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January 11, 2011

Grainger Hall of Gems Exhibition Photo Gallery

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  • Photo © 2008 The Field Museum, GEO86518_0247Ad This image shows emerald still embedded in the mica in which it formed. Fine inclusions, cracks, and fissures do not diminish the value of an emerald. In fact, specialists refer to themas the jardin (“garden” in French).

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  • A faceted alexandrite gem weighing 11.65 carats showing the green/red color-change characteristic of this gem variety.The green color is in daylight (left) and the red is in incandescent light (right),both the same stone. This stone is 14 mm in height.

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  • A vertebra bone that has iridescent rainbow coloring on one side.

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  • Natural aquamarine crystals

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