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Field Museum - Tiffany window, Grainger Hall of Gems (detail).jpg
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"Agusan Gold Image" 13th century solid gold statue of a Hindu-Malaysian goddess from the Philippines weighing 4 pounds, also known as "The Golden Tara of Agusan"
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Field Museum - Victorian amber comb with gold, pearls, and sapphires.jpg
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"The Green Goddess" peridot and yellow diamonds set in sculpted gold pendant (154-carat peridot) designed by Lester Lampert
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blue topaz crystal with matrix (Russia)
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esquel meteorite containing chrysolites from Argentina
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eighteenth century ceremonial Indian dagger with carved nephrite hilt set with pearls, emeralds, and rubies
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Blue topaz - Field Museum.jpg
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faceted chrysolite
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ancient gold figurine from Columbia
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"Caliente" - fire opals and diamonds set in gold pendant, designed by Maureen Lampert - Field Museum.jpg
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just trust me on this one.
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ruby crystals on marble matrix (Vietnam)
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amethyst cameo (Brazil)
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reverse of "Agusan Gold Image"
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"Morning Rose" Morganite and diamonds set in white gold pendant (42.8-carat morganite) designed and created by Marc Scherer
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"The Chalmers topaz" 5,899.5 carats (Brazil)
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"Garden of Eden" demantoid garnets and diamonds set in yellow and white gold ring (3.07-carat garnet, largest) designed by David Lampert
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oligoclase sunstone pendant
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The Sun God Opal, carved opal set in gold (35-carat opal)
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fragment of black opal from Nevada
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polished slices of watermelon tourmaline from Brazil
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abstract "Cumulus"
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natural rutilated quartz crystal with polished surface (Brazil)
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faceted amethysts from Brazil
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hardness
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colorless diamond on matrix from South Africa
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"Serendipity" color-change sapphire and diamonds set in white gold pendant (56-carat sapphire) designed and created by Marc Scherer
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natural tanzanite crystal (Tanzania)
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natural rainbow moonstone (Madagascar)