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Collecting Prescious And Semi-Prescious Gemstones

By Lee MacRae

Why would someone go to the trouble of collect loose gemstones? For many people it's because they've been sought for their beauty for many centuries. And like their more familiar cousin, natural diamonds, they can become extremely valuable over the years. Many people love to collect and work with the nearly 150 types of gemstones found today. Read long as we examine the loose gemstones hobby.

At the very beginning you need to learn all you can on the wide variety of stones available. This knowledge will help you to know the properties of each stone and prevent you from wasting your money. This will help you make informed decisions.

To start with, an important aspect in gemstone evaluation is color. Gemstones are the most intensely colored natural material available on earth. These materials are so related to their color that they have even lent their names to specific colors. Without a doubt you will recognize sapphire blue, ruby red, jade green, aquamarine, emerald green or turquoise. Gemstones will have a higher value the closer they come to the natural spectral colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. They become less valuable the more they move away from the spectral color.

Gemstone cut is the next factor to look at before a purchase is made. The precision of cut will determine how much light the gemstone stone will reflect. The cut will factor highly in the brilliance of the stone and its final value.

Another factor to consider is the clarity of the stone. This means the purity of the stone or the lack of internal inclusions, spots, or particles inside the crystal. Obviously, stones with a lack of flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.

Another consideration is the duo of size and weight. Due to the fact gemstones can vary in density or specific gravity. Weight and size are not equal for each and every stone. If a diamond of a certain size weighs 1.00 carats then a ruby of equal size would weigh 1.20 carats. An emerald stone would be about 0.95 carats and an Alexandrite stone would be about 1.23 carats.

Taking up the hobby of gemstones can give you an enjoyable pastime and rewarding in the long run. You can start small and don't have to spend a lot of money and yet you can build a very exquisite collection. Many people love to set aside vacation or weekend time to go hunting for raw gemstones. Just in the United States in Wyoming you can find Agate (including Moss Agate), Jade, Ruby, Jasper, Bloodstone as well as Star Sapphire. And if you like to travel farther you can find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Mt Surprise or O'Briens Creek in Queensland, Australia or check out raw material in the peridot fields in Chudleigh Park, Queensland, Australia.

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Charcas, San Luis Potosi - is world reknown for it's Danburite the large clear
crystals are easily found on the mineral markets. Topaz is also found here and
can be quite nice. A variety of grossular known as "Raspberry Garnet" is found
in Coahuila and another garnet gem found in Mexico is andradite which forms
iridescent green gemstones. Another green gem is olivine and it is mined in the
Chavira peridot-olivine mines in Chihuahua.
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