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How To Collect Gemstones

By Lee MacRae

Gemology is the art, profession and science of evaluating and identifying rocks known as natural diamonds or loose gemstones. A number of people taken up gemology as a hobby. They collect and evaluate loose diamonds or loose gemstones. Some people even begin to travel to different areas to hunt for raw or rough gemstones. Some of them will even tumble or finish off the gemstones themselves. If you have an interest in this hobby follow along as we discuss the various aspects of gemstone collecting.

The first step in starting the hobby of collecting gemstones the intelligent way is by acquiring knowledge about them. By taking a look in your local bookstore you'll find numerous books on gemstones that will prevent you from making mistakes at the start.

Of paramount importance Is gemstone color. Highly prized gemstones have colors that are close to the exact spectral color of violent, blue, green,, orange or red. Gemstone colors that are muted or are too dark can lower the value quite easily.

Cut is one of the all-important 4Cs and is used not only to appraise diamonds but along with your gemstones. A precision cut will highlight the gemstone's color, diminishes its inclusions, and show off its symmetry and proportions. One way to determine the precision of the cut is to look at how consistently it reflects the light over its entire surface. But if a gem is cut too shallow, most of the light will refract out instead of reflecting inside. The gem appears washed out.

The clarity of a gemstone is an important consideration. When we talk of clarity it relates to a stones relative freedom from inclusions or blemishes. A gemstones that is normally found to be clean is more valuable. To determine the flaws not seen with the unaided eye you need a gem microscope or gemstone clarity magnifier. Many hobbyists will use a jewelers diamond gemstone loupe 10X for viewing stamps, coins, beads as well as gems.

Next up are size and weight. Other than the corals and pearls gemstones are valued by the unit called the carat. One carat equals a 0.2 grams. However you should know size and weight and gemstones are not the same. The density and specific gravity can differ in stones. Take a diamond that is 1.00 carats in weight and you will find that a similar sized sapphire or ruby would weigh 1.20 carats.

Collecting gemstones as a hobby can become 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. For example in Nevada you can hunt for Rock Crystal, Citrine, Nevada Turquoise and Virgin Valley Black Fire Opal. Or ou can take a longer vacation and find opal in Opalton, Yowah, Queensland, Austalia, topaz in Killiecrankie, Tasmania or hunt the sapphire fields in Anakie, Rubyvale, Sapphire, Glenalva, The Willows, Inverell or Glen Innes in Queensland, Austalia.

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Tiger Eye is often heat treated. This is permanent so no extra care is required.
As with all gems, protect topaz from scratches and sharp blows. Also avoid large
temperature changes (such as leaving it be a heater vent or in a hot car).
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The Tanzanite gemstone is a fairly recent find. Given the very difficult terrain
in which most of the Tanzanite is mined, it is no wonder that the price of this
gemstone is quite high. Tanzanite get�s it�s name from the country in which it
is mined and that is Tanzania. The gemstone is quite hard but at the same time
is brittle. This brittleness makes the Tanzanite gemstone require special care
when wearing Tanzanite jewelry. One fact that is not so well known is that, the
Tanzanite gem stone in it�s original rough form is brownish in color. Heat
treatment is used to bring out the blue and purple colors of this gorgeous
gemstone.
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Dispersion is the splitting of white light into its spectral colours, as with light transmitted through a prism. It is also called fire when describing the dispersion seen in gemstones; diamond is a good example with a high dispersion value. Diamonds may be cut to increase dispersion at the sacrifice of brilliance or vice versa as described above in the brilliance description. The fire in opal is caused by the dispersion of light through its unique hydrous silica structure. The amount of dispersion in gemstones can be given in figures, but is generally described simply as low, medium and high.
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