Important information about gemstone

Color of Gemstones. One of the most important issues concerning the attractive features of gemstones must always be the gemstones color.

Although it must be understood that the color of a beautiful gemstone is only due to the nature of the light source it. Daylight often referred to as white light, is in actual fact a mixture of different colors of light detected by our eyes.

As light passes through any material, a little or more of the light may be absorbed, and then the remaining light passes through the object.

The part of the light which is not absorbed by the object which then reaches the eye as white light as the colours have been absorbed by the object, with only white light remaining.

Likewise the beautiful red ruby colour is detected because all of the remaining colours of white light – blue, yellow, green etc, has been absorbed by the object – ruby in this case, except the red colour which is allowed to continue through, which is detectable as it reaches the eye.

Similar gemstones with exact compositions show different colours. For example, Aquamarine and Morganite have the same chemical composition (both are Beryls) although they exhibit different colours.

Even the same gemstone can occur in different colours. Although the different gemstones formally have the same chemical composition, the chemical structure is not exactly the same.

In the early stages of gemstone formation impurities can be embedded within the gemstones, and these so-called impurities are in sufficient quantities to absorb certain colours and allow other colours unaffected and pass through the object allowing the eye to detect a different colour combination.

For example, Beryl, which is colourless in its purest mineral form, becomes emerald with the inclusion of Chromium impurities. If Manganese is added instead of Chromium, beryl becomes Pink Morganite. With iron, it becomes Aquamarine.

Affordability of Gemstones. Many people would love to own a beautiful customised fine gemstone jewellery but they are concerned by the fear that fine gemstone jewellery are rare, very expensive and only owned by the richest and successful in society.

Understandable, one can assume that very fine gemstones can be very expensive, especially when buying at retail prices, but in reality many prospective buyers are surprised when they discover that gemstones and sterling silver findings bought at wholesale prices, then used to create genuine gemstone beads jewellery – excluding the ‘middlemen' costings, it is possible they can buy fine sterling silver gemstone beads jewellery at very low prices and definitely affordable when purchased in the UK.

If you just know where to look and what to look for. The prices of fine natural gemstones, like the prices for many other products, fluctuate with supply and demand, if there is heavy demand and a very limited supply, and then prices for fine gemstones will be very high, as they are with gemstones like Blue Sapphire, Tanzanite, Tsavorite Garnet and Burmese Ruby.

Yet there are many fine natural gemstones which are of excellent quality and generally in good supply, and many of these fine natural gemstones are relatively reasonably priced indeed especially when purchase in bulk at wholesale prices.

These fine natural gemstones which include Amethyst, Citrine, Ametrine, Blue Topaz and many of the more common Red Garnets are of excellent quality and create beautiful natural gemstone jewellery especially when created with sterling silver findings.

Good quality sterling silver gemstone bracelets can sell for under £10 including Postage and Packaging. However, Amethyst or Citrine may not be exactly what you have in mind when you think of "fine gemstones."

Another successful strategy for finding more affordable fine gemstones is to search for certain varieties of finer gemstones which are rare, but not yet expensive through supply and demand, or because the gemstones are flooding the market.

These are fine rare gemstones which, due to their scarcity, have not been heavily promoted in the world gemstone market.

These include Spiel, Peridot, Zircon, Beryl, Tourmaline and Spessartite garnet. All of these have good hardness, clarity and brilliance. Depending on size and colour, quality specimens can be found at prices from £15 to £120 a carat even buying from wholesalers these prices are valid.

When buying fine gemstone jewellery it's important to consider where you buy your gemstone jewellery from as where you buy in the supply chain can have an adverse affect on the price you pay as well as which gemstones you buy.

Buying gemstone jewellery directly from Retailers can increase the cost substantially, than buying the gemstone jewellery directly from the Designer who can purchase gemstones at wholesale prices and directly pass the savings onto the customer.

The Retail Distribution Chain for gemstones and gemstone jewellery can consist of many expensive distribution steps – referred to as "middlemen", and each additional Retail Distribution step in the Distribution Chain can invariably increase each selling price of individual gemstone jewellery pieces by at least 50% of cost.

Buy close to the wholesale designer source for the best competitive prices and you can save hundreds of pounds against Retail prices and still receive the highest quality sterling silver gemstone jewellery at the most affordable prices at the same time "cutting out the middlemen".

Interest in Gemstones With many years of experience buying semi-precious gemstones throughout the world, then designing and creating high quality sterling silver gemstone jewellery, selling through online auction and jewellery websites, the one question that is asked frequently from prospective buyers is "What is the best gemstone investments which give best investment value in the future?"

In reality, this is a very difficult prediction to make as an understanding of the current system for pricing gemstones is of a particular importance, as the current pricing of gemstones have a direct influence on future gemstone investments.

All gemstone values, including gemstone prices increase and decrease according to the direct influence of supply and demand, although realistically gemstone values and prices increase slightly year on year – generally the value of gemstones purchased today will be slightly more expensive than when they were purchased this time last year, and likewise gemstones purchased five years ago was even more expensive than the gemstones bought today – so over time even the best value gemstones year on year increases value.

According to online research who have been tracking gemstone prices over the three years (from 2005 to 2008), gemstone prices increased by a staggering average of 20%, the gemstones which risen in price by the highest amount about 30% in this time scale include Tanzanite and Burmese Ruby. Tsavorite Garnet, Tourmaline and Zircon have seen the smallest price increase of about 15% in the relevant three year period. Zircon, Blue Sapphire, Spessartite Garnet, Spinal and Peridot gemstones have all witnessed price increases of average 20%.

Purely based on the research information, virtually every gemstone variety have increased between 15% and 30% without doubt investing in gemstones especially when the gemstones are incorporated into high quality sterling silver gemstone jewellery has excellent investment value, since the gemstones alone are all likely to be more expensive next year.

Buying online have now transformed the task of selecting and buying loose gemstones at very competitive prices, and finally with the capability of comparing prices of loose gemstones on offer throughout the online world. The internet is responsible for presenting wonderful opportunities for finding a wide selection of gemstones at very competitive prices, which could only be dreamt of many years ago. The internet is especially useful for finding specialized products such as custom designed gemstone jewellery which can be very difficult to find in many places in the world.

To conclude, buying loose gemstones is without doubt a worthwhile investment as have been proven that gemstone prices have and is increasing year on year. With investments in mind, on buying the loose gemstones the only opportunity for storing the loose gemstones is to ‘lock' the gemstones in a cupboard or dressing table. Far better than locking the loose gemstones in a cupboard why not buy Custom Designed Genuine Gemstone Jewellery created with Genuine Sterling Silver Findings which allow your loved ones the opportunity to wear the treasured jewellery and feel the pride of wearing a beautiful gemstone jewellery and a family heirloom which will be available to your children and grandchildren as an investment.