The beauty of the earth can be noticed in clouds and even the most violent of storms, in colourful birds, creeping insects, patterned butterflies, flowers and clear waters.
Even more, beauty lies in the mystery of objects that don’t breathe, the rainbow, capable of piercing the eyes without an arrow, the empty caves beckoning to be filled without silence, the clouds- chariots of four cardinal winds, sunlight striking the surface of blue oceans, starlight providing companion for earth and sky, then the moon- Earth’s bellybutton.
But what about stones? Are they just as common as those lying on your sidewalk, a weapon for your four-year-old against trespassing mother hen?
Beneath the earth’s surface, a certain chemical reaction takes place alongside the heating and cooling effect of molten magma on the earth surface. This leads to the formation of certain rare and colourful stones known as Precious Stones or Gemstones.
Precious stones are found 3-25 miles beneath the earth surface. Some are found in alluvial deposits and metamorphic rocks. They are mainly used for jewellery, decorative ornaments and in adorning clothes.
Precious stones are distinct due to their rarity (well, if you can’t be there to witness a volcanic eruption, you could as well value the result of its magnificence), hardness, their different colour shades, quality, translucence (brilliance) and crystalline structure. There are four major types of Precious Stones namely Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald.
There are other unmentioned stones formed from these elements; carbon, aluminium, beryllium, and silicon which form the four major types of precious stones but are regarded as semi-precious stones. A few examples are
Also, not all gemstones are formed from minerals. Some are build-up from organic materials, while others are attractive rocks. These are also regarded as semi-precious stones and fall under the numerous general examples of precious stones. A few of these are
These semi-precious stones also vary in colours from red, blue, green, grey, black, purple, orange, yellow, brown, white and pink.
Due to the unavailability of these stones, they are very expensive, therefore some gemstones especially diamonds are industrially made.
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A large percentage of Diamonds present in the world today are artificial. Certain kinds of stones, glass and even plastic material are transformed to look like natural gemstones. They are cut, reshaped, processed and treated with different techniques to look like gemstones, but a real gemstone even with its impurities glitters.
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