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Starting The Hobby Of Loose Gemstone Collecting
By Lee MacRae
Many people, young and old, say collecting loose gemstones or loose diamonds is their favorite hobby. They love the colors and the beauty of the wide array of gemstones found around the world today. This article will examine the things you need to know when starting to collect gemstones yourself.
First off you need to learn all you can on the various gemstones available. This will help you to know what you're buying so you buy the right items. Without the proper knowledge you can make costly mistakes.
First on your list to look at is stone color. You'll want the stone to be as close in color as possible to the pure colors of the spectrum. This means blue, green, yellow, orange, red and violet. The prices of very dark are very pale gemstones are lower than the vibrant colors.
The cut of the gemstone is an important aspect to consider when you consider a gemstone's value. The gemstone must be cut in a way that reflects light back to the viewer. A poor cut will not reflect light consistently over its entire surface. Color tone, saturation, and hue will always look inconsistent.
Next up is the aspect of clarity. Clarity refers to the the internal conclusions or flaws of the gemstone under consideration. Larger flaws you can usually see with your naked eye with others needing to be magnified 10X
Next up are size and weight. Save for pearls and corals, all gemstones are valued by the unit called the carat. One carat equals a 0.2 grams. You should know however that weight and size are not the same in gemstones. Density or specific gravity can very. Take a diamond that is 1.00 carats in weight and you will find that a similar sized ruby or sapphire weighs 1.20 carats.
Collecting gemstones as a hobby can become 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 end up with some very beautiful stones. Many people love to take vacations to go hunting gemstones. For example in Texas You can find Beryl, Pearl and Tourmaline. Or you can take the time to travel and find opal in Opalton, Yowah, Queensland, Austalia, topaz in Beechworth, Victoria or look in the garnet fields in Harts Range in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Many natural gemstones such as the ruby, sapphire, and emerald are becoming so rare and expensive to mine that laboratory-grown gemstones are used often in jewelry designs. The first lab-grown gemstone was produced in 1902 in Paris, France by a chemist named Louis Verneuil. A gemstone that is grown in a laboratory is not imitation or artificial, and is carefully crystallized over time. It has essentially the same optical, physical and chemical properties as a natural gemstone. Only a trained gemologist can tell them apart. Natural gemstones such as rubies and emeralds can be 10 to 50 times more expensive than the cost of a lab-grown gemstone in a similar quality. And laboratory-grown emeralds and rubies are often superior to natural stones in both clarity and color.
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The weight of a diamond is measured in carats (ct.). Each carat is divided into
100 points. For example: 1ct.= 100 points, 1/2 ct. = 50 points. Points in a
fraction are measured within acceptable ranges. For example: a 1/2 ct diamond
pendant may have a range of + or - .06 points. In other words, the total diamond
weight may vary from .44 to .56 points and still be considered a 1/2 carat.
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