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How To Collect Gemstones

By Lee MacRae

Many people today say collecting various loose gemstones or loose diamonds is a favorite pastime. Many people have a great love Of the assorted number of gemstones found around the world today. Follow along as we look at a number of factors you should understand when starting to collect gemstones yourself.

To begin with your first priority is to get yourself some reading material. You want to know as much as possible about precious and semiprecious gemstones. The more you understand about gemstones the wiser will be your purchases. You will know exactly what you are looking at.

First, color is a major part in giving value to a gemstone. The closer the color of the gemstone is to its purer spectral value the more highly prized it is. Traditional spectral colors include violent, blue, green,, orange and red. Colors that are paler or darker than the pure spectral color diminish the value of the stone.

Stone cut is the next factor to look at before buying. How precise the cut is will determine how much light the stone will reflect. It will ultimately ultimately determine the stones brilliance and how much it will be valued.

Another factor to look at is the stone's clarity. This is talking about the stones purity or the lack of internal inclusions, particles or spots within the crystal. Needless to say, stones with no flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.

You will often find that gemstones are often listed according to size because it is more uniform than carat weight. But two different gemstones may have the same size but different carat weights and consequently, different pricing structures. This is due to the nature of gemstone difference regarding specific gravity or relative density depending upon 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 comparable round brilliant ruby of the same size and proportions will weigh in at 1.55 carats instead.

Collecting gemstones as a hobby can give you an enjoyable pastime and also rewarding in the long run. It doesn't have to be very expensive and yet you can buy some very beautiful items. Many people love to take vacations to go hunting gemstones. Just in the United States in Texas You can find Beryl, Pearl and Tourmaline. 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 the quartz regions in Mt Hope or Inverell, New South Wales.

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The Delong Star Ruby resides in the Natural History Museum in New York City. It
weighs 100.32 carats. In 1964 the Delong Star Ruby (along with the Star of India
) was the object of an infamous burglary, carried out by Jack Murphy, known as
Murph the Surf, and two other men. They were ransomed from $25,000 and both
recovered. The Delong Star was found at a designated drop off site - a phone
booth in Florida.
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Opal is October's birthstone and is an elegant sparkling gemstone. Opal is a
soft gemstone so wearing it in pendants, necklaces and earrings is ideal. The
fabulous fire of an opal has made this stone a favorite of many.
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Since 1892, Sapphires have been mined at Gem Peak area on Rock Creek near
Philipsburg, Montana. The first load of sapphires is shipped from Placer mines
and eventually as far away as Switzerland for watch jewels and fine instrument
bearings. Here was a world-class discovery and supply to meet a growing demand
for corundum; sapphires and rubies. That Rock Creek deposit was known early on
as being exceedingly abundant, and is notable as the only placer concentration
plentiful enough to have been worked commercially for sapphires. Since those
early days, and continuing into modern times, Montanans and visitors have
enjoyed mining gemstones for fine jewellery. Colours range from the classic "
cornflower blue" to "red-orange" and "mint green." The sapphires found and
finished here have a character and beauty all their own.
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Starting The Hobby Of Gemstone Collecting

By Lee MacRae

Many people, young and old, say collecting various loose gemstones or loose diamonds is a favorite pastime. Many people have a great love of the various gemstones found around the world today. Follow along as we discuss a number of things you need to know when starting this gemstone hobby.

At the very beginning you need to learn all you can on the various gemstones available. This will help you to know what exactly you're looking for so you buy the right items. Get the answer to questions like how, where and what to buy.

The first criteria you need to evaluate is stone 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. Everyone knows ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, aquamarine, turquoise, and jade green Gemstones are valued much higher the closer they are to the colors in the spectrum of yellow, blue, violet, green, orange and red. They drop in value when they are lighter or darker than the pure spectral color.

The cut of the stone is extremely important and is used not only to appraise diamonds along with gemstones. A good cut highlights the pure color of the stone, diminishes its inclusions, and show off its symmetry and proportions. One way of determining the excellence in the cut is to look at if it is able to reflect light on a consistent level throughout the surface of the stone. If the gemstone is cut to shallow much of the light will refract out of the gem instead of reflecting inside the gemstone. Gemstone color will be washed out.

Next to look at is the issue of gemstone clarity. Clarity refers to the internal flaws (inclusions) or the external blemishes of the gemstone under consideration. Larger flaws are visible to the naked eye with others requiring a 10X magnification.

The next factors to consider our size and weight. Save for pearls and corals, all gemstones are priced by the carat. One carat is the equivalent of 0.2 grams Be aware however, that size and weight and gemstones are not the same. Density or specific gravity can very. If you have a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats, you will find a similar sized ruby or sapphire weighs 1.20 carats.

Collecting various gemstones can create an enjoyable hobby and pastime. And there are so many different types in precious and semi precious stones that you can collect. You can start collecting gemstones like Garnet, Spinel or Natural moissanite and then try others. The choice and beauty and variety is almost endless. And if you like to save money but love vacations you can find gemstones for yourself instead of buying. Just in the United States in Michigan you can find Agate, Chlorastrolite and Hematite.

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Zircon is somewhat soft so avoid scratches and sharp blows. Avoid hot water and
household chemicals. Brown Zicon is usually heat treated to change them to
colorless or blue Zircon. Blue stones that revert to brown will regain the blue
if reheated. Blue Zircon reheated in the presence of oxygen will change to a
golden yellow.
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Authentic emeralds are very expensive, and not available to the casual collector
. However, with today.s technology scientists can make lab-created emeralds that
can be sold at affordable prices on the open market. They are made by exposing
thin slices of natural beryl to a chemical mixture that is akin to an authentic
emerald. The mixture is one of pure filtered water and acids. Then it is put
under intense heat in saline solution. Then the stone slices cool until crystal
forms and it reaches a gem like thickness. When this process is complete it can
be cut and processed like a gem.
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In the 1950's the Gemological Institute of America established a system for
grading diamonds based on the four C's. This was a great asset to the diamond
community and it became the standard for grading world wide. While the system
for grading color and clarity removed most redundancies, the standards for
grading the cut left something to be desired. That is not necessarily a
criticism of the GIA; no one has been able to establish a simple a usable system
that would cover all the variables involved.
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