Types of Precious Stones Indonesia's Popular Today

Precious stones are popular lately and rising. Not surprisingly, if the range of stone from Indonesia was being hunted jewelry collector and enthusiast. Currently, there are five types of precious stones most sought-after.

The fifth stone has spectacular beauty. The more popular, the price of precious stones and even then soar. Here are five types of Indonesia's most sought-after precious stones with super expensive price:

1. Stone Bacan

Precious stones origin Kasiruta Island, South Halmahera, North Maluku, it actually has been famous to foreign countries. Not only in the present, but since the middle ages when the country became the center of the spice world.

Stone Bacan considered 'living stones' because of its ability to proceed naturally become more beautiful. In 1960, during a visit to the island of Bacan, President Sukarno was rewarded with the locals a few grains of rock Bacan. President also briefly presented US President Barack Obama Bacan stone ring during a visit to Indonesia.

2. Stone Idocrase

Most of these stone colored green moss or sometimes resembles the color of diesel, which is yellowish brown. Sources of this type of gemstone in Indonesia from West Sumatra and Aceh.

3. Stone Chalcedon

This stone has a variety of colors ranging from red, yellow, blue, to orange, but the main one is green. This stone as if shrouded in fog, so it seemed to have a light dull. In Indonesia rock this type are produced in West and Southeast Sulawesi. More recently, chalcedony is also found in Pacitan, East Java.

4. Agate patterned

This stone has a privilege because it has a form of naturally etched image. There agate which has an image resembling chicken, character, or scenery. Do not wonder more unique image in the agate is certainly the price will go up.

Images or agate stone found in Pacitan (East Java), Garut (West Java), and Nusa Kambangan. Believed there are many more areas in Indonesian coal producers images that have not been disclosed.

5. Stone Kalimaya

Stone which is also called a gemstone opal (gem) are mushy, but many people enjoy. The price is quite expensive. Opal can emit light of a diamond. Opal mined in India, Egypt, Australia, Mexico. Particularly in Indonesia in Banten. Not much if Kalimaya regarded as the most beautiful stones in the world.