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Collecting Prescious And Semi-Prescious Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Why would anyone collect items like loose gemstones, you ask? Well to begin with gemstones are extremely beautiful. And just like natural diamonds their value increases over time. Many people love to collect and work with each and every one of the 150 varieties available. Follow along as we look at the hobby of collecting loose gemstones.
The first thing you need to do is to get yourself some books on gemstones. You want to understand everything there is to know about your new hobby. The more you understand about the hobby of gemstones the less likely you are to make a mistake. You'll know exactly what to buy.
The first item to take into account should be gemstone color. You'll want the stone that is as close as possible to the pure spectrum colors. This means violet, orange, yellow, green, blue, and red. The prices for very pale or very dark precious and semi precious stones are less per carat.
Gemstone cut is one of the most important traits in evaluating gemstones. The gemstone must be cut correctly to reflect light properly. A gemstone with an improper cut will not reflect light in a consistent way. The hue, tone and color saturation will always look inconsistent.
Next to look at is the clarity of the gemstone. Clarity is the term that refers to the internal conclusions or flaws of a stone being considered. Any large flaws are visible to the naked eye with the others needing a 10X magnification.
Gemstones are often categorized according to their size aspect because it is more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may be the same size but different carat weights and consequently, different pricing structures. This factor comes from the difference in relative density or specific gravity depending upon the chemical composition and crystal structure type Normally a one carat brilliant round diamond of typical proportions will be approximately 6.5 mm in diameter. A ruby that is the same size will weigh in at 1.55 carats instead.
Collecting various gemstones can create an enjoyable hobby and pastime. And there is such a variety when it comes to gemstones. You can start collecting gemstones like Obsidian, Topaz or Zeolite (Thomsonite) and then try others. The varieties are nearly endless. And if you like a hands on hobby you can go hunting for raw gemstones. Just in the United States in Pennsylvania you can find Amethyst, Almandite Garnet and Pyrope Garnet, Beryl, Sunstone and Moonstone.
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Many natural gemstones such as the ruby, sapphire, and emerald are becoming so rare and expensive to mine that laboratory-grown gemstones are used often in jewelry designs. The first lab-grown gemstone was produced in 1902 in Paris, France by a chemist named Louis Verneuil. A gemstone that is grown in a laboratory is not imitation or artificial, and is carefully crystallized over time. It has essentially the same optical, physical and chemical properties as a natural gemstone. Only a trained gemologist can tell them apart. Natural gemstones such as rubies and emeralds can be 10 to 50 times more expensive than the cost of a lab-grown gemstone in a similar quality. And laboratory-grown emeralds and rubies are often superior to natural stones in both clarity and color.
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Topaz is a beautiful light blue or yellow stone. Yellow Topaz is November's
birthstone while blue topaz is December's birthstone. It is much less expensive
than aquamarine. It looks beautiful in rings, bracelets, necklaces, and pendants
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An opal is actually what is known as a mineraloid, a shapeless gel with silicium
dioxide that was deposited at a low temperature in crevices and fissures of all
different types of rock. The most common types of rock where they were deposited
are limonite, sandstone, rhyolite and basalt. It can also form original fossils
or replace fossils that have already been formed, and collectors find this
phenomenon very interesting. Opals are relatively young gems, and they are so
fragile they could never have survived early geological upheavals that produced
other types of stones. Opals did occur in volcanic masses of calcite that filled
the veins in lava rock. Hot, briny gel like mixtures would rise up to the
surface from the volcano which decomposed the calcite. What was left behind was
colloidal silica, and this along with water later produced opals.
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