Precious Gemstones

Precious Gemstones Meaning

• Blue Sapphire

  - Blue Sapphire or Neelam in Hindi is the birthstone for September and the gem of the fifth and forty-fifth wedding anniversary. Associated with the karmic Saturn, Blue Sapphire benefits people who are born under Capricorn, Aquarius, and Libra zodiac signs. Blue Sapphire balances the Throat Chakra and the Third Eye Chakra.

• Ruby

  - Ruby or Manik in Hindi is the birthstone for July and the gem of the fifteenth and fortieth wedding anniversary. Associated with the planet Sun, Ruby benefits people who are born under the Leo zodiac sign. Ruby balances the Base Chakra and the Heart Chakra.

• Emerald

  - Emerald or Panna in Hindi is the birthstone for May and the gem of the twentieth and thirty-fifth wedding anniversary. Associated with the planet Mercury, Emerald benefits people who are born under Gemini, Virgo, and Cancer zodiac signs. Emerald balances the Heart Chakra.

• Yellow Sapphire

  - Yellow Sapphire or Pukhraj in Hindi is the birthstone for September and the gem of the fifth and forty-fifth wedding anniversary. Associated with the planet Jupiter, Yellow Sapphire benefits people who are born under Sagittarius and Libra zodiac signs. Yellow Sapphire balances the Solar Plexus Chakra.

• White Sapphire

  - White Sapphire or Safed Pukhraj in Hindi is the birthstone for September and the gem of the fifth and forty-fifth wedding anniversary. Associated with the planet Venus, White Sapphire benefits people who are born under Libra, Taurus, and Cancer zodiac signs. White Sapphire balances the Crown Chakra.

Precious Gemstones Benefits

• Blue Sapphire

  - Blue Sapphire is known to be the most precious stone. Blue Sapphire is the powerful and the fastest-acting gemstone. Associated with Throat and Third Eye Chakra, it brings instant success, wealth, fame, fortune, and prosperity in business, jobs, and projects to the wearer’s life. The blue precious stone strengthens the weakened Saturn and inculcates discipline in the wearer’s life. Blue Sapphire cures joint pain, gout, arthritis, and relieves confusion, anxiety, and depression.

• Ruby

  - Ruby is considered to be the King of Gemstones. Associated with Base and Heart Chakra, Ruby promotes growth in businesses, jobs, enhances social status, self-confidence, and is recommended for better paternal relationships. The red precious stones enhance the authority and benefit people working in administrative services, politics, and other leadership roles. Ruby cures bones, eyes, and heart-related problems, restores vitality and improves blood circulation.

• Emerald

  - Emerald embodies the powerful Heart Chakra. Emerald is ideal for various eyes, skin, kidneys, muscles, joints, respiratory and heart-related diseases. It refines oration, communication skills, and benefits people working in PR, mass communication, and media roles. The green precious stones also benefit people working in finance, banking, share market, trading, and creative ventures.

• Yellow Sapphire

  - Yellow Sapphire is associated with Solar Plexus Chakra. It is worn for professional prosperity, blissful matrimony, healthy progeny, and enhances willpower and materialistic wealth. The yellow precious stone restores lost fortune, enhances intelligence, creativity, practicality and benefits people working in judicial services, academics, and trade business. Yellow Sapphire enhances digestive health, prevents liver and kidney infirmities, and cures Tuberculosis and Jaundice.

• White Sapphire

  - White Sapphire embodies the Crown Chakra. It is worn to improve financial growth, imperial lifestyle, and social status of the wearer. The white precious stone creates, visualizes, invents new ideas and thoughts, and benefits people working in creative ventures. It is worn for better reproductive health and immunity. Yellow Sapphire resolves marital conflicts by restoring love and harmony in the relationship.

Precious Gemstones Quality

Precious gemstones from reputed origins, exhibiting superior color, color change effect, or play of colors, having excellent clarity, outstanding luster, and skillfully cut gemstones are considered to be of the best quality.

Origin: Precious stones from reputed origins are regarded as having the finest and the best quality.

• Kashmir Blue Sapphire and Ceylon Blue Sapphire are the finest quality Blue Sapphire stones because of their velvety touch and fine royal blue hue.
• Burmese Ruby or Old Burma Ruby is exceptionally good because of its brilliant saturation and color consistency.
• Burmese Ruby or Old Burma Ruby is exceptionally good because of its brilliant saturation and color consistency.
• Emerald from Columbia and Zambia are considered superior because they are highly saturated and perfectly balanced in blue and green tints.
• The finest and best quality Yellow Sapphire is found in Sri Lanka, Burma, Thailand, and Australia due to its exceptional clarity and color consistency.
• White Sapphire from Sri Lanka or Ceylon is of the best quality due to its loupe clean clarity and large size.

Color: The best quality Precious stones exhibit superior colors, a color change effect, or a play of colors.

• The finest quality Blue Sapphire displays a bright and vividly saturated true blue hue which is considered ideal and is highly precious.
• Dark red colored Ruby stone with uniform consistency is highly valued. Pigeon red color is the most sought-after color which is extremely rare and expensive.
• Emerald is a natural green-hued gemstone. The value of Emerald increases if it is richly saturated and exhibits a consistent green hue.
• Yellow Sapphire displays a wide range of yellow hues, but the most desirable and valuable Yellow Sapphire exhibits bright yellow and canary yellow hues.
• The finest and the best quality White Sapphire is colorless. It is difficult to find an absolute eye-clean natural Colorless White Sapphire as only 10% qualify the quality standards.

Clarity: The presence of eye-visible inclusions, imperfections, surface cracks, or blemishes can significantly affect the quality of Precious gemstones.

• Blue Sapphire generally contains visible inclusions in the form of needles, fingerprints, and color bands. The natural Blue Sapphire with no eye-visible inclusions are rarely found and are highly expensive.
• The natural imperfections and inclusions affect the clarity of Ruby gemstone. Most Rubies contain light or heavy eye-visible inclusions, but the rarest and finest quality Rubies possess see-through clarity with no eye-visible inclusions.
• Emerald is known to have inclusions in the form of solid crystals, liquid films, and gaseous bubbles. The eye-cleaned Emerald with a bright green hue is extremely rare and highly precious.
• A premium quality Yellow Sapphire is transparent and nearly inclusion-free. The presence of eye-visible inclusions that occur as feathers or fingerprints decreases the quality of Yellow Sapphire.
• The value of White Sapphire increases with the decrease in the number of inclusions. The transparent, natural, and absolutely eye-clean White Sapphire is extremely rare and highly valuable.

Cut: A skillfully cut Precious gemstone displays brighter color and outstanding luster while also keeping all the imperfections concealed and is considered quite desirable.

• Sapphires are generally cut with a brilliant pattern. The premium quality Sapphires are found in oval shapes with triangular and kite-shaped facets on the gem’s crown and parallel rectangular facets on the gem’s pavilion.
• Rubies are commonly fashioned as mixed cuts. The common shapes are ovals and cushions with triangular and kite-shaped facets on the gem’s crown and square or rectangular facets on the gem’s pavilion.
• Emeralds are usually cut into rectangular shapes that are most commonly known as ‘Emerald cut’. The Emerald cut can help protect against any damage as the corners are faceted and provide a safe place for prongs.

Precious Gemstones Prices

Precious stones prices range differently for each gemstone. Precious stones prices are determined by collectively assessing quality factors such as Origin, Color, Clarity, Cut, Carat Weight, Certification, Rarity, and Treatment. Based on the above-mentioned quality combination, the price of precious stones is as follows:

• Blue Sapphire stone covers a broad range from 2,500 INR ($34.51) per carat to 2,00,000 INR ($2760.62) per carat and even more depending on its rarity and popularity.
• Ruby stone price varies steeply and can range from 450 INR ($6.21) per carat to 2,00,000 INR ($2760.62) per carat and even more.
• Emerald remains high in demand and its prices begin from 800 INR ($11.04) per carat to 2,00,000 INR ($2760.62) per carat and even more.
• Yellow Sapphire stone can cost between 2500 INR ($34.51) per carat to 40,000 INR ($552.12) per carat.
• White Sapphire stone price ranges from 6,000 INR ($82.82) per carat and can go as far as 35,000 INR ($483.11) per carat.

Precious Gemstones Jewelry

Apart from being well-known for their metaphysical properties, powerful astrological benefits, and healing properties, precious stones are extensively used for jewelry purposes. Because of their rich palette of vibrant hues, loupe clean clarity, outstanding luster, and excellent transparency, precious stones are highly desirable and display elegant and beautiful looks. GemPundit’s exclusive Precious stone jewellery collection includes Precious Stone Rings, Bracelets, and Pendants.

Precious Stone Ring

Precious Stone Pendant

Precious Stone Bracelet

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At GemPundit, you will find an exclusive collection of the most stunning Precious stone jewelry. GemPundit provides customization service to our valuable customers where our team of CAD experts designs the Precious stone jewelry including Precious stones necklaces, earrings, rings, bracelets, bands, etc. as per the needs of the customer.

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Cleaning and Care

Precious gemstones require normal and gentle care. Exposure to extensive heat, ultrasonic cleaning, abrasions, and chemicals should be avoided. The precious stones can be cleaned with warm, soapy water and a soft brush or as recommended by the gem experts.

Precious Gemstones Buyer Beware Guidelines

Precious gemstones are highly popular and are in huge demand. Therefore, it becomes important to check the authenticity of precious gemstones before buying.

The price of precious gemstones does not increase based on size and weight. There are other quality combinations including origin, color, clarity, cut, shape, rarity, carat weight, certification, and treatment which determine the price of precious gemstones. A buyer needs to understand that the weight of precious gemstones in India is usually expressed in Ratti and not in Carat. A buyer must understand the difference between Ratti and Carat. (1 Ratti = 0.91 carat)

There are various enhancements or treatments used to alter the color, improve the appearance and the clarity of precious gemstones. Precious stones can be commonly dyed, stained, or heated to alter the color and clarity. If buyers see any enhancements or treatments on the precious gemstones, then they can ask for a genuine report from the Gemological Laboratory. The Lab certifications determine the authenticity of the precious gemstones. Customers should be able to distinguish between real and fake Gem Lab Certifications and always verify the physical characteristics of precious gemstones from Gem Experts and Astrologers. To identify the authenticity of the precious gemstones, the customer can cross-check the report number on the Gem Lab certificate from the Gem Lab website or the company lab. If both the report numbers are alike, then it is an authentic precious gemstone certification.

We at GemPundit deal in untreated, unheated, natural precious gemstones of the finest quality that are certified and verified by renowned gemstone laboratories.

A sample GIA Certificate of Blue Sapphire.

A sample IGI Certificate of Ruby.

A sample IGI Certificate of Emerald.

A sample IGITL Certificate of Yellow Sapphire.

A sample GRS Certificate of White Sapphire.