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How To Collect Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Gemology is the profession, science, and even art of evaluating and identifying gemstones from natural diamonds to loose gemstones. A number of people taken up this profession more as a hobby. They become interested in collecting loose gemstones or loose diamonds. Some people even begin to visit different areas nearby or in other countries to look for rough gemstones. Some of them will even tumble or finish off the gemstones themselves. If this sounds like a hobby you would like to get involved in follow along as this article discusses the things you should know to start this hobby.
Right at the start you need to learn all you can on each of the gemstones out there. This knowledge will help you to know the properties of each stone and prevent you from wasting your money. Without the proper knowledge you can make costly mistakes.
The first item to take into account will be the color of the stone. You want the gemstone that is as close as possible to the pure spectral colors. The spectral colors are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The prices of very dark are very pale semiprecious and precious stones are lower than the vibrant colors.
Gemstone cut is one of the most important traits when you value gemstone. The cut has to be done correctly to reflect light properly. A stone that has a poor cut can't reflect the light consistently over its surface. The color hue, color tone and saturation will be inconsistent.
Another factor to look at is the clarity of the gemstone under consideration. This means the stones purity or the lack of internal inclusions, spots, or particles inside the crystal. Without a doubt, zero flaws are hard to find and make your stones very valuable.
You will often find that gemstones are often listed according to their size because it is more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may be the same size but differ in carat weights and as a result different prices as well. This is due to the nature of gemstone difference in relative density or specific gravity and depends on the materials chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure. For example, a one carat round diamond with standard 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 gemstones can be very rewarding hobby. And there is a wide range and variety in precious and semi precious stones that you can collect. You can collect gemstones like Olivine (Peridot), Topaz or Zircon and then try others. The varieties are nearly endless. And if you like to save money but love vacations you can find gemstones for yourself instead of buying. Take the example of the United States. In Alaska you can find White Quartz and Jade.
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The world of gemstones is vast, fascinating, and at times intimidating. When we
are shopping for gemstones, there is a lot to know. Sometimes we want something
beautiful and valuable for ourselves, sometimes we want to give a special gift
to someone else. Whatever the case, we gemstone shoppers want to make sure that
what we are buying is as valuable as we think it is. This means that we need to
learn about the different kinds of gemstones and how much they usually cost. We
need to learn about gemstone treatments and imitations. And an especially
important task is understanding why pieces of gemstone jewelry can be worth very
different amounts even though they contain the same gemstones.
There are many factors that influence the value of gemstones. When shopping for
gemstones, it is important to understand these factors. The most common ones are
color, clarity, size and cut. Most of these factors have an impact on most
gemstones, but on some more than others.
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