Colored semi-precious stones: the new favorite in the investment market

Semi-precious stones exude fascinating brilliance and become a vital force in the jewelry industry. In this issue, we will learn about the stories behind several semi-precious stones.

Ms. Wang, who prefers bright colors, has frequented Christie's and Sotheby's jewelry auctions in Hong Kong in recent years. At the two world's largest and most well-known jewelry auctions, Ms. Wang saw the thriving of colored gemstones. Wisely, she quickly realized that for the expensive colored gemstones, the color is more colorful and richer.

Bulgari's fine jewellery necklaces are made from a variety of colored stones to create a retro court style for important occasions.

The rise of semi-precious stones

For the general collection and wearing, the price of colored semi-precious stones is relatively moderate, because the process of mineral formation, colored semi-precious stones also have the unique characteristics of diamonds and red sapphires. However, because of the richer colors, there are more possibilities and variability in jewelry design, which is one of the reasons why major jewelry brands are increasingly favoring colored semi-precious stones in the production of fine jewelry.

From the French royal jewels, Shangmei Paris Fangdeng Square 12 Haute Couture Jewelry Collection takes the essence of the workshop

As diamond mines, red sapphire mines are monopolized and sealed, colored gemstones are becoming more and more difficult to obtain. If the same amount of jewelry is inlaid with the same color, the same color, and the same pure colored gemstones, the price is definitely an astronomy. digital. And if a semi-precious stone is used, it not only solves the problem of uniform color or richness in design, but also makes the price more acceptable to more people.

In fact, semi-precious stones have been widely used in history, such as tourmaline, aquamarine, turquoise, coral, topaz, etc., which are jewels that many royal families like in addition to gems. Compared with the more mature international market, there are many semi-precious stones that are rare and very beautiful. For collectors, you can do more homework. The best way is to participate in the auction. In theory, all rare and beautiful jewels are not value-added or value-added in the future.

For an interesting analogy, if diamonds, red sapphires, and emeralds are the gods of heaven, then semi-precious stones are those cute, spiritual elves.

a touch of beauty in the light

Chopard Temptations Fine Jewelry Collection 18K White Gold and Diamond Earrings with Two Natural Spodumene (179.81 Carats) and Round Cut Diamonds (2.54 Carats)

In the Paris Biennale, you can see a lot of colorful semi-precious stones, which is one of the favorite materials used by many jewelers. Moreover, because the spinel is colorless, some crowns will also be cut into the top of the crown after cutting the large spinel. Chaumet's Fang Dang 12 high-end jewellery collection is full of spinel. The necklace is lined with platinum and features 166 brilliant-cut diamonds weighing 8.12 carats; 45 diamond beads weighing 30.33 carats; the rounded cultured pearls are completely uniform in size. In a light, pear-shaped cut purple spinel (18 pieces, weighing 48.47 carats), a 6.64-carat pincushion-cut blue-green spinel and a 10.62-carat-cut purple spinel to enrich the color. . In particular, the two large main stones decorate the wearer's swaying posture.

Spinel is a family of minerals formed in the natural world by the infiltration of molten magma into impure limestone or dolomite by contact metamorphism. Because the purity of the spinel is similar to that of a diamond, the perfect cut can have a fire that rivals that of a diamond. Think about it. If a piece of jewel is inlaid with dozens or twenty large gemstones of the same color and clarity, it is almost impossible to find a gemstone. The spinel solves this problem. .

Harry Winston's Incredibles series of lavender purple spinel-lined saffron stone diamond rings inherit the classic design of the past, inspired by Harry Winston's rich sketch database, including legendary jewelry designers The design manuscript of Mr. AmbajiV.Shinde Sinde combines the epoch-making design essence with the jewellery setting techniques to create a cross-century art treasure.

Glittering

Van Cleef & Arpels Constellation Set Scorpio brooch with white gold, diamonds, colored sapphires, spinels and opals and an interpretation of Scorpio in a poetic style

Since its inception, Endless Stars has been one of the most important sources of inspiration for VanCleef & Arpels. As early as 1970, the brand began to outline various astronomical symbols with works such as gold charms and pendants.

This is a large set of brooch that still stands out in the exhibition hall. Among them, Van Cleef & Arpels interprets Scorpio in a poetic style. The white gold inlaid diamonds surround the Australian black opal with a smooth curve, and at every angle exudes an intoxicating light, symbolizing the passionate nature of the Scorpio. The brilliance of the Australian black opal creates a delicate balance with sapphires and colored spinels. Australia is the country with the largest production of opals, and opal is also the national stone of Australia. The English name of the opal, Ople, is usually translated into Opper Stone, but according to its origin, the Australian-made opal is often affectionately known as Opal. The best of Australia's Opal is Black, which is the BlackOpal used by Van Cleef & Arpels on this brooch. It is produced in New South Wales and is very precious because of its low production.

Well known for the Ocean Star

Tiffany tanzanite bow brooch, it takes months, even years, to complete the creation

Tanzanite is a blue deciduous stone. It was discovered in Tanzania in 1967. The "Star of the Sea" worn by the movie star Winslet in Titanic is the tanzanite sapphire. It is produced at the foot of Kilimanjaro, a world-famous tourist spot near Arusha, a city in the north of Tanzania. This is the only place in the world.

Invitation to the feast of luxury

Ray Winston Incredibles Series Lavender Purple Spinel Sideline Shaflai Stone Diamond Ring

DiorJoailleire's fine jewellery designer Victoirede Castellane's work of 26 top tourmaline rings - "LaBague". The celebrity painter René Magritte's famous painting Cecin'estpasunepipe "This is not a pipe" is a source of inspiration for its design, applying the concept of surrealism to the "LaBague" design. The tourmalines in the "LaBague" collection feature classic oval cuts, also known as "FrenchCut", which give the gem a more lustrous, elegant and glamorous look. Since tourmaline usually exhibits different color densities and color axes (heterosmia), Victoirede Castellane specially invites master gem cutting experts to cut the series of carefully selected large carats of tourmaline, in order to highlight the highest color density while highlighting each The most striking rich color of a gem. The Harry Winston Incredibles Collection Paraiba Tourmaline Ring is made with precious stones, extraordinary design and beautiful lines. In China's semi-precious gem market, this year's high-end tourmaline has increased by 30%, and the price of high-end varieties such as watermelon tourmaline has reached 3,000 yuan / carat. “Before the tourmaline jewelry was sold by piece, now the good tourmaline is sold by grams.” Mr. Dai said that a string of 60 grams of high-grade tourmaline bracelet was three or four thousand yuan two years ago; now it is 180 yuan/gram. To sell, the total price is 10,000 yuan. "In the first half of this year, the price of the bracelet was 130 yuan / gram, and it rose by 3,000 yuan in a few months."

Harry Winston Incredibles series Paraiba tourmaline diamond ring with precious stones, extraordinary design, and beautiful line proportions

The Dior LaBague ring quotes the famous painter Margaret’s famous painting “This is not a pipe” as its design inspiration.

Colorful jewel charm

Cartier's fine jewellery has always been one of the hallmarks of the jewellery industry. It is good at drawing inspiration from national cultures and then using the jewellery material in an eclectic way to achieve and perfect the possibilities. The precious gems in the world, each of which has fallen and accumulated, will always present a colorful country that has never been seen before. In the gems of Cartier, in addition to emerald green emeralds, clear sapphire, bright temptation ruby, and a variety of colorful semi-precious stones, assembled and mottled colors, its gorgeous color is like a colorful movement to conquer the world. This Cartier high-quality jewellery necklace features platinum pavé diamonds to connect the gemstones, including 31.88 carats of pear-shaped cut beryl stone, 7 green sapphires weighing 17.62 carats, 2 colored sapphires 11.81 carats, and beryl stones. A gorgeous baroque style.

Cartier's fine jewellery necklace with platinum pavé diamonds to connect the various gems to create a gorgeous Baroque style

In Cartier's fine jewellery, we can see the names of various or magical or beautiful or romantic semi-precious stones. To a certain extent, Cartier has made the value of semi-precious stones, and semi-precious stones have made the perfection of Cartier's fine jewelry.

Under the clear sky

In the past two decades, this kind of brightly colored topaz in the international jewellery market has been popular with the American-style blue. Bulgari, famous for its color-changing colors, is also fascinated by this jewel in the new ParentesiCocktail collection, with a large number of top and bottom gemstones among the various semi-precious stones.

The PANDORA jewellery collection is decorated with colorful, beautiful gems that present a simple and pure natural beauty.