Pehnec Gems (7)

Pehnec Gems (www.pehnec.com is a great place to get sparkly things at ridiculous prices. For a reference 10mm round brilliant cut cubic zirconia (imitation diamond) stone I found prices anywhere from $300 for one to $60 for 50, a ratio of 250 to one. I bought the ones for $60/50 from Pehnec, and everyone who's seen them agrees they are just beautiful. Can't imagine how you could justify paying 250 times more. And for a few dollars each, you can get Real (if synthetic) rubies and sapphires that make your eyes pop.

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Text and images Copyright (c) 2010 by Theodore W. Gray.
Carbon
Carbon Gem cut cubic zirconia just to fool people
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Gem cut cubic zirconia just to fool people.
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 17 April, 2002
Text Updated: 7 April, 2009
Price: $60/50 stones
Size: 0.39"
Purity: 0%
Oxygen
Oxygen Fake Emerald
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Fake Emerald.
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 2 April, 2009
Text Updated: 3 April, 2009
Price: $1
Size: 0.39"
Composition: ZrO2
Aluminum
Aluminum Gem cut aluminum oxide corundum
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Gem cut aluminum oxide (corundum).
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 23 April, 2002
Price: $15/both
Size: 0.6"
Purity: 53%
Zirconium
Zirconium Gem cut Zirconium oxide cubic
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Gem cut Zirconium oxide (cubic).
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 17 April, 2002
Price: $60/50 stones
Size: 0.39"
Purity: 74%
Zirconium
Zirconium Fake Emerald

Fake Emerald.
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Ed Pegg Jr
Acquired: 15 July, 2002
Text Updated: 7 April, 2009
Price: $10
Size: 0.4"
Purity: 74%
Zirconium
Zirconium Gem cut Zirconium oxide cubic
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Gem cut Zirconium oxide (cubic).
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 17 October, 2009
Text Updated: 18 October, 2009
Price: $1
Size: 0.39"
Purity: 74%
Praseodymium
Praseodymium Fake peridot
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Fake peridot.
Source: Pehnec Gems
Contributor: Theodore Gray
Acquired: 24 March, 2009
Text Updated: 24 March, 2009
Price: $1
Size: 0.3"
Purity: 1%