Gem Quiz

I’m Green, I’m Rare, I… Have a Small Footprint…

Sometimes size matters. Who am I?

Published

4 weeks ago

November 19, 2023

INSTORE Staff

I’m Green, I’m Rare, I… Have a Small Footprint…

I AM THE ONLY true chromium garnet, with all the gorgeous green trappings which that entails. Yet, I am far less likely to be used in jewelry than my better-known green cousins like tsavorite and demantoid. The reason? It’s a size issue; my crystals are too small to be faceted into gemstones. The result is a drusy moss-like look that can bring life to a pendant but not much more. I was named after one of the founding fathers of Russian mineralogy following my discovery in the Urals in 1830.

Who am I?

Why This Jeweler Chose Wilkerson

Mark Lauer is the owner of Mark Michael Diamond Designs, the Minnesota-based jewelry gallery known for exceptional and uniquely designed diamond jewelry. Though he loved creating the beautiful jewelry his business was known for, retirement was an exciting alternative to the 60+ hours a week he’d spent building it up. He called Wilkerson to help with a retirement sale. “I did talk to two other companies, but I just didn’t feel they offered the same services that Wilkerson did,” he says. “I knew Wilkerson had the expertise to follow through and give me the service and results that I wanted. They’re the number one rock stars in this industry.”