Green Turquoise: Stones

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Sunday, December 2, 2012

The distinction in the middle of costly and Semi-Precious Stones

For many years now, semi-precious and high-priced stones have always been used by men and women alike. Similar to the modern-age jewelry that a lot of habitancy wear today, the most dominant features of pieces are usually beautiful, animated and colorful stones that are used as metallic embellishments and ornamentation.

These stones that are used for the crafting of various fine jewelry are basically divided into two types: the semi-precious stones and the high-priced stones.

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These are heavily used in the jewelry market as variety and value is set and considered. Now although artistic merits are generally subjective, the values of these two types of stones would be dependent on their capability and rarity.

A lot of habitancy who are in the market for jewelry that have these kinds of stones such as general consumer and collectors usually would prefer the rare stone to the beautiful one.

These semi-precious and high-priced stones are essentially rocks or minerals that have been taken from under the earth and then enhanced by the artisans through the process of cutting and polishing. The finest and the rarest of these stones and minerals are what turn out to be gems or semi-precious and high-priced stones.

For the high-priced stones, the most necessary would be the emeralds, rubies, sapphires and of course, diamonds. Pearls are also sometimes considered as high-priced stones. However, they are not well stones but are still known for its beauty, elegance and value.

The most necessary semi-precious stones would be the amethyst, turquoise, lapis-lazuli, aquamarine, topaz, peridot, moonstone, tourmaline, opal, zircon, chrysoberyl and alexandrite. Some other semi-precious stones that are not as valuable, though necessary still would contain jade, garnet, chrysoprase, agate, azurite, bloodstone, coral, malachite, carnelian and a lot others.

The distinction in the middle of costly and Semi-Precious Stones

Thanks To : The Bests Rings

Monday, May 7, 2012

Treatments Done On Semi-Precious Stones

Semi-precious stones are usually treated so that their clarity and color could be enhanced. However, the treatments done, depending on their type and extent, could significantly affect the stone's value. There are those treatments which have been used widely as the resulting gemstones are garage and there are those which are not practiced as the color of the stone becomes unstable and could finally revert to its former one. Here are some of the most common treatments done.

1. Heat

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Heat could improve or improve the clarity and color of the semi-precious stone. Citrine is usually made straight through heating amethyst. Partial heating of that gem with a strong gradient would also ensue in ametrine which is a partial amethyst and partial citrine stone. Someone else stone that could be heated is aquamarine so that the yellow tones would be removed, finally changing the green into a more desirable blue or just enhancing the blue it already has into a purer blue.

2. Radiation

An example would be the blue topaz, which is irradiated so that the color could be changed from white into blue. Someone else would be greened quartz like the Oro Verde which is irradiated so that a yellow-green color could be achieved.

3. Waxing or Oiling

Emeralds that consist of natural fissures are occasionally filled with oil or wax so that they could be disguised or masked. The oil or wax is colored so that the emerald could have a great color, appearance and quality. Also a semi-precious stone which is waxed or oiled would be turquoise.

4. Fracture Filling

This type of rehabilitation has been used with many gemstones like emeralds, diamonds and sapphires.

Treatments Done On Semi-Precious Stones