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How To Start Loose Gemstone Collecting

By Lee MacRae

Why would anyone collect items like loose gemstones, you ask? Well for one thing gemstones are extremely beautiful. And just like natural diamonds they can become extremely valuable over the years. Many people love to collect and show case the wide variety of gemstones available today. This article will discuss the hobby of loose gemstone collecting.

To begin with your first priority is to visit the library and get some books. You want to learn everything there is to know about your new hobby. The more you understand about each kind of gemstone the better off you'll be. You will know exactly what you are looking at.

The chief thing you need to factor in should be the color of the gemstone. You'll want the gemstone that is as close as possible to the pure spectral colors. This means red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet. The prices of very dark are very pale semiprecious and precious stones are lower in value.

Gemstone cut is very important and is used not only to appraise diamonds but gemstones as well. A precision cut gemstone highlights the gemstone's color, diminish any inclusions, and exhibits good overall symmetry and proportion. One excellent method to determine the precision in the cut is to consider if it is able to reflect light on a consistent level throughout the surface of the stone. If the stone is cut on the shallow side most of this light were refracted away rather than reflecting inside. That will make the gem seem washed out and windowed.

A third consideration is the stone's clarity. This means the stones purity or the lack of internal inclusions, internal particles or spots within the crystal. Needless to say, stones with no flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.

Gemstones are often listed according to their size aspect since it is more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may have the same size but have different carat weights that result in different prices as well. This is due to the nature of gemstone difference regarding specific gravity and depends on the materials chemical composition and crystalline structure. A one carat round brilliant diamond, for example of typical proportions will be approximately 6.5 mm in diameter. A comparable a brilliant ruby of the same proportions in size will weigh in at 1.55 carats instead.

Collecting gemstones as a hobby can become an enjoyable pastime and could be rewarding as well over time. You don't need to spend a lot of money and yet you can buy some very beautiful items. Many people loved to spend weekends to go looking for gemstones. Take the example of the United States. In North Carolina you can find Beryl, Aquamarine, Emerald, Almandite Garnet, Rhodolite, and Pyrope Garnet, Diamond, Cyanitecomma

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To be classified as a gemstone, a material must possess three qualities: beauty, rarity and durability. Beauty can be measured by the gemstone�s color, clarity and cut. Rarity is determined by the scarcity of the gem�s occurrence in nature or in the marketplace. And durability is based on the hardness, toughness and stability of the gem.
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