why are gems beutiful?
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Beauty is the eye of the beholder.\nThere is no chemistry reason why things are beautiful or not, it is all a matter of opinion.
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It is interesting that the term "semi-precious" is no longer accepted for use by the international jewellery trade organizations with good reason. For example under the old system alexandrite is semi-precious and yet prices can reach $50,000 per carat and more, the same with tourmaline where Paraiba material can reach $20,000 per carat and so on with a whole list of other examples, hardly what one would call SEMI-precious. To answer your question, yes turquoise is a precious stone.
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Because women are beautiful works of art.  All, well almost all, should be cherished.
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It is only God that can give gifts that will stand the test of time. His gifts are eternal.We should not be chasing and acquiring worldly gifts for they are vain.
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The Gemological Institute of America has a training and certification program for Diamonds and gems.  You might want to start, by working in a jewelry store or by taking some art classes.  Also check out the Lapidary Journal magazine and other trase magazines for information about gems.
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The more rare the gem, the higher the price and few find them
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Most people wants things that are hard to get.  It is a challenge for them.  It makes them feel more attractive and wanted than your current beau.
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diamonds are just carbon atoms that are compressed so much that they become clear and shiny... theyre expensive because they are rare and very difficult to mine... they are often formed in places where there is a lot of heat and pressure such as deep down in earth... nobody knows where diamonds were first found cause they are so old that they date back to before there were and major written records
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If you've put this question in "Investing", then it is worth nothing.  Gemstones of poor quality (ie. poor color, clarity and /or cut) are not worth your investment unless they have something special about them - ie. they are extremely rare or they have a unique or special inclusion etc.\n\nYou haven't elaborated why you think your stone is of "poor condition" so it's difficult to say how much its monetary worth might be.  It depends largely on color, clarity and cut.  \n\nAssess your stone by asking yourself these questions:\nIs it a pure red? Pinkish-red? Orangy-red? Or does the red have undesirable brown modifiers? Is it transparent? Is it translucent or opaque?  Are there visible inclusions? Are they distracting? Do they affect the stones aesthetics and/or durability? Is it cut well? Is the stone cut too deep or too shallow?  Is it balanced? \n\nStones that are pure red, transparent, eye clean & well cut will fetch the highest market prices.  Stones with poor color that are opaque, included and poorly finished will not be worth very much.\n\nSend me an IM with an url to a photo and I'll try to help
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It is a gemstone-quality transparent variety of beryl, having a delicate blue or blue-green color, suggestive of the tint of sea-water. It's closely related to the gem emerald.
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The value of precious metals, as well as gems, are based on their rarity. It may seem like there is a lot of gold all around us, but the amount of gold available on the earth is finite. Other metals, like platinum or even rarer. Gold has always been precious because it does not tarnish or rust. \n  The world's economic system no longer relies on just precious metals. If it were, it would be a disaster. During WWII, dollars were issued not on what they were actually worth in gold, but what the were promised to be worth... and we know how governmental promises work. Then other governments issued their money based on what our money was worth... pretty soon all money was going to be worthless.  Now each country's economic system is based on all its assets, including industry and natural resources. That is why money values fluctuate so much every day.
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Is this for an engagement ring? If so, maybe you can consider another stone, rather than an imitation. Lots of women I know have citrine, sapphire, or other stones for their engagement rings. (It was good enough for Princess Diana, though her sapphire was surrounded by diamonds.)
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I doubt they are attracted to uncharged quartz, but if you chaarged it, then they would probably be drawn to the energy, depending on how strong the charge is.
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this is because gold has lustre or shinning surface when polished. it can also be hammered to shape maleable since it is soft
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This past summer the wife and I took a trip to NC. Spruce Pine to be precise. We went "Rock Hounding" or "Gem Mining" at place called  Gem Mountain.\n\nhttp://www.gemmountain.com/aquamarine.htm\n\nWhile at Gem Mountain we purchased one bucket of minerals and mined at their Aquamarine mine near by.\n\nWe found some nice specimens, but one in particular stuck a nerve, The image of this Aquamarine is posted at my site, Take a look:\n\nhttp://my.opera.com/TheMineralExchange/albums/showpic.dml?album=157930&picture=2347315\n\nOk.. so after viewing the image, Aquamarine's stats are as follows:\nA) : Green-blue\nB) : White\nC) : 2.63-2.91\nD) : 7 1/2-8\nE) : Hexagonal\nF) : Imperfect\nG) : Conchoidal, Uneven, Brittle.\n\nHey Teacher?. did I pass?
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Several.  I have a few pieces of Amber that I love, a few China Red Quartz, and Aventurine are my favorites.  Amber helps me to feel centered and true, Red Quartz is a wonderful stone to use for directing energy and Aventurine is my "lucky" stone--everything seems to go right when it's around.  I don't feel that gems hold special powers but rather they are tools to attune to those powers or direct them.\n\nMy favorite book on the subject is "Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals" by Melody
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Because they are greedy and they will never have enough. God gives you what you need not what you want. They should be happy with that!!