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How To Start Loose Gemstone Collecting

By Lee MacRae

Why would anyone collect items like loose gemstones, you ask? For many people it's because they are very beautiful items. And like their more familiar cousin, natural diamonds, they can become extremely valuable over the years. Many people love to find, collect and finish each and every one of the 150 varieties available. Read long as we look at the hobby of collecting loose gemstones.

Right at the beginning, what you need is to get some books from the library or bookstore. You want to understand everything there is to know about the subject of gemstones. The more you understand about the hobby of gemstones the better off you'll be. You'll know exactly what to look for in a quality stone.

First, color is a major part in giving value to a gemstone. The closer the color of the gemstone is to its pure spectral color the more highly prized it is. Traditional spectral colors are orange, green, yellow, Violet and blue. Colors that are darker or paler than a pure spectral color diminish the value of the stone.

Gemstone cut is very important and factors highly into the appraisal of not only diamonds along with gemstones. An excellent cut will showcase the natural color of the gemstone, diminish any inclusions, and exhibits good overall symmetry and proportion. One way of determining the excellence in the cut is to consider how consistently it reflects the light throughout its surface. If the gemstone is cut to shallow most of the light will refract out instead of reflecting internally. The gem appears washed out.

The clarity in a stone is the next item to consider. Gemstone clarity relates to the amount of inclusions (trace elements or large particles of other elements or minerals) that a gem has. A gemstones that is normally found to be clean is obviously worth more. To determine the flaws not seen with the unaided eye you need a gem microscope or 10X gemstone clarity magnifier. Many hobbyists will employ a 10X jewelers were gemstone loup for viewing stamps, coins, beads as well as gems.

Next to consider are weight and size. Other than the corals and pearls gemstones are priced by the unit, carat. One carat is the equivalent of 0.2 grams Be aware however, that weight and size are not always equal and gemstones. Density or specific gravity can very. Take a diamond that is 1.00 carats in weight and you will find that a similar sized sapphire or ruby weighs out at 1.20 carats.

Taking up the hobby of gemstones can give you an enjoyable pastime and could be rewarding as well over time. You can take your time and not lay out a lot a cash at the start and yet you can end up with some very beautiful stones. Many people love to set aside vacation or weekend time to go looking for gemstones. Just in the United States in Idaho you'll find Garnet, Opal, Agate, Obsidian and Sapphire. Or ou can take a longer vacation and find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Killiecrankie, Tasmania or check out the Moonstone regions in Moonstone Hill, Queensland, Australia.

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aventurine cabochonAventurine is a translucent to opaque variety of
microcrystalline quartz. Small inclusions of shiny minerals give the stone a
sparkling effect known as aventurescence. Aventurine ranges in color from green,
peach, brown, blue and a creamy green. Mohs hardness is 6.5. (Pronounced: ah-ven
-shur-ine)
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Turquoise is often fracture sealed. This doesen't mean that it has fractures, it
means that it was seal ed with an acrylic resin to enhance it's color, texture,
and hardness. Turquoise is somewhat soft so avoid scratches and sharp blows. To
be certain and coatings are not removed also avoid hot water and household
chemicals.
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Benitoite is only found in San Benito County, in Southern California. Just a few
hundred carats are found each year. A lot of this, maybe even a majority, is
kept in it�s natural form. Very little gets cut and offered for sale. Because it
is fairly well known and quite beautiful, the larger pieces demand prices around
$1,000 per carat. This is quite a bit less than a diamond or ruby, but much more
that other rare gems.
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