More Information On Gemstones
Featured Gemological Article
How To Collect Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Why collect loose gemstones you ask? Well for one thing they are very beautiful items. And like their higher counterpart, natural diamonds they can become extremely valuable over the years. Many hobbyists love to collect and show case the nearly 150 types of gemstones found today. Read long as we look at the hobby of collecting loose gemstones.
The first thing you need to do in starting the hobby of collecting gemstones the proper way is by getting adequate knowledge about them. By visiting a local library you'll find numerous books on gemstones that will prevent you from making mistakes at the start.
Color is a subjective idea but a very important part in evaluating a gemstone. The closer a color is to its purer spectral value the more valuable it is. Traditionally, these specter colors are yellow, blue, Violet, green, orange and red. Gemstones colors that are paler or darker tend to be less valued.
The cut of your gemstone is an important factor to consider when you value gemstone. The gemstone must be cut correctly to reflect light properly. A gemstone with an improper cut will not reflect the light consistently. Color saturation, hue and tone will always appear inconsistent
The clarity in a stone is an important consideration. Clarity refers to the amount of inclusions (trace elements or large particles of other elements or minerals) that a gem has. A perfect gemstone is definitely worth much more. To examine flaws not seen with the naked eye you need a gem microscope or 10X gemstone clarity magnifier. Serious hobbyists will get an inexpensive 10X gemstone or jewelers loup for viewing their coins, beads, stamps or in our case gemstones.
Gemstones are often categorized according to their size criteria since it is more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may be of the same size but different carat weights and consequently, different in prices as well. This is due to gemstone difference of specific gravity or relative density depending upon the chemical composition and crystalline structure. Normally a one carat brilliant round diamond of typical proportions will be approximately 6.5 mm in diameter. A comparable round brilliant ruby of the same size and proportions will weigh in at 1.55 carats instead.
Though you may find gemstones used a lot in jewelry, they are a great hobby and pastime as well. In fact, there are many attractive and interesting gems that are just too big or fragile to be used for jewelry. Look at each stone and think of it as a piece of art, a miniature sculpture to be treasured for its unusual nature and for the craftsmanship of the artisan who shaped it. And unlike many hobbies where you have to buy everthing you can actually go hunting for raw gemstones in the field. In the United States in Michigan you can find Agate, Chlorastrolite and Hematite. And in Canada you can find nephrite jade in Mount Sidney Williams, British Columbia or amethyst near Thunder Bay, Ontario along with ammolite from Lethbridge, Alberta. Think of gemstone collecting for the great hobby it is.
Buy blue Agate loose gemstones or pink loose diamonds and also natural diamonds today in our store!
Gemstones For Sale
Tips About inexpensive loose diamonds
Durability should take into consideration the ability of the stone to withstand wear and also how practical the stone is for its intended use. Most gemstones are made into jewelry and must withstand being rubbed, dropped and knocked against hard objects. The stronger, harder stones will continue to sparkle much longer than their metal settings.
Buy pear Aquamarine loose gemstones today!
The Star of India, at 563.35 carats, is the largest and most famous star
sapphire in the world. Formed some 2 billion years ago, it was discovered,
allegedly more than 300 years ago, in Sri Lanka, where excellent sapphires are
still to be found in deposits of sand and gravel left by ancient rivers.
Industrialist and financier J. P. Morgan presented the sapphire to the New York
Museum of Natural History in 1900. Today, the Star of India is one of the most
renowned objects in all of the Museum's collections.
Buy fancy natural diamonds today!
Your Latest inexpensive loose diamonds News
Studded Coin Pearl Earrings: White/gg
White pearl earrings, studded with gold accents. 14kt gold-fill earwires. Also available in sterling silver. Please select pearl shape: square, rectangle, oval, teardrop, round.
Live coverage of Hydro Connect Festival Inveraray - Sunday Herald
Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:56:00 GMT
AND so to bed, off through the mud to the campsites, the buses and cars home or, for the lucky few, the local hotels. Sunday's rain made it tough going for a while, and no-one ...
Studded Coin Pearl Earrings: White/gg
White pearl earrings, studded with gold accents. 14kt gold-fill earwires. Also available in sterling silver. Please select pearl shape: square, rectangle, oval, teardrop, round.
Labels: natural color diamonds
posted by Axinite @ 7:42 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home