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    What the Stones Were Asked to Mean
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    What the Stones Were Asked to Mean
    Long before anyone could explain why a ruby is red, people had decided what a ruby was for. Warriors set them into armour, travellers carried garnet for a safe return,... Read more
    The Gemstones Worth More Than They Cost
    The Gemstones Worth More Than They Cost
    Set a fine amethyst beside a fine sapphire and most people guess the price backwards. That gap has almost nothing to do with how either stone looks. This guide sorts... Read more
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    Rare Gemstones Guide
    Rare Gemstones Guide
    Every tanzanite that has ever existed came out of a strip of hills seven kilometres long. Diamond is mined on several continents by the hundred million carats. This guide sorts... Read more
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    Treated vs Untreated Gemstones
    Treated vs Untreated Gemstones
    Two sapphires under the same lamp, identical in every way a shopper can see, separated by three days in a furnace and a fourfold difference in price. This guide sorts... Read more
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    Natural vs Synthetic Gemstones, and How to Tell Them Apart
    Natural vs Synthetic Gemstones, and How to Tell Them Apart
    Two emeralds under one lamp, identical in every way a shopper can see, separated by tens of millions of years and a single word on the tag. This guide draws... Read more
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    Gemstone Clarity Explained, Inclusion by Inclusion
    Gemstone Clarity Explained, Inclusion by Inclusion
    Every gemstone keeps a record of how it grew, written in silk, needles and healed fractures. This guide reads gemstone clarity the way a jeweler reads it, naming the three... Read more
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    Gemstone Color, and How to Read It Properly
    Gemstone Color, and How to Read It Properly
    Two sapphires can share a birth certificate and sell for ten times apart, and the gap is almost always color. This gemstone color guide reads it the way a jeweler... Read more
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