Hedwig Claire Scheepers

Flux grown artificial emeralds have a ton of inclusions as do flux grown artificial rubies and sapphires. A great many of my Congolese and Tanzanian friends would take great exception to your characterising them as slaves.

21.01.2025 11:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Flame fusion Synthetic/Artificial gems such as ruby have existed for more than a 130 years. Flux processes (e.g. Emerald) for close on a century . It's gem quality artificial (lab grown) diamonds that are relatively new. All artificial gems are Geologically TOTALLY different to 'lab grown'.

21.01.2025 10:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A planetary alignment - How and when to see them Four bright planets are visible together in the night sky this month, also known as a "planetary parade" which is a must-see for stargazers.

This is definitely going to be something to look upwards for. #astronomy #science #planets www.citizen.co.za/rekord/news-...

21.01.2025 08:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

niiice :-)

21.01.2025 08:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

January #birthstone with a twist. This colour change garnet is from Tanzania. Yellowish brown in daylight equivalent lighting and a stunning brownish, purplish red in incandescent light. #gemmology #science #fashion

21.01.2025 07:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Very pretty. :-). I'm curious to know how you have determined that this is indeed Alexandrite and not synthetic alex or synthetic cc sapphire? 🙂

21.01.2025 07:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0