We are having a ton of fun at the #TucsonGemShow - come by 22nd street and see us :)

I cut this laser titanium sapphire gemstone from a PhD dissertation! The scientist who grew this sent it to me in exchange for getting a cut stone, and I think it turned out pretty cool - the little bubbles from the growth give it some character. #labgems #lasers
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We will be at the 22nd Street Gem Show (22ndstgem.show) again in 2025!
It's open Jan 30 – Feb 16 (10a to 6p)
We will have fun labmade gems to show off, so come ready to see things glow :)
We are in Booth C22, near door 1.
#Tucson #GemShow #LabGems #Fluorescent

I faceted a gem for Brandon Sanderson and giving it to him at the Wind and Truth release! It was a super fun project to do :)

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Natural Fluorite is what Fluorescence was named after, but this is labmade europium-doped scintillator fluorite. Used to detect invisible radiation, it has a bright blue glow (our camera turns it purple)

Fluorite is a bit soft for most jewelry (like rings), but it's possible to wear as a pendant.

We named this synthetic gem "Christmas Garnet". It has a green base color and a strong red fluorescence from chromium ions (the same ion that makes ruby red and emerald green). Used in lasers as a q-switch (to convert from continuous to pulsed fire), Cr:YAG is one of the coolest gems I've ever seen.

Hello! We're on BlueSky now, and excited to show off the new gems we've got in stock.
This is Samarium-Doped Yttrium Aluminum Garnet (Sm:YAG). For scientific use, small quantities are grown for use in diamond anvils - the fluorescence color changes very controllably with pressure.