Precious Metals and Stones
The 4 C´s :Color
Clarity Cut
Carrot weight
This is a natural emerald found at a farm in North Carolina.
Emeralds are found all over the world.
This emerald has been cut.
These are raw sapphires. We say raw when they are natural.
These are what they look like when they are cut.
Star sapphires are polished in a way that they reflect the light in a star shape.
Sapphires are mined all over Asia and
some countries Africa.
Most Diamonds come from Africa.
They are the hardest mineral in the world.
Debears is a huge monopoly which controls the diamond market.
Diamonds come in all colors. These remind me of candies
This one looks like a piece of ice.
Modern Cushion Cut Diamond.
The most common type of diamond cut
is the Brilliant.
Here is a close up view of a Brilliant cut diamond.
Emerald cut diamond
The hope diamond is the biggest in the world. All previous owners have died of strange
deaths.
This is a red Ruby. The ruby is the most valuable stone in the world.
The reason is because they are scarce.
This ruby has been cut
Most rubies are mined in Thailand and Cambodia.
The largest one in the world is from Burma.
It weighs 23.1 carats.
Semi- precious stones are more common .
But in my opinion
they are just as beautiful.
Celestial Blue quartz.
Giants cave in Mexico has the largest quartz crystals
in the world.
Amethyst is purple quartz. Peru has alot of these stones.
When they are cut they look like purple diamonds.
Citrine is yellow quartz.
The mountains of Peru are full of citrine.
American cut citrine.
Aqua Marine quartz is the color of sea water.
Tourmaline is quartz that comes in green and brown.
This is cherry quartz that is being excited by a frequency generator and
synthetic vortex.
Silver in natural form.