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Starting To Collect Loose Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Many people today say collecting loose gemstones or loose diamonds is their favorite hobby. Many people have a great love of the wide array of gemstones found around the world today. Read long as we discuss a number of things you need to know when starting this interesting gemstone hobby.
Right at the start you'll need the knowledge on the wide variety of stones available. This will help you to know what you're buying and prevent you from making mistakes. Get the answer to questions like how, where and what to buy.
The first item to factor in is gemstone color. You'll want the gemstone to be as close in color as possible to the pure spectral colors. We are talking about violet, orange, yellow, green, blue, and red. Generally, the prices very pale or very dark stones are lower in value.
Gemstone cut is very important and is used not only to appraise diamonds along with gemstones. A precision cut gemstone highlights the natural color of the gemstone, diminish any inclusions, and exhibits good overall symmetry and proportion. One excellent way to determine the excellence of the cut is to look at how well it reflects light on a consistent basis throughout the surface of the stone. If the stone is cut on the shallow side most of the light will refract out instead of reflecting internally. Gemstone color will be washed out.
The next factor to consider is the clarity of the gemstone under consideration. This refers to the stones purity or the absence of internal inclusions, spots, or particles within the crystal structure. Without a doubt, zero flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.
Another consideration is the duo of size and weight. Due to their nature gemstones can vary greatly in density and specific gravity. Weight and size are not necessarily equal across the board. If a diamond of a certain size weighs 1.00 carats then an equal sized ruby would weigh 1.20 carats instead. An Emerald of equal size would be approximately 0.95 carats while an Alexandrite stone would be about 1.23 carats.
Although gems are frequently used in jewelry, they are perfectly good collectibles in their own right. Actually there are many interesting and attractive gems that are too fragile or too large to be used in jewelry. Here's a suggestion -- don't think of a gem as a component of jewelry; consider it as a piece of art and value it for its beautiful colors and the finish you apply to it. And in this hobby you don't have to always lay out cash because you can find your raw materials through field trips In the US in Alaska you can find White Quartz and Jade. And if you travel to Canada you will find nephrite jade in Dease Lake, British Columbia or pink and dark blueish spinels in Wakefield, Quebec and even ammolite from Lethbridge, Alberta. Take up a hobby of loose gemstone collecting and enjoy yourself.
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Emeralds are hard but are sensitive and prey to flaws or inclusions. They
require a lot more care than most other gemstones. The flaws occur through the
trials imposed by nature, and sometimes the engineering process developed by man
. The identification of fissures, however, does serve a useful purpose. The
flaws help to weed out artificial emeralds from the real ones. Inclusions
actually prove an emeralds authenticity. Refraction and density of the stones
vary from the location where they are found. Emeralds are found buried in their
parent rock.
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Rose quartz is a pink stone often worn as crystal pendants or bead necklaces. It
is simple, inexpensive jewelry that goes with everything. Pink or peach-colored
quartz is called Rose Quartz. It has a hardness of 7. Rose Quartz will chip and
crack rather easily. Rose Quartz fades in the sun; most Rose Quartz is dyed.
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Moonstone can be easily scratched. Moonstone is found in Brazil, European Alps,
India, Madagascar, Mexico, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, and USA (Pennsylvania
and Virginia). Sri Lanka has the highest quality moonstones. Moonstone is the
June Modern and Mystical Birthstone
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