Fashion Jewelry is word of Gemstones

Fashion Jewelry is generally referring to jewelry with less expensive in value and less expensive semi-precious stones. People are getting confused with the word “Gemstone”. What is the definition of Gemstone? What is the role of Gemstones in Fashion Jewelry?

Up till now, out of 3000 minerals found around the world, there are over 230 minerals being categorized as Gemstones. There are four criteria of getting into Gemstone Family, which are the vivid color, scarce in supply, with hardness over 7 in Moh’s scale as well as with high refraction rate.

Gemstones
1) Precious Gemstone:
Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby etc. These precious gemstones are with high value due to their high demand and low supply.

Diamond is a mineral composed essentially of carbon that crystallizes in the cubic or isometric, and is therefore singly refractive. Diamond is by fair the hardest of all known natural substances on the 10 point Mohs scale.

Sapphire and Ruby refer to gem varieties of the mineral corundum hardness of 7.5 - 8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness. When it is filled with high chromium, and thus appear in red color, the gem would be called Ruby. It is called Sapphire however when it is with trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium which can give corundum blue, yellow, pink, purple, orange, or greenish color.

Emeralds are a variety of the mineral beryl with green color by the trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Emerald has a hardness of 7.5 - 8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness.

2) Semi-precious Gemstone:
The most common 20 examples of Semi-Precious Stones include Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Opal, Spinel, Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Topaz etc. Each of the Semi-Precious Stones has its own characteristics and features, we could cover them in the later articles.

With over 230 Gemstones currently in use in Fashion Jewelry, designers are employing their aesthetic powers to bring about some excellent jewelry creations in the most unprecedented manners, thanks to the advanced technologies.