Collecting Prescious And Semi-Prescious Stones
By Lee MacRae
Why would anyone collect items like loose gemstones, you ask? Well for one thing they are very beautiful items. And like their higher counterpart, natural diamonds their value increases over time. Many hobbyists love to collect and show case the wide variety of gemstones available today. Read long as we discuss the hobby of loose gemstone collecting.
Right at the start you need to read up on the wide variety of stones available. This will help you to know the properties of each stone so you buy the right items. Without the proper knowledge you can make costly mistakes.
To start with, an important aspect in gemstone evaluation is color. It is a fact that gemstones are the most intensely colored naturally occurring materials you can find. Gems have become so synonomous with color, they've even had their names combined with associated colors. You've no doubt heard about emerald green, ruby red, sapphire blue, jade green, turquoise or aquamarine. Gemstones become higher in value the closer they come to the natural spectral colors of yellow, blue, violet, green, orange and red. They are valued much less the farther they deviate from the pure natural color.
The cut of your gemstone is an important factor to consider when evaluating gemstones. The cut has to be done with precision to reflect the light properly. A poor cut will not reflect light consistently over its entire surface. Tone, color saturation, and color hue will never look consistent.
A third consideration is the clarity of the stone under consideration. This is talking about the purity of the gemstone or the lack of internal inclusions, spots, or particles inside the crystal. Needless to say, stones with no 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 equal for each and every stone. If you have a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats a ruby of equal size would weigh 1.20 carats. An equal sized Emerald would be 0.95 carats while an Alexandrite would be about 1.23 carats.
Although gems are frequently used in jewelry, they are perfectly good collectibles in their own right. In fact, there are many attractive and interesting 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 unlike many hobbies where you have to buy everthing you can find your raw materials through field trips In the US in Montana you'll find Agate, Sapphire, Beryl, Amethyst, Smoky Quartz, Obsidian, Tourmaline and Garnet. And if you travel to Canada you will find nephrite jade in Mount Ogden, British Columbia or amazonite (microcline) near Lac St-Jean, Quebec as well as hessonite garnet in Asbestos, Quebec. Think of collecting gemstones as a great hobby and pastime.
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Hints About loose aquamarine gemstones
The moonstone is a variety of feldspar that exhibits a type of shimmer or �adularescence�. This is the floating, billowy effect you see when the stone is rotated. It ranks 6 to 6.5 on the Mohs Scale of Hardness. The moonstone is the shared birthstone with the pearl and alexandrite for the month of June. It comes from Sri Lanka, Australia, Africa, Brazil and India.
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Charcas, San Luis Potosi in Mexico 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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There is more to a gemstone than meets the eye. Gemstones come in many colours and have varying characteristics, therefor using visual identification to identify gemstones can be unreliable. When identifying a gemstone it is sometimes difficult to know if the stone is genuine or synthetic. The only reliable method of identifying gemstones is to take it to a qualified Gemmologist, they have the expertise and specialised equipment required to give the best advice.
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Tiny keishi pearls studded with pink tourmaline. Pearls measure about 8-9mm. Earrings measure about 1/2" from base of earwires. 14kt gold-fill earwires and findings.
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Matte black onyx pebbles float on 23kt gold fill chain. Necklace is 16" long. 23kt gold vermeil toggle. 14kt gold fill chain and findings.
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