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Common and uncommon gemstones

By berclegee on Sunday, February 15th, 2009 | No Comments

Gemstones quite literally can take our breath away when we see them. Who hasn't seen a beautiful diamond or sapphire ring and exclaimed over it? Is it only their beauty that makes them so valuable? Why else are they valuable to us? Most gemstones are minerals that occur naturally in the earth. The most common [...]

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Fire Of Diamonds

By berclegee on Saturday, February 14th, 2009 | No Comments

The term fire is commonly used to describe a diamond, but what does it refer to? The ancient Greeks thought that fire in a diamond symbolized the eternal flame of love. Fire in a diamond is the dispersed light that appears as rainbow-like flashes of color. You can usually observe a diamond's fire in places [...]

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Amethyst

By berclegee on Friday, February 13th, 2009 | No Comments

Amethyst is a violet or purple variety of quartz often used as an ornament or jewelry. The name comes from the Greek A (not) and methuskein ("to intoxicate"), a reference to the belief that the stone protected its owner from drunkenness; the ancient Greeks and Romans wore amethyst and made drinking vessels of it in [...]

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Bonded Diamonds

By berclegee on Thursday, February 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Before you start shopping for diamonds, consider dealing with a bonded jeweler. Bonded jewelers sell bonded diamonds, and there are very few bonded jewelers in the world. In fact, out of all of the jeweler's in the world, only about 5% of them are bonded. Buying a bonded diamond will cost more than buying a [...]

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Fluorescence

By berclegee on Wednesday, February 11th, 2009 | No Comments

We're all familiar with the 4Cs of diamonds – cut, color, clarity and carat weight. But diamonds also possess a quality called fluorescence that's part of the evaluation and assessment of a diamond. It's actually called photo-luminescence and it's caused by small amounts of the chemical boron in the diamond. It's activated by UV light. [...]

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Common and uncommon gemstones

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