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Diamond · rough crystal (0.7 ct)
Uncut diamond crystal, identified by its photographer as 0.7 ct. Image by Tõnu Pani.
Tõnu Pani, “Diamond crystal, 0,7 ct.jpg”, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0.
Context and image limits
A natural rough crystal, not a faceted diamond. Carat weight is the uploader’s identification; no origin or grading report is supplied.
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Diamond · Met floral brooch
Diamond-set brooch, part of a hair ornament, probably French, mid-19th century. Diamonds, gold, and silver; The Met, 45.30.1.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Ellen Goin Rionda, 1945; 45.30.1. Public domain / CC0.
Context and image limits
Historical jewellery context; this photograph does not establish a loose-stone identification or a modern cut grade.
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Ruby · crystal flatbed scan
Flatbed scan of a crystal identified by the source as ruby, about 2 cm long. Adrian Pingstone, 2003. Natural-versus-synthetic origin is not established.
Adrian Pingstone (Arpingstone), “Ruby cristal.jpg”, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Context and image limits
This is a flatbed scan, not a camera photograph. Locality, treatment status, and natural-versus-synthetic origin are not established by this page.
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Ruby · Met French ring
French ring, 19th century, in gold and silver with ruby and diamonds. The Met, 41.84.8.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1941; 41.84.8. Public domain / CC0.
Context and image limits
Ruby identification follows the museum record. Locality, treatment and quality cannot be established from this photograph.
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Sapphire · GeoDIL specimen
Sapphire hand specimen from near Kashmir, India, according to GeoDIL; University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection 451. Photo by Nessa Eull, 2001.
Nessa Eull / Geoscience Digital Image Library, GeoDIL 1429; University of North Dakota Mineralogy Collection 451. CC0 1.0.
Context and image limits
The primary record confirms collection, photographer, and locality: https://geodil.dperkins.org/h/1429.html . “Near Kashmir” is the source wording, not an independent origin certification.
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Sapphire · Met medieval ring
Gold-sheet and sapphire ring, 11th–13th century, found in Iran, probably Gurgan. The Met, 52.32.4.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1952; 52.32.4. Public domain / CC0.
Context and image limits
The findspot is not the sapphire’s geological origin. “Probably Gurgan” remains an uncertain attribution.
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Emerald · crystal in quartz
Emerald in quartz; the photographer gives the locality as Carnaíba district, Bahia, Brazil. Photo by Géry PARENT.
Géry PARENT, “Beryl, quartz 02.jpg”, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
Context and image limits
The locality is supplied by the photographer, not independently certified. The stone is in matrix, not a polished emerald.
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Emerald · Met Paris ring
Ring made in Paris, 1838–47, with emerald and diamonds in gold and silver. The Met, 41.84.2.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Susan Dwight Bliss, 1941; 41.84.2. Public domain / CC0.
Context and image limits
Paris is the jewel’s cultural/manufacturing attribution, not the emerald’s mine origin.
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Opal · Museums Victoria cabochon
Precious opal cabochon, Museums Victoria specimen M 8723. Photo by Rodney Start.
Photographer: Rodney Start. Museums Victoria, M 8723. CC BY 4.0.
Context and image limits
Downloaded medium rendition (1500 × 1125) visually inspected. Visible surface lines and pits are not a condition report or a gem-quality grade.
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Opal · microscope view
Australian opal viewed through a jewelry microscope. Photo by Max.uses.computers, 2023.
Max.uses.computers, “A close up photography of an Australian Opal.jpg”, Wikimedia Commons. CC0 1.0.
Context and image limits
A microscopy detail described by the source as highly saturated. It does not establish a gem colour grade, treatment, mine or scale.
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Pearl · Met necklace, black-and-white
Pearl necklace, 1800–1900. The Met, 39.43a. Shown in a black-and-white collection photograph.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1939; 39.43a. Public domain / CC0.
Context and image limits
Best for historical context. It is a black-and-white archival image, so it cannot demonstrate pearl bodycolor or orient. The object record does not establish cultured-versus-natural origin.
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Pearl · Met Roman necklace
Roman necklace with pearls and beryl beads, 1st–2nd century CE, in gold, pearl, and beryl. The Met, 25.192.1.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of George D. Pratt, 1925; 25.192.1. Public domain / CC0.
Context and image limits
This is a mixed-material jewel. The museum identifies the green/blue beads as beryl, without establishing a more specific variety.
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