What is a gemstone and where can you find it?
What is a gemstone?
There is actually no clear definition of a gemstone. Most of the time it is a mineral, such as Diamond, Aquamarine, Tourmaline and others.
But it can also be a mineral aggregate, such as Opal, Turquoise etc. Even organic compounds can be gemstones, such as petrified wood or Amber . And these days it can be also synthetic, but this is a wide field, that we do not cover here. V&S only produces gemstones from minerals, that can be found in nature.
In general a gemstone is something with exceptional properties. This can be its beauty, hardness, colour, shine and/or the fact that it is rare to find.
As beauty is an important characteristic of a gemstone, it is usally cut or polished to improve the transparancy, shine and colour.
Stones from southern Africa
Gemstones can be found in many places around the world, like Brasil, Australia, India, Russia and more
As V&S is located in Namibia, we concentrate on gemstones that can be found in southern Africa and we skip diamonds, that countries like Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa are famous for. V&S does not use diamonds.
Here we want to give you a brief (certainly not complete) overview:
Namibia
Agate, Amazonite, Amblygonite, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Azurite, Cassiterite, Chalcedony, Chrysoberyl, Citrine, Dioptase, Dumortierite, Emerald, Fluorite, Garnet(Spessartine, Andradite), Hemimorphite, Malachite, Morganite, Phenakite, Pietersite, Quartz, Rhodochrosite, Rose quartz, Smithsonite, Smoky quartz, Sodalite, Thulite, Tiger eye, Topaz, Tourmaline,
South Africa
Blue quartz, Chrysoberyl, Chrysoprase, Emerald, Garnet(Pyrope, Grossular, Uvarovite), Peridot, Rhodonite, Tiger eye
Tanzania
Aquamarine, Aventurine, Chrysoberyl, Chrysoprase, Emerald, Garnet(Pyrope, Grossular), Peridot, Rhodonite, Sapphire, Spinel, Tanzanite, Tourmaline, Turquoise, Zyrcon
Zambia
Aquamarine, Emerald, Tourmaline
Zimbabwe
Aquamarine, Chrysoberyl, Chrysoprase, Emerald, Nephrite, Morganite, Prasiolite, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, Tourmaline
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