By the way, regarding red beryl... I always wanted to have one but they told me that it was almost all mined out or heavily included. A jeweller told me it was too soft to deal with. But isn''t it should be no worse than emerald in handling/setting?
My favourite is the Tahitian pearl necklace. I love all the jewellery designs and mounting even if the gemstones are not quite the level of quality I would expect. The detail of the jewellery is breathtaking though. Thank you TL for indulging us PSers.
The diamond exhibit you refer to, I may have seen it stopped on its travels at the Houston Museum. It was splendiferous even though I don''t like diamonds, LOL.
For those of you ever in Houston, the museum has a fab gemstones ehxibit and jewelry exhibit as well as mineral specimens. I went twice on 2 different days before we went home. Well worth it.