Starting To Collect Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
Why would anyone collect items like loose gemstones, you ask? Well for one thing they've been sought for their beauty for many centuries. And just like natural diamonds their value increases over time. Many people love to collect and work with the wide variety of gemstones available today. Follow along as we discuss the hobby of loose gemstone collecting.
First off you'll need the knowledge on the wide variety of stones available. This knowledge will help you to know what you're buying 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. Gemstones are so related to color that they have even lent their names to specific colors. Everyone knows ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, aquamarine, turquoise, and jade green Gemstones are valued much higher they closer they are to natural spectral colors of violet, blue, green,, orange and red. They drop in value the more they deviate from the spectral color.
How a stone has been cut is the second most important value determination to look at before a purchase is made. The precision of cut will determine how much light the gemstone stone will reflect. It will ultimately ultimately determine the stones brilliance and its final value.
Next to look at is gemstone clarity. The aspect of clarity refers to the internal flaws ( known as inclusions) or the outside blemishes of a stone being considered. Larger flaws are visible to the naked eye with others requiring a 10X magnification.
The next factors to consider our size and weight. Other than the corals and pearls gemstones are priced by the unit, carat. One carat is the equivalent of 0.2 grams However you should know weight and size are not the same in gemstones. The density and specific gravity can differ in stones. Take a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats and you will see that a similar sized sapphire or ruby would weigh 1.20 carats.
Although gemstones are normally used for jewelry, they are perfectly good collectibles in their own right. In fact, there are many attractive and interesting gemstones that are simply too big and fragile for use in jewelry. Take each gemstone and consider it as a piece of art and value it for its beautiful colors and the finish you apply to it. And unlike some hobbies that require you to pay for your specimens you can use vacation time to actually hunt for raw gemstones in stead of buying. In the United States in Missouri you can hunt for Pearl, Fluorite, Pyrite and Calcite. And in Canada you can hunt for nephrite jade in Cry Lake, British Columbia or sodalite and rose quartz near Bancroft, Ontario and even Ammolite, a rare gemstone found only in southern Alberta. Take up gemstone collecting and you won't regret it.
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