Jon Ber

HAND CRAFTED I design collections at home and minutes later, Pawan starts working on the production in India. It was not always that easy.

STERLING SILVER 100% silver is too soft for the creation of jewelry & silverware. Thus the international industry standards is 92.5 percent silver with 7.5% balance added copper.

AMBER As old as 90 million years, its usually gold & brownish - honey like, but also appears in white, green & rarely blue.

AMETHYST In Greek, Amethyst means "Against Drunkenness" from the belief that the stone inserted in water, will turn a drunk person sober instantly. It doesn't work.

BLACK ONYX Is a translucent chalcedony, similar to agate that contains straight bands usually white or brownish.

BLUE TOPAZ The Blue Topaz color is usually categorize and defined by three main names: London, for the Darkest shade, Swiss for the lightest and Sky for the in between shade of blue.

GARNET The Garnet's most recognized color is the Burgundy red, but smaller quantities of Garnet also appears in nature in shades of blue and green.

LABRADORITE It was discovered in the desolate Sybaritic Peninsula of Labrador, Canada, in the beginning of the 19th century. Its best specimens found currently come from Finland and Madagascar.

LAPIS LAZULI Blue Rock, In Arabic, Lapis Lazuli, is derived from Lazurite, a complex silicate containing a range of minerals such as the Pyrite also known as "Fools Gold."

MALACHITE It imaintains better value and stability than some countries currency, such as is the case in the war torn Zaire.

RAINBOW MOONSTONE The gemstone resemblance of a cloudy, mystical, shimmering moon, made it desirable, but it was unavailable for centuries.

PERIDOT In Roman times, It became known as "Evening Emerald" because it was easier to find when illuminated by lamplight at night.

TIGER'S EYE Tiger's Eye has such a strong following in Africa, that it was for a while, considered as a National Treasure, and was banned from exports in some southern countries such as Namibia, South Africa and Lesotho.

TURQUOISE From Green to Blue, with black unique signature inclusions vanes running untamed, the gemstone universal reverence is phenomenal.

RAINBOW MOONSTONE by Jon Ber

The gemstone resemblance of a cloudy, mystical, shimmering moon, made it desirable, but it was unavailable for centuries. The main reason, (I am guessing) is that it didn't find its way form the mines to market due to the never ending war in Sri Lanka.

Rainbow Moonstone became an instant commercial hit in the early 1990s soon after its arrival to the gemstone cutting and wholesale market of Jaipur, Rajastan, India. I was there. On the fourth floor, in Ashok’s home.

MOONSTONE
Sitting on the carpet I went through begs of the newly produced silver and gemstones jewelry. “This is new stone. “ Ashok said, oblivious to the gem's ancient fame.

The first specimens were intriguing but mediocre at best compare to what arrives to Jaipur these days, 2008, from newly developed mines in South-west India.

Jaipur's master stone cutters, have also been upgrading their skills in dealing with the complex structure of the Rainbow Moonstone - to bring alive its naturally spectacular internal shine.

It was described at the time to western gemstones buyers, as a newly discovered gemstone. I was there. Coming soon: My trips to India. As the Rainbow Moonstone is gaining popularity, demand continues to grew around the globe, and its price keeps going up, thought the current quality stones undoubtedly justifies it.

June's birthstone Rainbow Moonstone Is a close family member of the Labradorite, another translucent feldspar specimen with a cleavage called Shiller.

Jon Ber is the publisher of jonber.com, a former investigative journalist and a traveler of seventy countries living in North Carolina USA .

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