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Gemstones – Main Inspiration for Every Jeweller

Author: Alex Mayers
by Alex Mayers
Posted: Aug 25, 2015

Gemstone jewellery is associated with designers’ inspiration for many years. Owning jewellery and appear gorgeous and beautiful was the main motive not only for women but for the men also. In this modern society you can find various and precious gemstones like diamonds, amethysts, sapphires, turquoises, rubies and many more. The majority of gemstones are minerals formed in various ways, millions of years ago from molten magma and gases, deep in the earth’s crust.

According to some popular beliefs gemstones can have various positive effects on human life in healing diseases and resolving personal health problems. When you hop into the Best jewellery store Sydney you can find various natural bright and clear gemstones.

There are some basic physical characteristics used to describe the quality and the optical effects you need to be aware of when it comes to purchasing gemstones. Jewellers Sydney are capable to answer every single question and to advise you before you buy coloured gemstones. The traditional distinction begins with precious and semi-precious stones and the awareness that an individual kind is rarer seems to appear more expensive than those who are more common in the nature. Transparency can describe the capacity of permeating light through the stone without any cloudiness at all. Translucent presents the effect of a frosted glass and the ability to transmit light.

Opaque – transmits no light at all, even at the smallest edges. The amount of light that displays as a star effect is widely known as Asterism. Cat’s eye effect is also identified as Chatoyancy and refers of a thin line that usually moves as the stone is moved. When a rainbow of colour is produced within the stone we call it Iridescence as a result of a crack on the remaining surface.

Gemstone jewellery cutting technique is much more sophisticated and varies with different preferences in different countries, cultures and regions. These cuts can appear in any shape; round, with smooth or sharp edges others are square and some of them are showing flat surface. The hardness itself represents the resistance when the gemstones are scratched by sharp objects over the surface. According to the Mohs scale that ranges from 1 to 10, diamonds are considered to be the hardest natural minerals.

The appearance of a single gem depends on many separate factors related with the colour and the complexity of the cutting technique. This is because cutting precisely will influence the depth of the colour and the reflection of light that will define the quality. When the light passes through a gemstone, within seconds light is absorbed and a stone with good quality will appear even more beautiful. If the same gemstone is cut differently, the wavelengths will be absorbed in the single spot and therefore the stone appearance will be white with ’’dead’’ light from it.

Today, these precious stones can be seen at a Jewellery store Sydney in an array of beautiful colours as a main composition in outstanding jewellery pieces such as rings, necklaces and Diamond earrings specially made for your own wedding day.

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