Simply put, colored gems is a valuable stone naturally formed in nature. Of course, whether it is valuable or not should also be considered. The most important criteria are good-looking, durable, rare and harmless, so there are more than 3,000 kinds of minerals found in nature, and only 20-30 kinds can become gems. The gems you see are different from trace elements, and there are dozens of branches.
So how do you generally classify colored gems? Opinions vary, and different classification principles are different.
The traditional classification is: organic colored gems and inorganic colored gems; Precious stones and ordinary precious stones (formerly also called semi-precious stones).
Organic colored gems mainly includes pearls, amber, corals, etc. It belongs to organic colored gems. The popular beeswax in the market is a variety of amber, which comes from biological action, so it is called organic colored gems, and the rest of colored gems belongs to inorganic colored gems.
Precious gems are generally five major gems, namely, diamonds (diamonds), rubies (corundum), sapphires (corundum), emeralds (beryls) and gold emeralds (opals), and the rest are ordinary gems, but ordinary gems do not mean that they are of low value. This is because the five gems belong to the classic traditional gems, such as tourmaline, the top variety among ordinary gems, and Morganite, which is relatively unknown.
Common colored gems include tourmaline, tanzanite, spinel, garnet, Morganite, aquamarine, turquoise, lapis lazuli, topaz, opal, prehnite, olivine, moonstone, Tianhe stone, crystal, agate and ruby.
In addition to these two classifications, there are other classifications, such as gemstone color classification and emerging classic gemstone classification ... and some fashionable new classifications, representing crystal, garnet, turquoise, opal and so on. , has attracted the attention of modern people. In addition, there are colorful treasures with appreciation level, such as Palebabbitt, Golden Emerald Cat's Eye, Colored Sapphire, Black Opal, Ruby and Sapphire, which need discerning and powerful jewelry connoisseurs to discover.
Similar to other cultural value categories, colored gems market is a kind of cultural consumption precipitated by the development of the times. It may change in the development and changes in the new era, just as diamonds are gradually excluded from the category of colored gems by the public because of their high popularity.
It can be seen that sometimes the classification and orientation of colored gems also changes with people's will, but one thing remains the same. Rare, beautiful, exquisite and unique gems have a value basis and are in the momentum of continuous development.