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So You Want To Collect Loose Gemstones

By Lee MacRae

Gemology is a term referring to the profession, science, and even art of evaluating and identifying gemstones from loose gemstones to natural diamonds. Many people take up gemology as a hobby. They become very interested in starting to collect items like loose gemstone or natural diamonds. A number of these hobbyists start to travel to various neghbourhood locations to hunt for raw or rough gemstones. Some of them will even tumble or finish off the gemstones themselves. If you have an interest in this hobby read along as we reveal the various aspects of gemstone collecting.

Right at the start you need to learn all you can on the various gemstones available. This knowledge will help you to know what exactly you're looking for so you buy the right items. This will help you make informed decisions.

The first criteria you need to evaluate is stone color. Gemstones are the most intensely colored naturally occurring materials you can find. These materials are so related to their color that they've even become associated with particular ones. You've no doubt heard about emerald green, ruby red, sapphire blue, jade green, turquoise or aquamarine. Gemstones will have a higher value when they are equal in color to the spectral colors of yellow, blue, violet, green, orange and red. They are valued much less when they are lighter or darker than the pure natural color.

Gemstone cut is one of the most important traits in evaluating gemstones. The gemstone must be cut with precision to reflect the light properly. A poor cut will not reflect the light consistently. The color hue, color tone and saturation will never be consistent.

The next factor to look at is the gemstone's clarity. This is talking about the gemstones purity or the lack of internal inclusions, spots, or particles within the crystal structure. Obviously, stones with a lack of flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.

Gemstones are often categorized according to their size because of being more uniform than carat weight. But two different gemstones may have the same size but have different carat weights that result in different in prices as well. This is due to the difference regarding specific gravity or relative density and depends on the materials chemical composition and crystal structure type For example, a one carat round diamond with normal proportions is approximately 6.5 mm around. A ruby that is the same size will weigh approximately 1.55 carats.

Collecting gemstones as a hobby can give you an enjoyable pastime and rewarding in the long run. You don't need to spend a lot of money and yet you can buy some very beautiful items. Many people loved to spend weekends to go looking for gemstones. For example in Arkansas you can find Clear & Smoky Quartz, Diamond and Agate. And if you like to travel farther you can find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Killiecrankie, Tasmania or hunt the quartz regions in Yellowdine Lake in Western Australia.

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Even the hardest gemstone variety can be vulnerable to breakage if it has
inclusions that weaken the crystal structure. Exercise common sense: if you have
a ring set with a softer gem variety or an included stone, take it off before
strenuous activity. Even the hardest gemstones like Diamonds, Rubies and
Sapphires can shatter with a single well-placed blow especially if they have
inclusions, which weaken the crystal structure.
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Tanzanite is a relatively new gemstone introduced by Tiffany's. It's unique blue
color looks fabulous. Tanzanite gem stones make wonderful eye-catching jewelry.
Tanzanite gems may be blue, purple or slate gray. Tanzanite has a hardness
rating of 6.5. Tanzanite gem stones are often heat treated to improve its color
and clarity.
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The Cullinan III diamond is a pear-shaped diamond of over 94 carats, and is in
the finial of Queen Mary's Crown. The Cullinan IV diamond is over 63 carats, and
is in the band of Queen Mary's crown, Both the III and the IV diamond can also
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