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Starting To Collect Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Why would someone go to the trouble of collect loose gemstones? Well for one thing they've been sought for their beauty for many centuries. And just like natural diamonds their value increases over time. Many in this hobby love to find, collect and finish each and every one of the 150 varieties available. This article will look at the hobby of collecting loose gemstones.
The first thing you need to do is to get yourself some reading material. You want to understand everything there is to know about your new hobby. The more you know about gemstones the less likely you are to make a mistake. With adequate knowledge you are less likely to be fooled.
Color is a very important part in the value of the stone. The closer the color of the gemstone is to its purer spectral value the more highly prized it is. Traditional spectral colors are yellow, blue, Violet, green, orange and red. Gemstones colors that are paler or darker diminish the value of the stone.
The cut of a stone is the second most important value determination to look at. The precision of cut will determine how much light is reflected by the gemstone. It will fully ultimately determine the stones brilliance and its final value.
A third consideration is the clarity. This is talking about the purity of the gemstone with no internal conclusions, particles or spots within the crystal. Obviously, stones with a lack of flaws would make the gemstone highly valuable.
Next on the agenda is the duo of weight and size. Because gemstones vary and specific gravity or density. Size and weight are not necessarily equal from stone to stone. If you have a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats an equal sized Sapphire would weigh more than 1.20 carats. An equal sized Emerald would be 0.95 carats while an Alexandrite gem stone would came in at 1.23 carats.
Getting involved in collecting gemstones can be very enjoyable and also rewarding in the long run. You can start small and don't have to spend a lot of money and yet you can buy some very beautiful items. Many people loved to spend weekends to go hunting for raw gemstones. Take the example of the US. In Missouri you can hunt for Pearl, Fluorite, Pyrite and Calcite. Or ou can take a longer vacation and find opal in Coober Pedy, Andamooka or Mintabie in South Australia, topaz in Killiecrankie, Tasmania or hunt specimens the quartz regions in Wave Hill in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Legends proclaim that wearing amethyst jewelry or drinking from a chalice made
from amethyst will prevent intoxication from alcohol. What a wonderful gem
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The precious opal has a unique internal structure. It is made up of spheres that
are closely packed in layers that eventually form something that looks like a
four-sided triangle or a hexagon. They are made up of silica that allows light
to pass through the structure like a prism to produce internal colors, and it
also determines the quality of the stone. A precious opal has a doublet which is
a colorful material laid on a black backing of ironstone, basalt or obsidian.
This causes "a play of color" which produces a spectrum of different colors.
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