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The Hobby Of Loose Gemstone Collecting
By Lee MacRae
Why collect loose gemstones you ask? Well for one thing gemstones are extremely beautiful. And like their higher counterpart, natural diamonds their value increases over time. Many in this hobby love to collect and work with the wide variety of gemstones available today. Read long as we look at the hobby of collecting loose gemstones.
To begin with your first priority is to get some books from the library or bookstore. You want to know as much as you possibly can about precious and semiprecious gemstones. The more you learn about the hobby of gemstones the wiser will be your purchases. You will know exactly what to look for.
Color is a very important part in giving value to a gemstone. The closer the color of the gemstone is to its purer spectral value the more highly prized it is. Remember that the spectral colors are yellow, blue, Violet, green, orange and red. Colors that are darker or palerthan a pure color tend to be less valued.
The cut of your gemstone is one of the most important traits when you value gemstone. The cut has to be done correctly to reflect light properly. A gemstone with the poor cut will be muted or washed out. The hue, tone and color saturation will never look consistent.
Gemstone clarity is an important consideration. Gemstone clarity relates to a stones relative freedom from inclusions or blemishes. A flawless gemstone is more valuable. To examine flaws not seen with the naked eye requires a 10X gemstone clarity magnifier or gem microscope. Many hobbyists will use an inexpensive 10X gemstone or jewelers loup for viewing stamps, coins, beads as well as gems.
Next item to look at is the duo of weight and size. Because gemstones vary and specific gravity or density. Size and weight are not necessarily equal from stone to stone. If you have a diamond that weighs 1.00 carats a ruby of equal size would weigh 1.20 carats. An Emerald of equal size would be approximately 0.95 carats while an Alexandrite gem stone would came in at 1.23 carats.
Collecting various gemstones can be a great hobby. And there is a wide range and variety when it comes to gemstones. You could try collecting Olivine (Peridot), Opal (Girasol) or Natural moissanite for instance. The varieties are nearly endless. And if you like to save money but love vacations you can go gemstone hunting and find the raw materials instead of buying them. Just in the United States in Texas You can find Beryl, Pearl and Tourmaline.
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Peridot is August's birthstone and is a beautiful olive green stone. It is much
less expensive than green tourmaline. It is worn in necklaces, earrings,
pendants and bracelets. Peridot is a transparent lime or olive green. It has a
hardness of 6.5.
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The Duke of Devonshire emerald is deep green in colour, 2 inches square and
weighs over 1383 carats. The Duke of Devonshire was given the emerald in 1836 by
the Emperor of Brazil.
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Aquamarine is March's birthstone and is a beautiful, medium priced, light blue
or blue-green stone. It sparkles and shines so wonderfully that is it often made
into an aquamarine engagement ring. Though this gemstone is wonderful in any
setting, we found that aquamarine rings, aquamarine pendants and aquamarine
earrings are the most popular aquamarine jewelry.
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