Rampant Lion Collections - Heart of the Lion


Gemstone Information

Diamonds

Diamonds used in the Coat of Arms Collection are VS clarity, F-G color, and fine make. All of our diamonds are conflict free and have been acquired from companies trading under the UN-mandated Kimberly Process.

Gemstone Availability

Inlay Signet Styles

Gemstone Materials Available for "Anjou" and "Castille" Signet Rings:

Black Jade
Because of its fibrous nature, jade is known as one of the toughest, most durable, and most legendary of all gemstones. Popularized in ancient China, jade often took the place of gold and gems as a repository of value. Our lustrous black jade is mined in the western United States.
Bloodstone
A mineral from the medieval world, bloodstone traces its popularity to the time of the Christian Crusades. A forest green chalcedony with specks of red jasper, bloodstone is sacred to Christians as the stone signifies the blood of a crucified Jesus Christ on a field of green. Our bloodstone in mined in India and is also known as a birthstone for March.
Crystalline Silver
Like a lightning storm surging through a stormy winter's sky, our Crystalline Silver displays veins and dendrites of native silver coursing through a gray-black marble base. Originating in the abandoned silver mines of North America, our Crystalline Silver is a rare metallic mineral selected from a collection that was mined nearly 100 years ago.
Dinosaur Bone
From the dawn of pre-history, thunderous beasts roamed the earth. Their fossilized remains are all that we now have to remember them by. Aged red-brown in the high deserts of North America, our dinosaur bone is easily recognizable by its tight cellular structure. All our fossilized dinosaur bone has been legally extracted prior to current antiquities regulations.
Gold Quartz
Deep in the mother lode of California gold country, high grade ore mines produce spectacular specimens of white quartz with natural veins of gold. This American "Gold Quartz" is eagerly sought after by museums, collectors, and jewelers all over the world. Each piece of "Gold Quartz" has its own unique pattern.
Lapis Lazuli
High in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, along Marco Polo's silk route to China, native miners search for a royal blue mineral with flecks of gold pyrite known as lapis lazuli. Since the times of the ancient pharaohs of Egypt, lapis lazuli has been used for purposes of both ornamentation and adornment. Lapis lazuli is also known as an alternate birthstone for December.
Ruby in Zoisite
From Tanzania in gem rich central Africa, a translucent green zoisite is found interspersed with black hornblend inclusions and magnificent red ruby crystals. This exotic gem material is known as anyolite, or locally as Masai Green.
Tiger Iron
Mined from an Archean formation three billion years old, tiger iron, made up of swirling bands of metallic iron ore, red/brown jasper, and iridescent golden tiger-eye, mirrors the earthen colors of the great Australian outback.
Blue or Green Spiderweb Turquoise
From the dynasties of ancient Egypt to the Indian tribes of the American Southwest, turquoise has achieved a mythical importance as a decorative mineral imbued with the supernatural power of the sky and the sea. Our turquoise is found in the arid Hubei Province of China and the deserts of Arizona where miners search for blue and green turquoise with an intricately patterned spiderweb matrix. Turquoise is also known as a birthstone for December.

Intaglio Signet Styles

Gemstone Materials Available for "Hastings" and "Wellington" Intaglio Signet Rings

Black Jade
Because of its fibrous nature, jade is known as one of the toughest, most durable, and most legendary of all gemstones. Popularized in ancient China, jade often took the place of gold and gems as a repository of value. Our lustrous black jade is mined in the western United States.
Bloodstone
A mineral from the medieval world, bloodstone traces its popularity to the time of the Christian Crusades. A forest green chalcedony with specks of red jasper, bloodstone is sacred to Christians as the stone signifies the blood of a crucified Jesus Christ on a field of green. Our bloodstone in mined in India and is also known as a birthstone for March.
Lapis Lazuli
High in the Hindu Kush mountains of Afghanistan, along Marco Polo's silk route to China, native miners search for a royal blue mineral with flecks of gold pyrite known as lapis lazuli. Since the times of the ancient pharaohs of Egypt, lapis lazuli has been used for purposes of both ornamentation and adornment. Lapis lazuli is also known as an alternate birthstone for December.
Carnelian
Carnelian, also known as orange chalcendony, takes its name from the Latin cornum (cornel berry), the color of which it closely resembles. India provides us with the best qualities. Colors range from light red to orange with some stones a deep red. Cornelian was thought to quiet the blood and soften anger.
Green Polar Nephrite Jade
As the brightest and hardest of all nephrite jades ever found, polar jade is known for its swirling shades of brilliant green. Not only is jade the toughest stone known to man, it is probably the most worshipped stone in human history, having been revered by the Russians, Chinese, and Indians of the Pacific Northwest, Meso-America, and New Zealand. This new discovery from British Columbia, Canada, even rivals green jadeite in intensity of color and translucency.

Gemstone Care

The gemstone materials inlaid in RAMPANT LION COLLECTIONS® jewelry are selected primarily for their unsurpassed beauty with a secondary emphasis placed upon gemstone hardness.

Treatment: Where appropriate, our rough gemstone materials are enhanced by vacuum treatment with chemical stabilizers and hardening agents. This treatment improves the material's stability and, hence, durability and wearability. Since our materials are largely ornamental (intrinsically of a lesser gemological value), these treatment processes enhance, rather than diminish, the value of our gemstones.

Care: The wearer should be cautious and avoid situations that might damage our inlaid gemstones. Excessive heat from ring sizing and ultrasonic and steam cleaning, strong soaps and oils, and instances where our jewelry might strike another surface and cause the gemstone to chip or crack should be avoided. It is prudent to always handle our jewelry with care.


 
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