and gem enthusiast I am familiar with all of these. I love the corundum group for it's colors and durability -especially the star stones. I would love to have a watermelon tourmaline necklace. Gems with more than one color in them are magical to me.

The Tudors new what they had in those days. I found out in most cases the darker & size f stone is the most expensive. I like the London Blue Topaz, Tanzanite and dark pink Tourmaline and dark greens.

I just bought a rhodolite garnet ring. Also love sapphires, especially green, and also tourmaline.

@llee8325

Жыл бұрын

Garnets are amazing...And you can't treat them. All natural.

Thank you for Zircon. I use Zircon in place of pricey diamonds! Love the colors, too. Some aqua blue/green Zircon goes so well with Aquamarines which I am working with now. And thank you for introducing other lesser known beautiful gemstones to us.

Going to look for zircon! I didn't know much about them but that color is sublime

@harmonizn

3 жыл бұрын

Zircon is so beautiful. Even in rough form. Thank God I have facet and rough.

Parti Sapphire is absolutely amazing!! One of my personal favorites!

I totally agree with you. I have a special love for demantiod green garnets, spinels and some of the more silky stones. Knowledge really pays in this field of joy. Thank you.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear you enjoyed the video.

Zircon is my hands down favorite. I have about 30 of them in my collection from "white" to red, deep green, champagne, yellow, blue. They have such amazing fire, and they are heavier than most other stones.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Good choice!

@angelaackerman8934

2 жыл бұрын

I just got a gorgeous colorless zircon heart ring for Valentines. It is so sparkly.

My engagement ring has a big spessartine garnet on it - specifically for its orange vibrant color. I hesitated a long time with orange sapphire but couldn't find a ring I liked enough - and fell in love with the spessartine 😍

I love tourmaline! The green/pink combination is beautiful.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Sapphires come in any color but RED. Why? It's then a ruby. Same base mineral, but there's one mineral compound that makes it a ruby. I learned this in 8th grade chemistry class, and it made me want to be a gemologist/jewelry designer. I also can tell the difference between a blue topaz and an aquamarine, and between a garnet (my birthstone) and a ruby.

@dnwr5224

3 жыл бұрын

It’s not even technically a chemical compound, just the simple element chromium

I also like Iolites and Labradorites.

Pink and Lavender spines are gorgeous.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

I see someone mentioning grey spinel-- we have some "platinum" spinel and it's just gorgeous!

I love this! I wish I would have found this channel sooner! So nice to see others are interested in learning and appreciating these gems! Garnet and tourmaline have always been favorites!

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

The music gave me a splitting headache. Otherwise, amazing video!

@deborahduthie4519

3 жыл бұрын

What you wrote, must have made a difference because the volume of the music is so low now

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. I have made adjustments in my videos after this.

@aniwhitgift637

3 жыл бұрын

@Justin TimberFlake I concur.

@sasahurban

3 жыл бұрын

thas exactly what i tought right from the begining. i would also question the choice of the music. with jewelery i would asociate more calm and elegant tunes. it is an informative video though.

Good info! Thank you. I love colored gemstones -- the bicolor tourmaline is really cool!

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

It really is!

Oh, I thoroughly enjoyed this video, especially that I was watching in anticipation of which 5 stones you would mention....and I have all 5 in my rings collection . Brilliant channel by the way, you should have far more subscribers. Thank you for your knowledge and enthusiasm.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Hopefully will get there on the subscribers.

I don't go for diamonds if I won the lottery I would buy a two and a half carat peachy-pink non-heated non-treated Sri Lankan Padparadscha sapphire. Stunning...

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

They are beautiful!

@gnarbeljo8980

3 жыл бұрын

Incredibly feminine, soft and warm gemstone. I’m personally a sucker for star safires and star ruby cabuchons. Doesn’t need elaborate design, simpler is better and good specimens never lean toward tacky. So much of the midern diamond industry (and fakes) is just tasteless tese days, not the stones but the way they are used, set, etc.

Big fan of the "fancy" sapphires, especially purple or violet sapphire. If you hold up one next to an amethyst, you can see the difference. The purple sapphire has more sparkle. Chrome tourmaline can match top quality emerald or tsavorite for vibrancy of the green color with better clarity (especially compared to emerald) at a lower price. Cobalt neon blue spinel, sigh..., I want one, that is all I'm going to say.

I pretty much nailed it. Tourmalines? Check... Spinel and garnet? Check and check. I was happy you started with Zirconia for all the reasons you stated. I've read that cubic zirconia is actually a lab stimulant of natural zircon, thus the name, even though it's marketed as a diamond simulant. I was surprised you included sapphires, but I agree that the variety of colors and bi-colors are largely unknown. Great list of amazing natural gemstones that should be more popular. Sub'd.

My favorites gemstones are all of the ones that play with light, regardless of rarity or price. These would be Labradorite, moonstone, opal, fire agate, sunstone, rainbow obsidian and fire obsidian, iris quartz, alexandrite, and color changing corundum. Anything with asterisms are pretty cool and I have recently had a fascination with optical spar as you can use it to navigate and I feel it might be useful when I go foraging in the Adirondack woods.

I just discovered your channel and love it, they way you demystify gems is wonderful. I'm going to look over all the videos and see if you've done one on Hematite. Thank you for sharing this wealth of knowledge.

I like peridots. Peridot is my birthstone and it has a fascinating history.

@lynnecartwright3976

3 жыл бұрын

Me too...its also my birth stone..

I really liked the tourmaline and the green garnet.

They are all incredibly beautiful. I didn’t realize that they all come in so many other colors.

I love zircon, though I can only afford to work with tiny ones. Spinel also, though it's pricey too. I have a new passion for chrome diopside.

I love Jaspers. There are so many and they are all so beautiful and earthy.

I have a 2 carat canary sapphire on a yellow gold band flanked by diamond baguettes for my engagement ring. It’s an eye catcher. Very unique and showy. Love me some sapphires.

I just got a beautiful colorless zircon ring . It is sparkly too! I collect rocks. Nd minerals so I knew about the stones he mentioned. I like to see him feature the many colors of beryl and . Andalusite is a fabulous gem also. So many natural gems that aren’t thought about.

I love all of the stones you have mentioned. I am currently wearing a 2ct brilliant cut blue zircon solitare. I am a sucker for turkish diaspore and sphalerite too. I do love my danburites too .

@aniwhitgift637

3 жыл бұрын

Spalerite belongs within the realms of Royalty, the gem is simply divine.

@sherrizanoli1398

3 жыл бұрын

@@aniwhitgift637 It is beautiful.

These are all my favorites! I want a zircon, sapphire, tourmaline, garnet, and spinel in every color. I am on my way to having that in my collection. Honestly I don't think I could choose.

i like the tourmaline that shows its pleochroism, I have a ratty blue to navy tourmaline, that will reflect back yellow and green fire depending on angle of light. I have 2 Namibian color change garnet-red to blue. The only way there is any blue in garnet, only in this single location, color change garnet shows blue.

The endless localities, colors and sizes of tourmaline has made it my absolute favorite! While I greatly love the entire color range of corundum nothing beats tourmaline and it’s fascinating pleochroism

Tourmaline is certainly very unique and attractive. It really stands out. I didn't know about zircon being the most shiny. I wish the diamond fad ends and people are more interested in the more beautiful, unique and rare stones.

Zircon is one of my all time favourite stones. I think, though, that Sphene (or Titanite) has to be my top.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Sphene is another lively one!

Nice video. That watermelon tourmaline pendant is beautiful. My birthstone is garnet. I didn't know it was available in different colors. A recent one I have fallen in love with is lapis lazuli. The history, and third eye chakra energy is fascinating. As a boy in school, King Tut also fascinated me. It's used in his death mask, falcon pectoral, vulture. Cleopatra even crushed it for eyeshadow. It was more valuable than gold.

@gnarbeljo8980

3 жыл бұрын

And crushed lapis lazuli was used in Europe for the oilpaint reserved only to the Madonnas robes back in the day. Strict legislation on these, the most expensive color for more than centuries, actually thousands of years. I’ve an Egyptian silver choker with a stylized lapis eye pendant I love, gifted to me many years ago.

@brandonnickerson8934

3 жыл бұрын

@@gnarbeljo8980 Thanks for the info. That eye pendant I'm sure, is beautiful. Seems like lapis is a very underrated stone given it's long standing history and striking beauty.

I love peridot gemstones the most. Some of them have a really bright shade of green that is even more so than an emerald or jade.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

There is nice peridot out there. Can be hard to find though.

@Seriphina

3 жыл бұрын

LOVE peridot! Green is my favorite color. I really wish I had been born in august instead of March.

@gnarbeljo8980

3 жыл бұрын

I do too. The ideal everyday gem for someone with green eyes, and or red hair. And just lovely with a really warm 22 ct gold.

Tourmalines are my favorite. I have a couple from San Diego.

The huge red stone in the Imperial State Crown of England is a spinel. Spinels are also in the Crown Jewels of Russia. Also, garnets are very popular in jewelry in Russia.

Saphhires and tourmaline are my favorite gems. Indicolite, in particular, has gotten really hard to come by and it's insanely expensive when you do find it.

Hi Andrew, I am watching a lot of your videos ! I just wanted to say that concerning Tsavorite Garnet, that I have read it is used for most smaller stones as Emeralds in jewelry. It is one of my favorite stones as well.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Larger Tsavorite can be hard to come by. It is a great gemstone! Thanks for watching.

I love them all, can’t wait to make earrings. Thank you for the info

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you for showcasing these beautiful stones.

Right now I'm watching the video in mute. Since I'm in the sitting room and guys are watching TV😅 Let me tell you a funny story of mine. I grew up in the Philippines in a remote area where no electricity, running water. Where everyone is poor that the school don't even have a school ID 😅 and growing up I only knew Gold, Diamond and Pearl 😅 So my family moved to a bigger town. And entering high school 1st yearn high school and theirs 11 sections for freshmen and all those sections were indetify as precious and semi precious stones. And I was shocked and felt so stupid 🤣 So, my class section is called Topaz. And I told my self if ever I get married I'll ask for a Topaz as my engagement ring. And yes 11 years later I got engaged with Topaz stone . My husband suggested other stone. Tanzanite is one of the stone he suggested and Tsavorite since his Kenyan. But I declined and stick to my blue Topaz🤩 And now been married for almost 11 years🤩

My favorites at the moment are Bixbite and Alexandrite. I've been wearing my new 5 1/2 ct Bixbite on my hand since I got it, it's such an amazing color that I haven't swapped out. I keep an Alexandrite around my neck to prove to my kids when I can't see, if it's blue, I'm blind, lol ♥

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!!

The beautiful, underrated Tourmaline, is one of my favorites for sure 😍

Hello. I'm a new subscriber. Thank you for sharing. I learned so much today and it was so interesting. I have never even heard of spinel. Greetings from the southern Caribbean.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for joining.

Love sapphires! I have a black sapphire I have worn daily for 20+ years

That Watermelon Tourmaline was everything! 🍉🖤

I love tsavorite garnet so much. It's fascinating to think about how small chemical changes can cause a DRASTIC color change. I'm SO glad that yt put you on my recommended page!

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you are here!

@DDIII3

3 жыл бұрын

Tsavorites are what emeralds hope to be when they grow up.

Tsavorite and demantoid garnets are come of my favorites!

I love all these stones and have a few from each of them too

Love sapphires...would like to find one in a tennis bracelet and deep golden citrine!

You didn't mention that Garnets can have asterism, one of my favorite rings is a star garnet, I often wear it with a black star Sapphire ring on the adjacent finger.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, that is a very cool characteristic. Thanks for sharing.

I love garnet and tourmaline. I enjoy working with these stones.

Shout out to tanzanite - before the mines ran dry. What I saw in later years wasn’t worth the blood and tears. But the old stuff, mmmm!

@dnwr5224

3 жыл бұрын

Since when did the mines run dry? A man found a 3 million dollar chunk in the last year. Just because there’s been a shift away from TanzaniteOne doesn’t mean people still aren’t mining…

Garnet in all its colors, but the deep red and the oranges are my favorites.

My husband and I, chose custom star saphire rings as our wedding rings. I love them! I also just bought a lovely 1 carat yellow sapphire, clean and a beautiful cut. It sparkles so beautifully.

Great video very informative and the comments are so interesting to read. Thanks I’m a gem lover and you have peaked my curiosity. Thanks so much.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@typing....7502

3 жыл бұрын

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@typing....7502

3 жыл бұрын

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As a gem enthusiast, thanks for making these videos, man.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

Thank you sir. You're very kind and generous. May God bless you and your loved ones

Amazing.. I have been harping on about garnets for an eternity. I am fortunate enough to have acquired two amazing examples. One of which is a cross yellow/orange and the other AN AMAZING mandarin flawless gemstone which tips the balance at least six carats or more. Thank you for the informative video.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

Yes! I love these stones, especially tourmaline!

I thought zircon was cubic zirconia and never even looked at them. Thank-you for the lesson!

My favorite gem stones are green Helenite,Rubies,and blue Topaz.

I have blue sapphire and star sapphire. I wanted to buy watermelon tourmaline or paraiba tourmaline. I am really obsessed with gemstones and im glad i subscribe to your video, i learned a lot.

I started off my jewellery career in a high end jewellers, i saw columbian emeralds and flawless D coloured diamonds... my favourite gemstone is agate, i find all the different varients of agate fascinating especially when you get varients such as moss agate which can look like a mini piece of art 😍

@hybridgoth

7 ай бұрын

Agates are definitely underrated, Personally, I really like some of the plume agates, especially those showing a good contrast with richly coloured inclusions in otherwise highly translucent material.

Great video. And I agree with u. 10:40 yes I did learn something. I've only heard of spinel once before. And I did think cz and zircon were related. Lol I knew they weren't the same tho. 😅

I have dementoid garnet. Top red spinel. Corundom. Sapphire. I like how you explain. I want to learn more. Thank you. Much appreciated.

Being a member of a forum specialized I precious stones and metals, it always made my mind that good precious metal and hardness is my thing, there are lovely garnets, sapphires and so on, but I hate to take off my jewelry to take a shower or do the dishes.

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Pragmatism has an important place in jewelry.

I love Zircon, used a lot as accent stones!! Looks so white and beautiful!

I have many gemstones from tiny diamonds to quite large amethysts, prasiolites and topaz. My favourite is a 1.04 ct Titanite with amazing trichroism

The Western mountains of Maine are amazing. The rocks are loaded with gems and our waterways have plenty of gold!

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

A lot of rich history.

Fascinating insight, information Thank you ✨

@YourAverageJeweler

3 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Tourmaline suprised me it is very beautiful 😊. Spinel was my favourite!

I have ring with beautiful green demantoid garnet from Russia, and people think it is large green diamond. This garnets are very rare, have a large color spectrum. Actually more shiny than diamond. There are rare color changing garnets. And my favorite is sphene (Christmas stone).

I have a beautiful chunk of tourmaline and it is blackish dark green and then flashy lighter green with yellow flashes as well I made a nice necklace out of it.