subject: Identification And Types Of Gemstone Jewelry [print this page] Many women are very proud of jewelry especially of gemstone jewelry. They love to show off their pieces of jewelry to their friends and other persons. The knowledge on these types of jewelries is very interesting to know. Thus, women always are interested in the processing and identification of gemstones jewelry. Gemstones consist of many types of stones and other elements.
In the process of creating the gemstones, the raw material that is ready for making gemstones is cut and shaped to create the perfect gemstone. These stones contain metals and non-metals. For instance, diamonds contain carbon, which is a non-metal, whereas rubies contain aluminum. The basic aspects in the process of converting the initial material into gemstones are shapes, mineral groups and color. Shapes are many, consisting of cubes, triangular and monoclinic form in gemstone jewelry. Only some pieces of elements come under certain gemstones. For instance, the family of beryl mineral covers emerald, aquamarine, bixbite, moeganite and heliodor. Aquamarine is a gemstone that has a color similar to the color of deep sea. Mostly, colors of gemstones are in various shades of green, blue and red. However, there are gemstones of various other colors.
Fake gemstones are also available and you need to be cautious with them, as they lose their shine. These gemstones are artificial. However, people also wear these fake gemstones. It is not that all people are so rich to buy gemstones. Thus, many persons prefer these fake gemstones. As they are false, people get these artificial gemstones at much cheaper price than original gemstones. The attraction of gemstones is bigger for the common person. Thus, they prefer to buy fake Gemstone Jewelry that can look beautiful and at the same time, these gemstones are not heavy on their pockets. The customers have to give a thought on gemstones that they are going to buy, before they actually buy one. They have to take into notice the hardness and texture of the particular gemstone. All gemstones do not have the same properties. People wear different gemstones for different reasons. For instance, people use burgundy in rings.
