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Collecting Gemstones

By Lee MacRae

Why would someone go to the trouble of collect loose gemstones? Well for one thing gemstones are extremely beautiful. And like their higher counterpart, natural diamonds their value increases over time. Many hobbyists love to collect and work with the nearly 150 types of gemstones found today. Read long as we discuss the hobby of loose gemstone collecting.

To begin with your first priority is to get some books from the library or bookstore. You want to understand as much as you possibly can about your new hobby. The more you learn about the hobby of gemstones the less likely you are to make a mistake. You'll know exactly what to look for in a quality stone.

The first item to factor in is the color of the stone. You want the stone that is as close as possible to the pure colors of the spectrum. We are talking about blue, green, yellow, orange, red and violet. Generally, the prices very pale or very dark stones are less per carat.

The way a stone is cut is the second most important value determination to look at before a purchase is made. The precision of the cut is the factor that determines the amount of light the gemstone stone will reflect. The cut will factor highly in the brilliance of the stone and its final value.

Next to look at is the issue of gemstone clarity. The aspect of clarity refers to the internal flaws ( known as inclusions) or the outside blemishes of a stone being considered. Any large flaws can be seen with the unaided eye with the others needing a 10X magnification.

Next item to look at is the duo of size and weight. Due to the fact gemstones vary and specific gravity or density. Size and weight are not necessarily equal from stone to stone. If a diamond of a certain size weighs 1.00 carats then a sapphire of equal size would weigh 1.20 carats. An emerald stone would be about 0.95 carats and an Alexandrite gemstone would be about 1.23 carats.

Taking up the hobby of 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 build a very exquisite collection. Many people loved to spend weekends to go looking for gemstones. Take the example of the US. In Utah You can find Topaz, Garnet, Petrified Wood, Jasper and Obsidian. Or you can take the time to travel and find opal in Opalton, Yowah, Queensland, Austalia, topaz in Mt Surprise or O'Briens Creek in Queensland, Australia or hunt the quartz regions in Beechworth and Mooralla in Victoria Australia.

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Two Afrikaner brothers owned a farm where the Orange and Vaal rivers join.
Johannes Nicholas de Beer and Diederik Arnoldus de Beer had diamonds discovered
on their property. They were in no position to protect the property from diamond
hunters and predators so they sold it for 6300 pounds to investors Cecil Rhodes
and Charles Rudd. Two mines were actually found on the property located in the
Kimberly region. One mine was named after the original owners of the property,
and the other one was named after the area. The De Beers and Kimberly mines were
consequently born. Rhodes and Rudd merged the two enterprises to form De Beers
Consolidated Mines Limited. It couldn't have happened at a better time.
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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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