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Love that Gem - Online Jewelry Store... Love that Gem online jewelry store features a wide variety of gemstone jewelry and diamond jewelry in a collection that consists of rings, bracelets, necklaces, pendants, earrings, watches, men's jewelry, antique style jewelry, and vintage jewelry pieces. At Love that Gem, we want to share with you our knowledge of fine gemstone jewelry and diamonds. We offer detailed information in our diamond buying guide to help you select that perfect piece of diamond jewelry and a thorough glossary of gemstones that itemizes the attributes of each gem available through our online jewelry store. We also offer you personalized attention to assist you in finding that perfect jewelry gift for someone you love, or to add to your own jewelry collection. Love that Gem wants you to feel confident that you will find your exact selection from our unique online jewelry store collection. You may call or e-mail us and we will help you find the jewelry that best expresses your personal taste, style and elegance. Renown and valued for their beauty, gemstones are natural forms of matter that can be cut and polished for use as jewelry or other ornamental purposes. Durability The twofold test of durability for a mineral is of hardness and toughness. One misconception is that these are the same thing. Hardness, however, refers to a mineral's resistance to scratching while toughness refers to its resistance to breaking. A diamond, for example, is the hardest of all minerals, but can be crushed with enough force. Jade, on the other hand, is quite susceptible to scratching, but is considered one of the toughest gemstones. The hardness of a gemstone is determined by the Mohs scale, which ranges from 1 to 10. Talc, which is 1 on the scale, is softest, while diamonds are the hardest at 10 . Other classifications of gemstones include crystal structure, optical characteristics, and specific gravity. Mineral Gemstones Mineral gemstones are naturally growing rocks found in the earth's surface. There are 16 groups of mineral gemstones, including: Beryl, Chrysoberyl, Corundum, Diamond, Feldspar, Garnet, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Opal, Peridot, Quartz, Spinel, Topaz, Tourmaline, Turquoise, and Zircon. Organic Gemstones Organic gemstones are not as durable as gemstones from minerals, and consist of four groups. Amber, a fossil resin found in the sap of ancient tree pines, usually lacks a crystalline structure. It is most often brown or semitransparent and mined. Coral is crafted when a small marine animal known as a coral polyp extracts calcium carbonate from the sea to build a protective home for itself. The result of gem coral ranges from semitranslucent to opaque and can be white, pink, orange, red, blue, violet, gold, or black. Jet is a black coal that can be used as beads or for bracelets. Pearl is formed inside an oyster, or any other mollusk that deposits substances inside of its housing. Mollusks creating pearls can be found in either fresh or salt water, but salt water pearls are often more sought after for use in earrings, bracelets, and necklaces. Most pearls are white, but they also come in a variety of other colors, including black. Precious Stones Five particular stones were once referred to as precious stones primarily because of historical and ceremonial use while other stones were referred to as semiprecious stones. These precious stones (diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, and amethyst), however, are now included by gemologists among the precious stones. Link to another page

Side Bar Gem of the Month March - Aquamarine Aquamarine From the light blue of the sky to the deep blue of the sea, aquamarines shine over an extraordinarily beautiful range of mainly light blue colours. Aquamarine is a fascinatingly beautiful gemstone. Women the world over love it for its fine blue shades which can complement almost any skin or eye colour, and creative gemstone designers are inspired by it as they are by hardly any other gem, which enables them to create new artistic cuts again and again. Its light blue arouses feelings of sympathy, trust, harmony and friendship. Good feelings. The blue of aquamarine is a divine, eternal colour, because it is the colour of the sky. However, aquamarine blue is also the colour of water with its life-giving force. And aquamarine really does seem to have captured the lucid blue of the oceans. Its name is derived from the Latin 'aqua' (water) and 'mare' (sea). It is said that its strengths are developed to their best advantage when it is placed in water which is bathed in sunlight. However, it is surely better still to wear aquamarine, since according to the old traditions this promises a happy marriage and is said to bring the woman who wears it joy and wealth into the bargain. An ideal gem, not only for loving and married couples. Aquamarine is one of our most popular and best-known gemstones, and distinguishes itself by many good qualities. In fact it is related to the emerald, both belonging to the beryl family. The aquamarine is almost entirely free of inclusions. Aquamarine has good hardness (7.5 to 8 on the Mohs scale) and a wonderful shine. That hardness makes it very tough and protects it to a large extent from scratches. The more intense the colour of an aquamarine, the more value is put on it. Some aquamarines have a light, greenish shimmer; that too is a typical feature. 'Santa Maria' sets pulses racing the bright blue of this noble beryl is making more and more friends. The various colour nuances of aquamarine have melodious names: the rare, intense blue aquamarines from the Santa Maria de Itabira mine in Brazil, which make every gemstone lover's heart beat faster, are called 'Santa Maria'. Similar nuances come from a few gemstone mines in Africa, particularly Mozambique. To help distinguish them from the Brazilian ones, these aquamarines have been given the name 'Santa Maria Africana'. The 'Espirito Santo' colour of aquamarines from the Brazilian state of that name is of a blue that is not quite so intense. One beautiful aquamarine colour was named after the Brazilian beauty queen of 1954, and has the name 'Martha Rocha'. The light colour of aquamarine leaves the gemstone designer free to bring out the brilliance of the gem with fine grooves, notches, curves and edges. In this way, each aquamarine becomes a unique specimen, whose magical attraction no woman can resist.