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Starting The Hobby Of Loose Gemstone Collecting

By Lee MacRae

Many people, young and old, say collecting semi-precious and precious gemstones like loose diamonds or loose gemstones is a passionate hobby. They simply love the beauty and the colors of the wide array of gemstones found worldwide today. Read long as we examine the things you need to know when starting this gemstone hobby.

The first thing you need to do is to visit the library and get some books. You want to know everything there is to know about precious and semiprecious gemstones. The more you understand about the hobby of gemstones the wiser will be your purchases. You will know exactly what you are looking at.

To start with, an important aspect in gemstone evaluation is color. Gemstones are the most intensely colored naturally occurring materials you can find. 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 become higher in value when they are equal in color to the spectral colors of violet, blue, green,, orange and red. They are valued much less the farther they are from the pure natural color.

How the gemstone has been cut is the second most important value determination to consider before buying. The precision of the cut determines the amount of light the gemstone stone will reflect. It will ultimately determine the brilliance of the stone and its final value.

The clarity of a gemstone is the next item to consider. Gemstone clarity relates to the absence of flaws or blemishes inside the stone. Generally speaking, a clearer stone is definitely worth much more. To see flaws beyond with the eye can see you need a 10X gemstone loupe (gemstone clarity magnifier) or gem microscope. Serious hobbyists will get a jewelers diamond gemstone loupe 10X for viewing stamps, coins, beads as well as gems.

Gemstones are often categorized according to their size aspect because of being more uniform than carat weight. But different gemstones may have the same size but different carat weights and consequently, different prices as well. This is due to the difference regarding specific gravity or relative density depending upon the chemical composition and crystal structure type For example, a one carat round diamond of typical proportions will be approximately 6.5 mm in diameter. A comparable round brilliant ruby of the same size and proportions will weigh approximately 1.55 carats.

Collecting gemstones as a hobby can become an enjoyable pastime and also rewarding in the long run. You can start small and don't have to spend a lot of money and yet you can end up with some very beautiful stones. Many people love to take vacations to go hunting gemstones. Just in the United States in New York you can find Beryl, Brown Tourmaline, Rose Quartz as well as Fresh Water Pearl. Or you can take the time to travel and find opal at Lightning Ridge in NSW, Austalia, topaz in Mt Surprise or O'Briens Creek in Queensland, Australia or check out raw material in the peridot fields in Chudleigh Park, Queensland, Australia.

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The amount and quality of light reflecting from the surface of a gemstone is known as its lustre. For example, vitreous is a "glass-like lustre" and adamantine is the 'very high lustre' seen on the surface of a polished diamond. The lustre of gemstones are also described in terms that are easy to relate to, i.e. metallic, resinous, pearly, silky, greasy, waxy and dull. It is usually found (with exceptions) that the harder the gemstone material the brighter the lustre. The quality of the surface polish is important, as a poor polish will display a poor lustre.
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