<\/span><\/h2>\nThere are two types in which they can be included: precious gems<\/strong> (diamond, sapphire, ruby and emerald) and semi-precious gems<\/strong> (amethyst, topaz, pearl, jade, turquoise, lapis lazuli, malachite or quartz).<\/p>\n\nAmong the most important precious metals are the following: gold<\/strong>, platinum<\/strong>, palladium<\/strong> or silver<\/strong>. There are precious and semi-precious metals<\/strong>, in addition. On the list of the latter are copper, tungsten, iron or zinc, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n
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<\/span>Precious gems<\/span><\/h3>\n\nThe precious gems are the most valuable and there are four: diamond, sapphire, ruby and emerald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>Semi-precious gems<\/span><\/h3>\n\nThere are more semi-precious gems and among them are: amethyst, topaz, pearl, jade, turquoise, lapis lazuli, malachite or quartz<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>ROCKS AND MINERALS<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/span>What are rocks and minerals?<\/span><\/h3>\n\nWithin the universe of study of gemology<\/strong> we can focus on two types of materials: rocks and minerals<\/strong>. Both are two types of gemological materials<\/strong> of natural origin, with their own characteristics. Of course, although they may be similar, we are not talking about the same thing. So let’s answer two basic questions.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>What is the difference between rocks and minerals?<\/span><\/h3>\n\nRocks and minerals differ in the following. Minerals<\/strong> are solid and inorganic aggregates. Most gems<\/strong> are found in this group. While rocks<\/strong> are aggregates of minerals.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>Where are rocks and minerals formed?<\/span><\/h3>\n\nBoth rocks and minerals are formed in nature without human intervention<\/strong>. Even if human beings later modify them, for example, for the manufacture of jewelry<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>SYNTHETIC STONES<\/span><\/h2>\n\n<\/span>Synthetic stones<\/span><\/h3>\n\nWhat are synthetic stones or synthetic gemstones<\/strong>? They are stones manufactured by humans in laboratories by reproducing the conditions of nature. With this in mind, we can differentiate two other terms to avoid confusion about synthetic stones.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>Artificial stones<\/span><\/h3>\n\nFirst of all, an artificial stone<\/strong> is a human product that has no corresponding material in nature. This group is formed, for example, by zirconia<\/strong>. Which means that we cannot talk about synthetic zircons because zirconia does not exist in nature.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>Imitation artificial stones<\/span><\/h3>\n\nOn the other hand, what are faux artificial stones<\/strong> or faux gemstones<\/strong>? In gemology, they are natural, synthetic or artificial gems whose objective is the imitation of another gem, which usually has more value.<\/p>\n\n<\/span>What is the name of the stone that looks like diamond?<\/span><\/h3>\n\nTo finish on synthetic stones, we answer a question you can ask yourself: what is the name of the stone that looks like diamond?<\/strong> You are probably referring to the natural and synthetic colorless sapphire<\/strong>, which is used as an imitation of diamond<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Surely you have jewelry in your home but you don’t know its quality or components and its terminology sounds Chinese to you. To help you clear up doubts and clarify concepts, at 4Dreams we have developed a Gemology glossary that covers the main terms. What are Gemstones? Gemstones are precious stones that when cut and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":369423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-372616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-precious-stones"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=372616"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372616\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":372617,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372616\/revisions\/372617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4dreams.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}