Hello! This guide will help you learn some basic concepts of gemstones. Gemstones are the great and beautiful gift to mankind. In the following section we will discuss some basic things which are very important when purchasing a gemstone.

The Four C's of Natural Gemstones

The four C's of gemstones are Cut, Color, Clarity, Carat. All these four factors are very important and these four concepts decides the beauty and value of the gemstone.

• Cut - Gemstones are obtained from earth as a slod rocks, they are cut into different shape using some equipments. There are number of cuts available, they are traditional round, oval, square, princess, emerald, octagon, square so on, while the latest cuts are Laser cut, Millenium cut and so on. The beauty of the gemstones is greatly revelaed by the Cut.
• Color-The color of the gemsotnes is very important factor, it is the main thing when it is used for jewelry. Even though there are some scientific methods are available to enhance the color, the gemstones which have an very good color by nature is most valuable and they are mostly admired.
• Clarity-Since the gemstones are nature's gift it will have some inclusions in it, the clarity scale is divided into IF, VVS1, VVS2, VS1, VS2, SI, I1, I2 and I3. While the IF stones are very rare to find they are so costly and the remaining scale goes in descending order and finally the I3 categories having almost having all kinds of visible inclusions which are very cheap.
• Carat-This also an important factor while purchasing a gemstone. Approximately one carat is equal to 2.5 grams. The price of the gemstones is greatly influenced by this factor.

While buying a natural gemstones all these four factors are very important.

I hope this articel helps you to buy an gemstones.

Thank you for reading my guide. I hope you enjoyed it!

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