Collector's Corner

Natural blue zircon with realistic microscopic inclusions, strong facet doubling and subtle internal crystal features for the June Collective natural zircon inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Zircon: Crystals, Needles, Metamict Structure & Clarity
Natural zircon combines exceptional brilliance, dispersion and strong double refraction with a geological history unlike almost any other gemstone. Microscopic crystals, rare parallel inclusions, natural fissures and radiation related changes... Read more...
Natural blue violet tanzanite with realistic crystal inclusions, subtle fissures, cleavage features and fluid inclusions for the June Collective tanzanite inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Tanzanite: Crystals, Cleavage, Fissures & Clarity
Natural tanzanite is prized for vivid blue and violet color, strong pleochroism and remarkable rarity, but its microscopic world can be equally fascinating. Crystal inclusions, fluid filled growth features, natural... Read more...
Natural Inclusions in Peridot: Lily Pads, Crystals, Fissures & What They Mean
Natural Inclusions in Peridot: Lily Pads, Crystals, Fissures & What They Mean
Natural peridot can contain an unexpectedly fascinating microscopic world. Its famous lily pad inclusions, tiny mineral crystals, tension fractures, healed fissures and growth related features can preserve clues to the... Read more...
Natural vivid red ruby with realistic rutile silk, crystal inclusions, fingerprint like healed fissures and color zoning for the June Collective ruby inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Ruby: Silk, Crystals, Fingerprints & What They Mean
 Natural ruby can preserve an extraordinary internal record of crystal growth. Rutile silk, mineral crystals, fingerprint like healed fissures, color zoning and other natural features can influence transparency, brilliance, durability... Read more...
Natural vivid green emerald with realistic jardin, fluid inclusions, mineral crystals and healed fissures for the June Collective emerald inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Emerald: Jardin, Fissures, Crystals & Clarity Enhancement
Natural emerald is famous for an internal world unlike almost any other gemstone. Jardin, fluid inclusions, mineral crystals, partially healed fissures and surface-reaching features can preserve evidence of the crystal’s... Read more...
Natural garnet gemstones showing realistic crystal inclusions, needles, healed fissures and demantoid horsetail inclusions for the June Collective garnet inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Garnet: Crystals, Needles, Horsetails & What They Mean
Natural garnet is far more diverse than the familiar deep red gemstone. Across the garnet family, inclusions can range from microscopic needles and mineral crystals to healed fissures, negative crystals,... Read more...
Natural vivid green tsavorite garnet with realistic growth tubes, crystal inclusions, pinpoints and healed fissures for the June Collective tsavorite inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Tsavorite Garnet: Growth Tubes, Crystals, Fluids & Clarity
Tsavorite garnet is prized for vivid green color, brilliance and rarity, but natural stones can also preserve fascinating internal features. Growth tubes, tiny crystals, reflective inclusions, fluid inclusions, pinpoints and... Read more...
Natural yellow green sphene gemstone with realistic healed fissures, fluid inclusions and reflective particles for the June Collective sphene inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Sphene: Growth Features, Healed Fissures, Fluids & Fire
Sphene, also known as titanite, is celebrated for extraordinary dispersion, vivid color and unmistakable fire. Under magnification, natural sphene can reveal equally remarkable internal features including healed fissures, fluid inclusions,... Read more...
Natural red spinel with realistic octahedral crystal inclusions and healed fissures for the June Collective natural spinel inclusion guide
Natural Inclusions in Spinel: Octahedral Crystals, Fingerprints & Clarity
Natural spinel can reveal a remarkable microscopic world of octahedral negative crystals, mineral inclusions, fluid filled cavities, fingerprint like healed fissures and growth related features. This Collector’s Corner guide explores... Read more...
Natural Inclusions in Aquamarine: Fluids, Tubes, Crystals & Clarity
Natural Inclusions in Aquamarine: Fluids, Tubes, Crystals & Clarity
Aquamarine is prized for limpid transparency, which makes its natural inclusions especially fascinating when they appear. Fluid inclusions, internal tubes, mineral crystals, healed fissures and growth structures can preserve clues... Read more...
Natural Inclusions in Tourmaline: Growth Tubes, Fluids, Crystals & What They Mean
Natural Inclusions in Tourmaline: Growth Tubes, Fluids, Crystals & What They Mean
Tourmaline can contain some of the most fascinating inclusions in the gemstone world. Growth tubes, fluid filled cavities, crystals, fissures and other natural features can reveal part of a tourmaline’s... Read more...
Natural Inclusions in Sapphire: What They Reveal About a Natural Sapphire
Natural Inclusions in Sapphire: What They Reveal About a Natural Sapphire
Natural sapphire inclusions can reveal an extraordinary internal story. From delicate rutile silk and mineral crystals to fingerprint like healed fissures and color zoning, these features help explain how sapphire... Read more...