Variety of gemstones

Variety of gemstones by A.V.

 

Gemstones are available in many variety of design like rings, earrings, necklace and bracelet. Gemstone jewellery can add a stunning element to any outfit. Gemstones provide a sense of wonder to your meditation, and it is easy to become fixated on the gleaming stone before your eyes. Gemstones such as Blue Sapphire and Cat´s eye are so strong that if not chosen carefully can actually act negatively and bring about the downfall of a person. Gemstones can be semi precious or precious. You can find some useful information about gemstones and birthstones for each month. Gemstones are rare and exquisite products of nature, full of fascinating, unique and unexpected properties appealing the scientist, craftsman and amateur alike. Gemstones can be worked in different ways. Most commonly, gemstones are polished or worked mechanically on a fast rotating, metal working member or scaife. Gemstones have been used for influencing luck and fate across cultures since ages. According to an ancient Indian belief, each sign of the zodiac is ruled by a planet. Gemstones usually go to a lapidary after they are mined. The lapidary does the final cleaning, which may involve grinding off the matrix, or rock, in which the gemstone was buried. Gemstones with mixed cuts are also commonly set in prongs. Gemstones are a valuable part of any piece of antique jewelry. Although the metal components of jewelry often receive the most attention, gemstone care is equally as important. Gemstones were formerly classed as precious, semiprecious, and ornamental stones. Today this classification is largely replaced by the broader term gem materials. Gemstones were used as a basis for directing the subtle forces of nature, to increase the wearer’s powers and abilities to achieve desired goals. Such desires included wealth, influence and popularity, preventing physical disease and averting disasters. Special orders and commission requests are always welcome. If you see something that interests you or have any comments, please feel free to send me an email. Specific gravity is a measure of how much heavier a mineral is than an equal amount of water. Tourmaline has a specific gravity of 3.03 to 3.25. Specimens that are over a carat and clean are fantastically rare and are priced as such.m Diamond is the hardest naturally occurring material and is also quite tough; however, it can be broken by a hard blow. Jadeite and nephrite (the jades) are much softer and relatively easy to scratch but are perhaps the toughest gem materials. Diamonds not meeting the grader´s standards are termed industrials. Total lack of color is usually considered to be of the highest value. Gemstone clarity relates to the absence of flaws or blemishes inside the stone. The gemstone without flaws is definitely worth much more. Gemology is the science, art and profession of identifying and evaluating gemstones from natural diamonds to loose gemstones. A number of people taken up this profession as a passionate hobby. Gems are prescribed in several Vedic astrology scriptures for keeping in the Pooja of various planets. They are also prescribed as a Dana in various astrological remedies. Gemstone Treatments Most natural stones are treated to improve appearance. Heat and radiation change or enhance colors. Gems exhibit their power in a beneficial or detrimental way depending on how they are used. Gem tourmaline from Nuristan occurs in an astonishing array of colors – various shades of pink, green, blue, and multicolored. Bariand and Poullen (1978) describe the intense shades of blue and green tourmaline as the most valued. The cuttable crystals, which range up to 15 cm in length and 4 cm in width, also represent magnificent mineral specimens in themselves. Gemologists have long recognized that the beauty of colored gemstones results from a complex interaction of three basic features: color, clarity and cut. Of these three, perhaps the most neglected and misunderstood is cut. Gemstone therapy is becoming more and more common. There are several who find it emotional, spiritual, and physically healing. Gems take pure white light, or pure potential consciousness, and transform it into colored, life-changing energy. For this to happen, it is vital that the gems are as flawless as possible and of good color.