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Jewelry and art have long captivated both collectors and the general public, but recently, fine minerals — topaz, quartz, calcite and more — have also been figuring in.

Busse is the first step in a more local supply chain that brings aquamarine, tourmaline, topaz, quartz and other gems to customers all across the US.

Presented to his wife Alexandra Fyodorovna by Nicholas II in 1914, the 3?-in.-high egg is made of intertwining gold belts and platinum mesh set with diamonds, sapphires, rubies, emeralds, topaz, quartz and garnets.

Precious stones have sometimes been found—garnets, topaz, quartz, tourmaline, lapis lazuli.