Rubies emeralds and sapphires are the three most precious gems after diamonds and all three can be found in north carolina.
Diamonds rubies and emeralds.
The fewer the inclusions the more expensive the emerald.
Everything else was called semi precious.
Fancy sapphires are gem corundums of any color other than red blue or colorless.
14 rare or unusual gemstones generally understood to include those gemstones which occur so infrequently in gem quality that they are scarcely known except to connoisseurs include andalusite axinite cassiterite.
Diamonds make up a category of their own.
Most emeralds on the market today are colombian and most colombian emeralds are bluish green.
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Hue means the type of green color the emerald has for example yellowish green or bluish green.
The hottest gems in jewelry aren t diamonds rubies or emeralds.
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They exist in over 300 colors and are the rarest and most precious type of stone.
The three other types of precious stones rubies sapphires and emeralds are all referred to as colored stones.
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Today s discerning collectors are looking for jewelry that emphasizes rare striking and sometimes almost impossible to find.
Diamonds are made from carbon rubies and sapphires from alumina and emeralds from beryllium.
Colored diamonds are diamonds with a noticeable body color.
Nevertheless diamonds rubies sapphires and emeralds still have a reputation that exceeds those of other gemstones.
Hue tone and saturation.
They can sell for over 1m carat.
Most emeralds have small fissures called inclusions.
A large deep green emerald with relatively few inclusions and little secondary coloration may fetch tens of thousands of dollars per carat.
Today s discerning collectors are looking for jewelry that emphasizes rare striking.
In general the deeper and more vivid an emerald s color the higher its value per carat.
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