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The Hobby Of Loose 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 you can find just about everywhere in the world. This article will look at a number of factors you should understand in starting in this hobby.
To start off right you need to learn all you can on the various gemstones available. You'll find it very helpful to know the properties of each stone and prevent you from making mistakes. A knowledgeable buyer is a wise one.
The first criteria you need to evaluate is stone color. It is a fact that gemstones are the most intensely colored naturally occurring materials you can find. Gemstones are so related to color that they've even become associated with particular ones. Without a doubt you will recognize sapphire blue, ruby red, jade green, aquamarine, emerald green or turquoise. Gemstones will have a higher value they closer they are to natural spectral colors of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. They drop in value the more they deviate from the spectral color.
The cut of the stone is extremely important and factors into appraisal of 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 of gemstone cut is to consider how well it reflects light on a consistent basis throughout the surface of the stone. If the gemstone is cut to shallow most of this light were refracted away instead of reflecting internally. Gemstone color will be washed out.
The clarity of a gemstone is our next factor. When we talk of clarity it relates to the absence of flaws or blemishes inside the stone. The gemstone without flaws is more valuable. To examine flaws not seen with the naked eye requires a gemstone loupe or gemstone microscope. Many hobbyists will buy a jewelers diamond gemstone loupe 10X for viewing stamps, coins, beads as well as gems.
You will often find that gemstones are often listed according to their size criteria since it is more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may be the same size but different carat weights and consequently, different pricing structures. This is due to the nature of gemstone difference in relative density or specific gravity depending upon the chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure. Normally a one carat brilliant round diamond with standard proportions will be approximately 6.5 mm in diameter. A comparable round brilliant ruby of the same size and proportions will weigh in at 1.55 carats.
Taking up the hobby of gemstones can become an enjoyable pastime and could be rewarding as well over time. You can take your time and not lay out a lot a cash at the start and yet you can buy some very beautiful items. Many people love to take vacations to go hunting for raw gemstones. For example in Hawaii you can find Peridot and Coral. Or you can take the time to travel and find opal in Coober Pedy, Andamooka or Mintabie in South Australia, topaz in Beechworth, Victoria or hunt in the garnet fields in Fullarton River in Queensland, Australia.
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Aventurine is said to be good for physical healing. Long ago, there was a custom
of assigning various Masculine and Feminine Saints with certain gems for use in
talismans. The name Andrew (ie. patron Saint Andrew) is associated with
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The Samarian spinel is a reddish stone weighing 500 carats, blood red, semi-
polished and has a hole in it, and is the largest known spinel in the world. It
is presently at National Jewelery Museum of Iran, in Tehran, and is among the
crown jewels of Iran. Legend has it that it adorned the neck of the biblical
golden calf, which the Israelites are said to have made while Moses was
receiving the Ten Commandments.
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