On a more historical note, colorless and pale blue Nigerian topaz was considered some of the best material to irradiate to the bright blue colors seen in jewelry stores today. The material is known for its color intensity and quickness to "cool down" from the radioactivity to be marketable.

Africa is a special place for gemstones. It is the home of some of the oldest-known gem mines as well as the source for several new and now-well-known gem varieties. It seems as if every year new finds of important gemstones are made from every part of the continent, and, just as rapidly, these localities often stop producing. Africa is the second-largest continent, with more than 30 million square kilometers, or 20 percent of the earth's land mass. Volumes have been written on some of the localities that produce gems
 

Our Company still focus on other transparent species of good quality. Although there are hundreds of localities for these transparent gems, there are literally thousands that produce cabochon materials in Nigeria,

For years Nigeria was known for its intense blue aquamarine, a gem variety of beryl, considered by many to be the finest commercial quality available, even with the minor inclusions inherent in the material. As supplies ran short the Nigerian miners found a new source of tourmaline (elbaite) in brownish-red to red colors, some of which is considered to be rubellite. It is estimated that 100 tons of this tourmaline rough of all qualities came out during the last few years, mostly from alluvial sources close to its formation, as evidenced by the mostly sharp crystals and lack of erosion on many of the pieces. This material is now scarcely found in the rough. Instead, a blue-green to blue tourmaline, some of which is considered to be indicolite, is now being mined in a different locality.

Also in the last few years fine Spassatite Garnet have been mined, with a color ranging from brownish-orange to intense orange, in sizes to 20 carats and flawless, although this material is becoming scarce.

More recently, in the 1990s, a discovery of elongated crystals of emerald (or green beryl, depending upon one's interpretation of the term emerald) was made at Jos, Nigeria. Their color is due mostly to vanadium and, to a minor extent, chromium, and they have a definite blue tinge. recently 162grams of Aquamarine was discover in Gurum a village near Jos Plateau State Nigeria 2nd March 2006 the color is deep blue Clean and transparent.

 more and more Gemstone are still coming out from Nigeria. you can check other varieties of Gemstone in our main website www.fadeegems.com