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Hi friends, we are here once again. Today we are talking about Fire Opal. Fire Opal is a very famous gemstone. The name of this gemstone is given upon its color. It comes in dark orange or red color which resembles the fire color. Fire Opal is a very soft stone; its hardness is around 5.5 to 6 and sometimes even lesser than this. Hence it is very hard to cut and set this gemstone in any shape & size. The special gravity of this stone is 1.97 to 2.2. Fire Opal contains water. The proportion of the water is around 3% to 20% in this gemstone. Due to this water feature, fire opal is a very delicate stone to handle. When the Jewelry-makers want to set fire opal, they do not heat it, as if they heat it, the water contain can be burnt out. Fire Opal is a transparent gemstone and a very expensive gemstone as well. Fire Opal comes from Brazil and Mexico. The Mexican quality of Fire Opal is transparent and very expensive too. The Brazilian Fire Opal is a bit translucen...

Hi Friends, Dashrath International gemstone learning library brings some of the very useful information about the natural gemstones. This information is based on our experience which we got after being for more than 20 years in the gemstones industry. Today we are talking about Lapiz Lazuli which is also famous as Lapis. It is a deep blue color opaque stone with some golden spot on it. The golden spots are from golden pyrite. If the pyrite content in the gemstone is less, it looks very good, but if the pyrite content is on the higher side in this gemstone, then it becomes very difficult to polish the stone as the Lapis is very soft. The hardness of the lapis is 5 to 5.5 whereas the hardness of the pyrite is very high. The special gravity of Lapis Lazuli is 2.4 to 2.5. Whenever Lapis Lazuli gets stored, it is stored in oil due to its softness. Some people also use wax for this purpose as well. The raw material of the lapis lazuli comes in big sizes only. It is ver...

This time we are talking about Chrome Diopside. Chrome Diopside is a deep green color gemstone. Due to Chromium, its color is so deep. This is why it is also known as Chromium Diopside. The first ever Chrome Diopside, was found in Siberia in 1988 and after that it was also found in Pakistan. These two countries are the main suppliers of this gemstone in commercial quantity & quality. Chrome Diopside is a transparent gemstone and bigger size gemstones than 10 mm are really difficult to find out. The hardness of this gemstone is 5 to 6, so it is very soft. Hence it is very difficult to in any shape or size. Smaller sizes are even more difficult to cut and set. If you have any chance of getting Chrome Diopside in fine quality and small size, it is very valuable and worth collecting. The special gravity of this gemstone is 3.27 to 3.5. There is no known treatment to enhance the quality or color of Chrome Diopside. If you want to know more about Chrome...

Hi friends, we are here once again. Dashrath International is the place where you can get useful insights about various gemstones along with option of buying them as well.  Currently we are working on more than 100 natural gemstones in different sizes, shapes and cuts. We are bringing these insights for you so that the next time, when you buy these gemstones, you can easily identify them. Today we are taking about Rose Quartz . Rose Quartz is a transparent pink variety of quartz gemstones family. Rose Quartz gemstones can be found in India, Madagascar, Sri Lanka and mostly in Brazil. The best variety of Rose Quartz gemstone comes from Brazil only.  The color of Rose Quartz depends upon the inclusions in it. Whenever you want to buy Rose Quartz, try to buy 10 mm+ sizes because in bigger gemstones than 10 mm, you can get the best color. In small sizes of Rose Quartz, you won’t get the best color. The hardness of ...

Today we are taking about Topaz gemstone. Topaz gemstone family is very famous. We all know Topaz as a Blue color gemstone. If we are not wrong, we can say that ‘Highest saleable blue color gemstone is Blue Topaz.’ There are a few members in Topaz family like Blue Topaz, White Topaz and Pink Topaz. The hardness of Topaz is around 8, so it is very easy to cut & set topaz in any size or shape. Colorless white topaz is the basic topaz which gets treated to get turned into blue topaz. After treating topaz for the color variations, a cooling period of around 6 months is quite necessary because of the radiations from the stones. If we don’t give this cooling period to this gemstone it can harm us by its radiations. One more thing which is to notify that, white topaz can easily get mixed with other white gemstones like white quartz, so it is very necessary to check the gemstones very carefully. In a special solution, when you dip the white topaz it will go dow...

Today we are giving some information about Spinel gemstones. There are a few members in Spinel family like Red Spinel, Blue Spinel, Purple Spinel, White Spinel and Black Spinel. Here we are talking about Black Spinel. As you may know that earlier (around 150 or 200 years ago) there was some confusion in recognition with Spinel gemstone and Ruby or Blue Sapphire. It was due to lack of knowledge in recognition of Spinel gemstone. The perfect example of this confusion is ‘The Black Princess Ruby, which is there in the Crown of England’. Now to move further, Black Spinel is an opaque gemstone and it resembles like Black diamond because it is opaque and black in color. So people tend to use Black Spinel as a substitute of Black Diamond and it costs lesser as well in comparison to Black Diamond. The hardness of Black Spinel is 7.5 to 8, so it is very easy to cut in any size or shape and it is very easy to set black spinel in the jewellery as well. Black Spinel i...

Malachite is a green color stone, which has so many bands. It is an opaque stone and mostly used for cabochons & beads. There are different type of textures on it, Like some straight lines or circles or different types of green & deep green colors and white color bands. Malachite is a family of carbonate. It contains copper. Hence it’s very easy to find Malachite, as where ever you can find copper mines, you can also find Malachite gemstones. There are some characteristics of Malachite gemstone which help in health conditions so it is also used in medicals. Malachite is also used as a pain reliever. Malachite was found around 4000 years back. Malachite word means the Kingdom. In the Egyptian times, they used this term for better life and better future. The Malachite gemstone is also used to protect pregnant lady and new born baby from negative energy. It is a very positive energy gemstone. If you want to know more about natural Malachite gemsto...

Thanks for visiting the Dashrath International gemstone learning library. We are bringing this learning library to you so that a beginner in this industry can understand the gemstone, different characteristics of various gemstones and how to identify them. In this series, today we are bringing some useful information about – “Sphene”. Sphene is a very famous gemstone because of its lustre. It is very good, probably the best lustre in gemstone industry. It comes in green, brown, yellow and reddish colors. There is a big range of colors in it. You can easily identify these gemstones because of their lustre. The hardness of Sphene is around 5 to 5.5, so it is very good to use in the jewellery also. It very difficult to find clean Sphene as it’s a very rare gemstone and there are very few mines in the World. You can find Sphene in India, Madagascar and USA also but the top quality is very rare and clean goods are even more difficult to find. Green color is the...

Iolite is a deep blue color gemstone with some different characteristics. In this gemstone, you can see different color at different angle. On one side you can see deep blue color whereas on 90 degree angle from the last angle, you can see the grey color. It is a bi-color gemstone. As only blue color is saleable in the Iolite, so when you cut this gemstone, you need to pay special attention. Iolite is a hard gemstone. Its hardness is between 7 and 7.5. So it is very easy to cut and set. Iolite is found in India, Bangladesh, Burma, Sri Lanka and Brazil. It is very good stone to be wear. Iolite brings positive attitude and positive energy. Iolite is also good for the eyes and memory. Iolite has been very famous amongst Sea-Sailors in last century. The name Iolite came from Greek word ‘IOS’. This is not the Apple iOS. Here ‘IOS’ refers to the violate color.  If you want to know more about Iolite or you want to buy this gemstone, please visit www.gemsto...

Ammolite is an organic gemstone and a very soft gemstone. It is a very rare stone as well. There are very few locations in the world like Canada and North USA, where we find bulk deposits of Ammolite.  As it’s already mentioned that Ammolite is a very soft gemstone with hardness around 3.5 to 4. There is a very thin layer of Ammolite on this gemstone and the rest back side is known as Mother of Ammolite .  When we try to cut or set this gemstone, we do not remove the back side due to this thin (0.5 mm to 0.8 mm) layer of Ammolite. As the layer is very thin, it can easily get broken if we try to remove it.  Ammolite is also known as ‘Gem Ammonite’ or Buffalo Stone.  When we cut this stone, we use some liquor or some resin transparent epoxy on it, which helps us to cut this gemstone easily. This epoxy also protects the gemstone as this stone can also be damaged by nature as well. Ammolite is a multi-color gemstone and most of the colors...

We are bringing these blogs for you so that you can a bit of idea about gemstones, like how to use a particular stone or how to identify that stone. These blogs are written on basis of our personal experience. We are very happy to share our knowledge base to all the gemstone seekers all over the World. This blog is on “Moldavite” Gemstones. Moldavite is a natural glass stone or you can say that it is a gemstone which has glass characteristics. Moldavite is a green color gemstone which also comes in dark brown color. Its hardness is between 5 & 5.5 and it is a very soft gemstone. Because of its softness characteristics, it is very hard to cut and set this stone.  Moldavite is a very positive energy gemstone, so people like to wear it. It is very hard to find green color Moldavite gemstone in over 10 carat. It helps in better sleep and it also helps to avoid bad weather. It enhances the spiritual ability of the person.  If you want to know mor...

Kyanite is a blue gemstone which comes from Nepal. It also comes in Green color these day, but there are very few and rare mines in the World where you can get green kyanite.  This stone is very soft and because of softness it is very hard to cut this gemstone. Hardness of Kyanite is between 5 and 6. So when we cut the stone, we have to set the hard part on the table so when the stone gets set in the jewellery it get less scratches. Due to its softness, new style cuts are not available on this stone. Only old style & traditional cuts are available for Kyanite. So whenever you want to buy this stone, try to buy it in round, oval and in less sharp edge cuts. It is very hard to find clean quality of kyanite. Most of the bigger goods are not clean generally. One more thing to make a note of is that ‘There are only few mines of Kyanite in the World, so the overall supply is slow.  This gemstone is usually comes in blue color and looks like blue sapphire. ...

Tanzanite needs millions of years to be formed: actually, its age is estimated at 585 millions of years. Discovered in 1967, this gemstone is now known worldwide and became quickly popular which explains why the prices increased so fast. What makes it so attractive is not only the color but also the exclusivity because we can find it only in northern Tanzania, which makes it pretty rare. Actually, Tanzanite and Sapphire are the most popular blue gems of the market. Some people like Sapphire but prefer to buy Tanzanite because of the lower price and color’s similarity. It is particularly advised to accord it with gold (yellow, white), especially on tanzanite earrings where the beauty of the gemstone is really revealed. We can even speak about magnificence as we know that its color is one of the more extravagant in the world. Tanzanite is what we can call a “pleochroic” gem: it means that the color of the stone seems different depending of the angle we look at it. ...

Labradorite was discovered in 1770 in Canada in a city called Labrador, as the dog. Since this period, one found better quality stones in Finland during the last World War. Some of these gems are also present in India, Russia and Madagascar. Nowadays, this gemstone is one of the most popular of the jewellery market. Its particular shade of blue reveals all its beauty under light; its semi-transparent property makes it really different from other blue gemstones like Turquoise, Lapis Lazuli or Jade. Not that rare, this gemstone can be found pretty easily in many different shapes and sizes from Labradorite suppliers all over the world. Our company proposes good deals concerning prices and the quality of the looses. Pretty tough to compare with other gemstones, it is often accorded to silver and shaped to be included in a necklace or a ring. Labradorite appeal is very strong. Its color, grey more or less dark with rainbow iridescence, often dominated by blue, makes it unique and ea...

Red Garnet is most beautiful gemstone used with Gold. This is said on the basis of our personal experience from the gemstone industry that ‘There is no other gemstone more beautiful than Red Garnet to be used with yellow gold.’ Red garnet obviously belongs to garnet family but it is more expensive than Green garnet, Orange garnet, Rhodolite and many more. Mostly garnet comes from every part of the World. Yes, you read it right. Garnet can be found in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Brazil, USA, Africa and in so many other places. The quality & types of garnet are different everywhere. The hardness of Red garnet is 7, hence it is very easy to cut in any shape and size. At Dashrath International, you can find Red garnet in 1 MM to 10 MM size or may be more bigger than this size along with any type of cut. Due to 7 hardness, it is very easy to set Red garnet.  Garnet was first found in 17th century and because of its color, the name was Garnet. It is also known as “2n...

Traditionally, the market of Opal was mainly handled by Australia, but since few decades, Ethiopia revealed a lot of these stones in their mines. This has been a huge transformation in the business because Ethiopian Opal suppliers are nowadays big players of the gemstone market. As its name suggests it, this gemstone only comes from Ethiopia as the majority of Ethiopian Opal suppliers which then export it all over the world. Becoming more popular years after years, this gem is now recognized worldwide and used in diverse rings, earrings, necklaces. This new gemstone can be sorted in ranges from opaque to translucent, knowing that the best quality gems are translucent. Colors appear on its white body as a large display from red to orange through blue, green, pink… It may remind to some people the Northern Lights noticeable over the Arctic Circle. At Dashrath International , we provide high-quality natural looses of Ethiopian Opal in order to please your jewels and your e...