Gemstones

Gemstones have fascinated people for thousands of years, and have long since been symbols of power and beauty. They come in a variety of colors and hardness, depending on the stone. Here we have compiled a short summery of many well known and a few rare stones for your learning pleasure.

When gemstones are taken from a mine, they produce pebbles or larger rocks which are generally full of cracks and inclusions. Inclusions are small imperfections found in natural gemstones. At this point it becomes the work of highly skilled lapidaries to seek out the areas free of these cracks and inclusions. The eyes clean portions of the gem rough are then cut and polished to produce beautiful gemstones.