Intricacies of Color Examination

So you know the various parameters essential in describing a stone. Now you take a few gems and try to examine their color. But you will face problems that you won’t have even thought of. Better educate yourself on those matters. Read the rest of this entry »

When you look at a gemstone, what colors do you expect to find? First and foremost, the spectral colors (the VIBGYOR in a rainbow); then the normal white, black, gray and brown in varying quantities. Now these later ones are not in places, they are mixed with the spectral colors. Read the rest of this entry »

Now we come to the all important matter of evaluating the virtues of a colored stone. You might already have gathered an idea from What Differentiates a Gem From Any Other Stone?; nonetheless, we will discuss it in detail. Read the rest of this entry »

Here are the steps you will follow in order to Evaluate, Examine, Select & Care Gemstones. You probably don’t know yet what you are looking for and what you are not looking for. Don’t worry, just follow me through this: Read the rest of this entry »

Here’s a good source of cheap diamonds, by which I mean cheap diamonds and cheap gemstones below or near dump value. Read the rest of this entry »