Only discovered in 1868 in Russia's Ural Mountains, demantoid garnets are extremely rare and valuable. The Smithsonian possesses an 11.24 carat demantoid that was discovered in the 1990s and ...

Stones range from Brazilian Paraiba Tourmaline to rare Demantoid Garnet to multi-colored Spinels to Burmese Star Sapphires. It was not a Haute Couture Jewelry collection per se that I set out to do.

The use of unusual gems is not entirely new: the House of Fabergé used spinels, demantoid garnets, moonstones, and some rare agate varieties in the mid- to late 1800s and kunzite was named after ...

Well, it turns out the part of the brooch that's green -- the demantoid -- was only really worn by the English and French, so it's actually a pretty rare find. Schaffer said, "Demantoids have been ...

and the generous use of rare materials like Montana sapphires and Russian demantoid garnets. Oh and tanzanite, that rich blue stone found on Mt. Kilimanjaro in the 1960s? They introduced and named ...

LOUIS – A rare piece of jewelry that was part of St ... the coiled tendrils further set with opals and round demantoid garnets, accented by colored gemstones including rubies and amethysts.

“Jean Schlumberger’s Fish Tail Demantoid Tassel necklace has all the ... Just one of these blue diamonds is a rare discovery, but a matching set is once-in-a-lifetime. A saturated red diamond ...

Appraisal: Tiffany & Co. Demantoid Garnet Watch with Fob, ca. 1890, from Boston Hour 1. In Boston Hour 1, Virginia Salem appraises a Tiffany & Co. demantoid garnet watch with fob, ca. 1890.