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How To Start Loose Gemstone Collecting

By Lee MacRae

The term gemology refers to the profession, science, and even art 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 items like loose gemstone or natural diamonds. A number of these hobbyists start to travel to different areas close by to look for raw gemstones. Some of them will even tumble or finish off the gemstones themselves. If this sounds like a hobby you would like to get involved in read along as we discuss the various aspects of gemstone collecting.

The first thing you need to do is to get yourself some books on gemstones. You want to learn everything there is to know about your new hobby. The more you know about gemstones the wiser will be your purchases. You need to be as informed as possible.

The first criteria you need to evaluate is stone color. Without a doubt, gemstones are the most intensely colored natural material available on earth. Gems have become so synonomous with color, they have even lent their names to specific colors. Everyone knows ruby red, emerald green, sapphire blue, aquamarine, turquoise, and jade green Gemstones will have a higher value when they equal the colors in the spectrum of yellow, blue, violet, green, orange and red. They become less valuable when they are lighter or darker than the pure natural color.

Gemstone cut is an important aspect to consider in determining gemstone value. The gemstone must be cut with precision to reflect the light properly. A gemstone with the poor cut can't reflect the light consistently over its surface. The hue, tone and color saturation will never be consistent.

The next factor to consider is the clarity of the gemstone under consideration. This is talking about the purity of the stone with no internal conclusions, spots, or particles within the crystal structure. Without a doubt, zero flaws will make a gemstone very valuable.

Next on the agenda is the duo of weight and size. Due to the fact gemstones vary and specific gravity or density. Size and weight are not necessarily equal from stone to stone. Take the example of a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats and an equal sized Sapphire would weigh more than 1.20 carats. An equal sized Emerald would be 0.95 carats while an Alexandrite gem stone would came in at 1.23 carats.

Taking up the hobby of gemstones 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 looking for gemstones. Just in the United States in Arkansas you can find Clear & Smoky Quartz, Diamond and Agate. And if you like to travel farther you can find opal in Opalton, Yowah, Queensland, Austalia, topaz in Mt Surprise or O'Briens Creek in Queensland, Australia or check out the quartz regions in Cloncurry in Queensland, Australia.

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Rarity is one of the most prized qualities of gemstones. However, it isn�t clear
to people just how rare a given gem is. All of them are rare, but some are much
more so than others. The most common crystallized mineral is quartz. Even today,
with the popularity of outside activities, few people have ever seen a crystal
in nature. Those who have are mostly prospectors, miners and rock hounds who go
to known collecting sites. All told the crystallized minerals that we consider
gem materials make up a tiny fraction of 1% of the earth�s substance. Due to
some excellent advertising, diamonds are believed to be the rarest of gemstones.
One simple example will help put that into perspective: How many women do you
know who don�t own at least one diamond? In nature diamonds are rare, but not so
in the gem world.
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The common opal is quite a departure from the precious opal. There are several
different types of common opals: the milk opal, opals with blue and green tints,
resin opal, and a wood opal. There are also opals that can be found around hot
springs and geysers. They are a clear glass opal made up of geyserite. There are
other varieties of opals most notably the fire opal and Peruvian opal. Mexico
and Mesoamerica is the chief source of the fire opal. They come from the Mexican
high country where they can be found in rock surrounding extinct volcanoes. It
is extracted from open-pit mines in the canyons and valleys there. It should be
noted that more durable fire opals are found in drier region. The drier the
region the more durable the opal will be. While Mexico produces the most fire
opals they can be found in Honduras, Ethiopia, United States, Australia, Canada,
Turkey and areas in former Russian states.
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