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Many famous gems, such as the Black Prince’s Ruby and the Timor Ruby in the crown jewels of England, aren’t rubies at all. They are spectacular large red spinels instead.

  Red spinel is an excellent and less expensive alternative to ruby. 

  Spinel belongs to the cubic system and, unlike ruby and sapphire, is  singly refractive.

    en cabochon, a style that has a dome-like appearance on top. This cut is special one and you often find stars of various legs in them. Every piece of such cut exhibits asterism.

  A star may have four, six, or 12 legs (rays) radiating outward from a central point.

  Milk-and-Honey effect is not just found in cat's eye but Labradorite, Alexandrite etc. have also such properties.

Some gemstones may exhibit an optical effect called chatoyancy. A chatoyant  gemstone, if properly fashioned, will display a line of varying thickness that will literally glide over the surface of the host material as it follows the light source.

Diamond is really rare, It forms near the pressure 100,000 times higher than the pressure of air around us, and the temperature is around 1000C.

Diamond forms as far below us as the Space Shuttle orbits above us; and far deeper than any borehole ever drilled.

When you see the red ray of a laser in a supermarket checkout or CD player, you are seeing the amplified glow of a tiny gem of pure ruby. Alike the green laser (like LED you see on your monitor) are glowed with the help of tiny gem of pure emerald. 

Coroundum is the second hardest substance after diamond. It can covers all these minerals. Emeralds, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire.

A crystal of pure corundum would be colorless. But even the tiniest dash of an impurity imparts a vivid color. If the crystal picks up traces of chromium, it glows with the deep red of a ruby. Any other ingredient, tinting the gem with another color, gives us a sapphire. Though we think of sapphires as blue, they can range in color from yellow to green and purple. The rare Padparadsha (“lotus flower”) type is a lovely orange sapphire.

GemStones are also porous & non-porous.

6 prongs are many times better than 4 prongs mounting of Rings. Therefore, always insist your jeweler that to make of 6 prongs if possible.

Firoja is a stone that is assume to be powered enough to save from accidents. So, if u are a new learner driving a car, better to worn Firoja before landing your car in traffic.

Don't confuse Karat with carat. where Karat is the unit to measure the purity of gold, Carat is used to weight Gemstones & denoted as ct.   1gm= 4.97 ct.    24kt=100% pure gold, 18kt=75% pure gold & 12 kt=50% pure gold. 12 kt. gold is also known as White Gold.

Two differently cut Gemstones of the same weight from the same raw may vary heavily in prices. Therefore, you must ready to pay more if wants to a beautifully cut gemstone. Therefore "64 facing" diamonds are in great demand & garners more value.

Most of us distinguishes pearls as of two types: natural & fake but you may find following varieties usually in every recognise store near you. Cultured Saltwater Pearl  South Sea cultured pearl  Tahitian Pearl Mabe or Blister Pearl Freshwater Cultured Pearl  Cultured Black Pearls Majorca Pearls