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How To Start Loose Gemstone Collecting
By Lee MacRae
Many people today say collecting various loose gemstones or loose diamonds is a favorite pastime. Many people have a great love Of the assorted number of gemstones found worldwide today. This article will discuss a number of things you need to know in starting in this interesting hobby.
To begin with you need to read up on the wide variety of stones available. This knowledge will help you to know the properties of each stone so you buy the right items. Get the answer to questions like how, where and what to buy.
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. These materials are so related to their 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 are valued much higher the closer they are to the colors in the spectrum of violet, blue, green,, orange and red. They drop in value the farther they are from the natural color.
Gemstone cut is very important and factors highly into the appraisal of not only diamonds but along with your gemstones. An excellent cut will showcase the natural color of the gemstone, diminishes its inclusions, and highlight the proportions and symmetry of the stone. One way to determine the precision of its cut is to check if it is able to reflect light on a consistent level throughout its surface. If the stone is cut on the shallow side much of the light will refract out of the gem rather than reflecting internally. Gem color appears washed out.
Another factor to look at is the clarity. This refers to the gemstones purity or the absence of internal inclusions, spots, or particles within the crystal. Obviously, stones with a lack of flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.
You will often find that gemstones are often listed according to their size because it is more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may be of the same size but different carat weights and consequently, different in prices as well. This factor comes from the difference of relative density or specific gravity depending upon the materials chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure. A one carat round brilliant diamond, for example with normal proportions is approximately 6.5 mm around. 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 give you an enjoyable pastime and rewarding in the long run. 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 love to take vacations to go hunting gemstones. For example in Michigan you can find Agate, Chlorastrolite and Hematite. Or ou can take a longer vacation and find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Killiecrankie, Tasmania or check out raw material in the peridot fields in Chudleigh Park, Queensland, Australia.
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Very Good Grade diamonds: This grade also has high brilliance and scintillation,
but expect them to be a bit darker in the center or around the edges. In some
cases a diamond can have top brilliance and scintillation, but be down graded by
its pattern. The stone above has a splintery pattern that prevents it from being
graded excellent.
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The Delong Star Ruby is over 100 carats and is now found in the Natural History
Museum in New York. In 1964 the Delong Star Ruby and the Star of India sapphire
were stolen by a gang of 3, including Jack Murphy (or 'Murph the Surf') and were
ransomed from $25,000 and both recovered. The Delong Star was found at a
designated drop off site - a phone booth in Florida.
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