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Stones Stories

жемчуг
This stone is a symbol of aristocracy and impeccable taste. A hundred years ago or so, people were risking their lives to get their hands on it. As a result, mineral-bearing marine animals were almost driven into extinction.
Until the early XX century, no one had known there were vast deposits of this mineral in Russia’s possession. Without this stone, the Kola Peninsula would probably remain a humanless and deserted territory
фенакит
There are not many people who know this mineral exists. It is hardly known on the gem market as well, with a rare jeweller being able to tell it from a diamond. Each jewel with this stone is truly unique.
аквамарин
This gemstone is a blue variety of beryl, which is particularly fancied by those of noble blood. Princess Diana is among them.
горный хрусталь
This mineral is one of the most common ones on our planet, with its crystals weighing up to several dozens of tons and often being enormously large.
аметист
This stone is a real treasure for it can relieve symptoms of those suffering from hangover or alcohol intoxication.
A stone whose price never ceases to amaze is a true sensation of the last century. This treasure is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. Its name even relates to the Nobel Prize in Physics.
эпидот
Collectors all across the globe are willingly paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for some samples of this stone. And the fact the samples they buy may easily lose their attractiveness does not seem to stop them.
магнетит
While this stone can help in curing cancer or with recovery from a heart stroke, it can, on the opposite, prevent a person from resisting the mildest diseases.
яшма
This dull and rather mediocre looking stone does not fade with time but instead keeps getting prettier.