Pierre's

Description:

• Connoisseurs of colored gemstones consider this store one of the most impressive repositories of collector's items in the Caribbean. It's a branch of a store based in Naples, Florida. In its inventory are glittering and mystical-looking gemstones you might never have heard of before. Look for alexandrites (garnets in three shades of green); spinels (pink and red); sphenes, yellow-green sparklers from Madagascar (as reflective as high-quality diamonds); and tsavorites, a green stone from Tanzania.

• © Frommer's 2013

Awards:

Frommer's

•  Recommended 2010