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So You Want To Collect Loose Gemstones
By Lee MacRae
The term gemology refers to the profession, science, and even art of evaluating and identifying gemstones from natural diamonds to loose gemstones. A number of people taken up this profession as a hobby. They become very interested in starting to collect loose gemstones or loose diamonds. You'll even find some that like to visit various local locations to look for rough gemstones. Some of them will even tumble or finish off the gemstones themselves. If this hobby interest you read along as we discuss the different aspects of this hobby.
Right at the beginning, what you need is to visit the library and get some books. You want to understand everything there is to know about precious and semiprecious gemstones. The more you understand about the hobby of gemstones the less likely you are to make a mistake. You will know exactly what to look for.
The chief thing you need to take into account is stone color. You'll want the gemstone to be as close as possible to the pure spectral colors. The spectral colors are violet, orange, yellow, green, blue, and red. The prices of very dark are very pale semiprecious and precious gemstones are less per carat.
The cut of your gemstone is an important factor to consider when buying a gemstone. The cut has to be done in a way that reflects light back to the viewer. A poor cut will not reflect the light consistently. Color saturation, hue and tone will always look inconsistent.
Next up is gemstone clarity. Clarity refers to the the internal conclusions or flaws of the gemstone. Any large flaws are visible to the unaided eye with the others needing a 10X magnification.
Next on the agenda is the duo of weight and size. Due to their nature gemstones can vary in density or specific gravity. Weight and size are not equal for each and every stone. If you have a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats a ruby 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 collecting of loose gemstones can be very rewarding hobby. And there are so many different types in precious and semi precious stones that you can collect. You can collect gemstones like Olivine (Peridot), Sapphire or Onyx for instance. The opportunities are seemingly endless. And if you like a hands on hobby you can go hunting for raw gemstones. For example in Minnesota you can hunt for Agate and Thomsonite.
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The Argyle Diamond Mine is owned by the Rio Tinto Group who also owns the Murowa
mine in Zimbabwe and the Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada. Argyle is presently the
largest diamond producer in the world. It is the only place in the world where
large volumes of pink diamonds are mined. It is an open pit mine, located 1200
miles from Perth that has been in operation since the company began business.
There is a plan to begin underground operations in the near future.
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The Star of India, at 563.35 carats, is the largest and most famous star
sapphire in the world. Formed some 2 billion years ago, it was discovered,
allegedly more than 300 years ago, in Sri Lanka, where excellent sapphires are
still to be found in deposits of sand and gravel left by ancient rivers.
Industrialist and financier J. P. Morgan presented the sapphire to the New York
Museum of Natural History in 1900. Today, the Star of India is one of the most
renowned objects in all of the Museum's collections.
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