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By Patrice McCoy
Recognizing genuine gemstone jewelry is not easy. In fact the entire subject is somewhat complicated. Some stones are advertised as natural or real, others as genuine. Then you can have treated, simulated or synthetic, fake or faux. Even the experts get confused. Natural may be genuine, but genuine may not be natural or so they say.
A natural stone is simply cut and polished. A real stone is a natural stone but treated with heat or some other process to improve its look or color. Simulated stones look very much like the real thing. For example cubic zirconia which has often fooled many experts into thinking it was a diamond. Synthetics are made in a laboratory using the same elements and crystal form as a natural gem and are also very hard to distinguish from the real thing.
The second one is that many people in the far flung corners of this planet make their living by digging and mining gemstones out of the rocks and other strata nature has endowed with them. Not like the diamond mines of South Africa, of course, but all over Sri Lanka and Madagascar, for example, there are gem pits. Perhaps those people are worthy of consideration.
Knowing the difference between a laboratory produced aquamarine and one from Brazil may not be too easy. Even experts have been fooled before now into thinking that a well cut zircon was a diamond. If you like it and the price is right go ahead, but remember that is it is simulated or synthetic it has no inherent value of its own.
Sapphires, emeralds and rubies sit with diamonds in the first class seats. Tourmalines, garnets, aquamarines and pearls for example all lend themselves to the making of exquisite rings, earrings, necklaces and bracelets. They can be set in gold or silver, modern or antique type settings and will look sensational.
Precious stones are found all over the world although certain countries are synonymous with certain stones. South Africa and diamonds for example, although other countries have them too. Burma has almost everything and Brazil is famous for its beautiful green emeralds. Madagascar is a more recent addition to the gemstone lore and has been the source of some breath-taking sapphires.
Then there are onyx, citrine and turquoise. Onyx is a type of chalcedony, a kind of quartz. Citrine is also a type of quartz that has been in use for jewelry since ancient Greece. It is the birthstone for November. Turquoise is supposed to be derived from the French and means Turkish stone as that is where the copper aluminum phosphate mineral stones were first bought and brought to Europe way back in time.
Making a collection of genuine gemstone jewelry can be fun. Searching out antique pieces at sales and dealers can get you bargains. Designing your own jewelry can become profitable.
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