Important Factors of Buying a Gemstone
According to astrology, Gemstones have positive and natural powers inside them with which they can miraculously change a person’s life wearing it. Every Gemstone has its own significance and effect on the person who is wearing it. But wearing a wrong Gemstone could possibly effect bad on you. So, that is why it is said to first concern an Astrologer before you decide to buy a gemstone of your choice. After concerning an Astrologer there also some other factors which one should take care of related to buying a gemstone. Like its originality, its Size, How to wear it? And lots more. Here is a guide related to every Gemstone which could help you with this.
The quality of a particular Gemstone is checked by its color, carat, cut and clarity. These are the main factors on which Gemstones’s are bought.
Precious gemstones are the stones having less marks and scratches. Precious Gemstones are usually high in rates as compare to semi- precious Gemstones. There are only four Precious Stones i.e Emerald, Rubies, Sapphires and diamonds.
All other stones besides precious stones come under semi-precious gemstones category.
Hardness:
Every Gemstone has its own rating on the basis of Hardness. Diamond has the highest rating of 10 on the hardness. Rubies and Sapphires have the rating of 9 on the hardness and emerald ranges from 7 to 8 on this rating scale. Hardness matters, if you are buying a gemstone for daily wearing or occasional wearing. In which jewelry you are going to wear also matters in the case of hardness. If you are going to wear it daily than possibly it could get scratched in time. Hardness decides the longevity of your Gemstone.
Gemstone color:
Gemstones are available in various colors. The types of colors are divided into two types: Primary color and secondary colors. Primary color includes red, yellow, green, blue and violet and secondary color includes greenish-blue, red-violet like this. The gemstones with primary color values the most than secondary color gemstones.
As Gemstones are extracted from mines it is possible having some inclusion like marks or some kind of material inside it. The clarity of a gemstone is based on these inclusions. The gemstones having less inclusions are considered to have
Cut:
It becomes necessary to cut Gemstone to give them a shape to fit into some kind of jewelry like necklace, rings etc. A perfect cut to a gemstone enhances its shine and elegance. Also hides some of the stone inclusions.
Carat:
Gemstones are measured in Carat. More the Carat is higher the value goes.