So You Want To Collect Loose Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Why collect loose gemstones you ask? For many people it's because gemstones are extremely beautiful. And like their more familiar cousin, natural diamonds, they can become extremely valuable over the years. Many hobbyists love to collect and work with the wide variety of gemstones available today. This article will discuss the hobby of loose gemstone collecting.
The very first step in beginning this hobby the wise way is by getting adequate knowledge about them. By taking a quick trip to the library or local bookstore you can find a number of books to broaden your knowledge and that will prevent you from making mistakes at the start.
First, color is a major part in evaluating a gemstone. The closer the color comes to its pure spectral color the more highly prized it is. Traditionally, these specter colors include violent, blue, green,, orange and red. Colors that tend to be paler or darker than the pure color tend to be less valued.
Gemstone cut is very important and is used not only to appraise diamonds but along with your gemstones. A precision cut gemstone showcases the gemstone's color, diminish any inclusions, and exhibits good overall symmetry and proportion. One way of determining the excellence of gemstone cut is to consider if it is able to reflect light on a consistent level throughout its surface. If the stone is cut on the shallow side much of the light will refract out of the gem rather than reflecting inside. Gem color appears washed out.
Our next consideration is the issue of gemstone clarity. Clarity is the term that refers to the external blemishes or the internal conclusions or flaws of a stone being considered. Normally large flaws you can usually see with your naked eye with others needing to be magnified 10X
Another consideration is the duo of weight and size. Due to the fact gemstones can vary in density or specific gravity. Weight and size are not equal for each and every stone. If you have a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats an equal sized ruby would weigh 1.20 carats instead. An Emerald of equal size would be approximately 0.95 carats while an Alexandrite gem stone would came in at 1.23 carats.
Getting involved in collecting gemstones can be very enjoyable and could be rewarding as well over time. You can start small and don't have to spend a lot of money and yet you can buy some very beautiful items. Many people love to take vacations to go looking for gemstones. Just in the United States in Alabama you can find Beryl, blue and yellow; Smoky Quartz and Hematite. Or you can take the time to travel and find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Beechworth, Victoria or hunt specimens the quartz regions in Wave Hill in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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In Kashmir sapphires are formed in pegmatites which are veins made up of
pegmatite. In the pegmatite formations that are the feeding ground for Kashmir
sapphires there is an abundance of aluminum and boron. In the rock surrounding
the formation there is iron and titanium present.
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The name peridot most probably derives from the Arabic word "faridat" for gem. It's also called chrysolith (derived from the Greek word "goldstone") and olivine, because of its color and membership to the olivine group.
Historically the volcanic island Zabargad (St. John) in the Red Sea, east of Egypt, was the most important deposit that was exploited for 3500 years. Today's main deposits are in Arizona, China, Vietnam and Pakistan. The Pakistani peridot in particular is very fine, and a new find in Pakistan in the mid-1990's has made peridot available to a wider market.
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