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The Gem Stone Collection

at the Museum

Browse through some of our highlighted items in the Museum Gift Shop located inside the Bob Campbell Geology Museum. For help, please call 864-656-4600. To fax you order, print this page marking the items you wish to purchase and send to 864-656-4600. Please allow 2 weeks for delivery. Shipping & Handling charges apply to all orders. Visa, Mastercard and Discover credit cards accepted.

Peridot Chip Necklace w/ Charm closure Description
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The vivid, slightly golden shimmering green of Peridot is the ideal gemstone color to complement a light summertime outfit. It is so ancient that it can be found in Egyptian jewelry from the early second millennium BC.

Peridot is the birthstone of August

18.95
       
Amethyst Necklace & Earring Set      

Amethyst, transparent purple quartz, is the most important quartz variety used in jewelry. Purple has long been considered a royal color, so it is not surprising that fine amethysts are featured in the British Crown Jewels and were also a favorite of Catherine the Great and Egyptian royalty.

Amethyst is the birthstone of February

34.95
Rose Quartz      
The pale pink color of quartz, which can range from transparent to translucent, is known as rose quartz. The color is a very pale and delicate powder pink. Transparent rose quartz is very rare and is usually so pale that it does not show very much color except in large sizes.
29.95
       
Lapis Lazuli      

Lapis Lazuli is a gemstone straight out of fairy tales of the Arabian Nights: deepest blue with golden shining Pyrite inclusions which twinkle like little stars. This opaque, deep blue gemstone looks back at a long history. It was one of the first stones to ever be worn as jewelry. It has been found time and again all around the Mediterranean as samples of jewelry in tombs. It was introduced to Europe by Alexander the Great.

 

39.95
Amber: The Jurassic Gem
   

Amber: The Jurassic Gem

Amber is fossilized tree sap, It is ancient and valuable, like an antique from previous history. "Amber is like a time capsule made and placed in the earth by nature herself" said David Federman, author of Consumer Guide to Colored Gemstones. " It has helped paleontologists reconstruct life on earth in its primal phases. More than 1,000 extinct species of insects have been identified in amber."

 

39.95
Garnet - Earrings and chip bracelet      

Garnets possess a wonderfully deep red color. Garnets are gemstones that are high in demand partially because they possess the ability to change their color from daylight to artificial light. They are quite sturdy and resistant to everyday wear and tear. The meaning of garnet is "grain". Garnets have been windely known for thousands of years. Even Noah, its is reported, used a latern from Garnet in order to safely steer hish Ark though the darkness of the night. Garnets are found in jewelry from ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman eras.

 

34.95
Carnelian - Earrings and chip braclet      
Carnelian, is a orangish -red or reddish - brown variety of quartz, translucent to opaque and moderately hard. It is a relatively sturdy stone with great beauty and warmth. Carnelian was admired by Napoleon I and the Muslims.
34.95
       
     

 




 

The vivid, slightly golden shimmering green of Peridot is the ideal gemstone color to complement a light summertime outfit. It is so ancient that it can be found in Egyptian jewelry from the early second millennium BC.

Peridot is the birthstone of August

 

34.95
       

Amethyst, transparent purple quartz, is the most important quartz variety used in jewelry. Purple has long been considered a royal color, so it is not surprising that fine amethysts are featured in the British Crown Jewels and were also a favorite of Catherine the Great and Egyptian royalty.

Amethyst is the birthstone of February



34.95
Blue Goldstone chip necklace w/clasp      
Blue Goldstone is a manmade substance. It is made with a type of glass made with copper or copper salts in the presence of a reducing flame.
Quartz Chip Necklace w/ Earrings      
Quartz

More items are available and can be Custom Made. Please email for special assistance or come in to see our selection in person. Hours: Wednesday - Saturday 10am - 5pm and Sunday 1-5pm.

Call 864-656-4600

 

 

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