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From many years ago, using jewelry has been a sign of beauty and still wearing jewelry brings dazzling beauty. You may have seen jewelry that has become even more beautiful with gemstones. That may be why people and specially ladies like such accessories and prefer pieces of jewelry that look even more beautiful with precious gemstones. Since very far past, many pieces of jewelry were made taking advantage of precious gemstones. So precious gemstones sometimes symbolize authenticity and antiquity.
If you ask a few people about what Brilliant is, or either they know precious gemstones or not, you notice that they know the names of some precious gemstones like ruby, diamond, turquoise, and even opal. But many may not know that precious gemstones have healing properties beside the beauty their beauty. To us in EG it matters to make our audience familar with different precious gemstones and know the use of each. As a result, in this article we plan to discuss some precious gemstones so that if you plan to make a purchase, you won’t worry about losing your capital.
Here’s an introduction on opal.
The first stone we plan to introduce, is opal, which is considered a precious gemstone. The first reason to the beauty of this stone is its dark color. This stone is usually seen in black, dark gray, or transparent black. However, the beautiful appearance of this stone is not the only reason to it’s attractiveness. This beautiful stone is more often seen in Andamooka, in south of Australia.
Opal is of different types, some of which are really more precious than the other ones. In fact, those with prismatic or rainbow-like colors are more precious than others. This is, however, not very strange because in case of agate, multi-color stones are more precious and even more expensive. Many people prefer black opals because they are brighter which is due to their low levels of carbon and iron oxide. And finally the price of opal, which may sound interesting to you too, is sometimes very high and may reach $15000 per carat. The reason why some stones are more expensive than others depends on many things such as the brightness or the pattern on the stone.
Here’s an introduction on diamonds.
We have frequently heard about diamonds and we know that they are precious stones. But why are diamonds used in many pieces of jewelry and are considered precious, refers to petrology and biology. From a scientific view, diamond is an allotrope of carbon and connects carbon atoms in a crystalline and network-like way. This connection style affects the hardness of diamond and as a result diamond becomes a strong gemstone that can’t be cut easily. To cut diamond, science and technology are necessary too, and so cutting diamond is specialized, science-based work.
In case of diamond, color and scarcity affect the price. The less the diamond color, the higher the price. The price of each carat of diamond may reach even $15000 which is not strange considering the diamond quality.
Take a look at our article titled as “What Is Brilliant” to know more about diamonds.
An introduction on emerald as a gemstone.
You might have seen ornaments with emerald gemstones in green. What makes it more interesting is the Greek root of the word emerald, which is smaragd and means “green” in Greek. Apart from the name of each gemstone, there is another classification that places emerald in Brill category. The stones in the category are of high level. Green emerald belongs to the Brill category as well.
A glance at the history shows that emerald is one of antique gemstones and has been on markets of Babylon around 4000 years ago. We can also track emerald down in Iran and Greece history, which adds up to the value of this gemstone.
In the past, any green crystal or stone was called emerald, and even Aristotle has talked about green stones as emerald. The main reason to the green color of emerald, is the existence of two elements of chromium and vanadium. The price of this gemstone is sometimes a lot higher than diamond and opal and may even reach $5.5 million.
Emerald is not hard at all, and this is what makes it different from diamond. Despite the two gemstones that we have discussed so far, is not scarce at all and can be found in Russia, Colombia, Brazil and Afghanistan.
Here’s an introduction on top jade gemstone.
Top jade is the stone which you might have seen in eastern statues and spiritual symbols, is an expensive gemstone too. This stone has been used even before Christ, to make statues,tools and of course jewelry in Neolithic era. The Chinese were the pioneers of using this gemstone.
What makes jade different from other gemstones is its amazing feature after being cut. When jade is polished and cut, it won’t look green anymore and turns into different colors.
Jade’s place in eastern culture can’t be disregarded. As an example, Jade had been used in making Chinese statues that symbolized their gods and goddesses. later on, Muslims wrote Quran verses on jade.
Jade is the most expensive of all gemstones that we have talked about so far. The price of each carat of jade may go over $3 millions. This gemstone is most often found in Africa and its colors range from green to greenish yellow, yellowish brown, brown, red, orange, purple, blue ( very scarce), gray, and finally to black.
Precious Gemstones Conclusion
In this article, we talked about gemstones that we most often see on ornaments these days, each of which has its own structure and application. Using these gemstones makes ornaments more attractive.
First we discussed black opal and emphasized its scarcity and next, we discussed diamond that has a hard structure and cutting it needs special expertise. The next stone we talked about, was emerald. As mentioned, it is green and what makes it amazing, is the range of colors it shows after being cut and polished.
We hope this article has met your expectations and we suggest you visit EG jewelry store.
