Tanzanite

[Brissles]

In the heady days of "cheap" gold jewellery on QVC - Tanzanite was the must have stone and graded accordingly. The higher grades had eye watering prices on equal terms with diamonds.

On the show tonight was a 9ct 3 stone triple AAA grade Tanzanite ring for £798. So has the bottom fallen out of the gem market ? This ring all those twenty odd years ago in 14ct (American grade) would be nearer £2000.

I doubt we'll see the likes of Kunzite, Russian Deopside, blueberry quartz; aquamarine, fire opals, pink sapphires, again. In fact when did we last even see amethyst, peridot, garnet jewellery ?

 

[SUPERCOOLWILLOW]

In the heady days of "cheap" gold jewellery on QVC - Tanzanite was the must have stone and graded accordingly. The higher grades had eye watering prices on equal terms with diamonds.

On the show tonight was a 9ct 3 stone triple AAA grade Tanzanite ring for £798. So has the bottom fallen out of the gem market ? This ring all those twenty odd years ago in 14ct (American grade) would be nearer £2000.

I doubt we'll see the likes of Kunzite, Russian Deopside, blueberry quartz; aquamarine, fire opals, pink sapphires, again. In fact when did we last even see amethyst, peridot, garnet jewellery ?

within the past few months we have had all those on Q