Friday, November 28, 2008

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The Hobby Of Loose Gemstone Collecting


By Lee MacRae


Gemology is the profession, science, and even art of evaluating and identifying gemstones from loose gemstones to natural diamonds. A number of people taken up gemology more as a hobby. They collect and evaluate loose diamonds or loose gemstones. Some people even begin to travel to different areas close by or to other countries to look for rough gemstones. Some of them will even tumble or finish off the gemstones themselves. If you have an interest in this hobby read along as we show you the things you should know to start this hobby.


First off you'll need the knowledge on the wide variety of stones available. This knowledge will help you to know what you're buying so you buy the right items. Without the proper knowledge you can make costly mistakes.


Color is a very important part in giving value to a gemstone. The closer a color is to its purer spectral value the more highly prized it is. Remember that the spectral colors include violent, blue, green,, orange and red. Colors that are darker or paler than a pure spectral color tend to be less valued.


The cut of your gemstone is an important aspect to consider when buying a gemstone. The gemstone must be cut correctly to reflect light properly. A poor cut will be muted or washed out. The color hue, color tone and saturation will never look consistent.


The next factor to look at is the gemstone's clarity. This is talking about the gemstones purity or the lack of internal inclusions, internal particles or spots within the crystal structure. Obviously, stones with a lack of flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.


Next thing to look at is the duo of size and weight. Due to the fact gemstones can vary in density or specific gravity. Size and weight are not necessarily equal from stone to stone. Take the example of a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats and a sapphire of equal size would weigh 1.20 carats. An emerald stone would be about 0.95 carats and an Alexandrite gem stone would came in at 1.23 carats.


Taking up the hobby of gemstones can become an enjoyable pastime and rewarding in the long run. You don't need to spend a lot of money and yet you can end up with some very beautiful stones. Many people loved to spend weekends to go looking for gemstones. Take the example of the United States. In Minnesota you can hunt for Agate and Thomsonite. Or ou can take a longer vacation and find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Mt Surprise or O'Briens Creek in Queensland, Australia or hunt specimens the quartz regions in Wave Hill in the Northern Territory of Australia.


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In general, gemstone pricing within each variety follows common sense: the more
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In the Great London Exhibition of 1862, a sapphire weighing 260.37 carats was
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