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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Everything changed in the "diamond world" when diamond stones started being
discovered outside of India. First, there was Borneo and then somewhere along
the line Brazil and China joined the fray. Then the glittering light of the
diamond appeared in South Africa. It happened in the 19th century. The first
known South African diamond was picked up on a beach on the African coast by a
boy who was walking through the sand. This event precipitated a new "diamond
rush" with its roots in that part of the world.
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