This document discusses precious metals and stones, including their characteristics and origins. It provides details on the 4 C's of gemstones (color, clarity, cut, and carat weight). Examples are given of various gemstones like emeralds, sapphires, diamonds, rubies, and quartz in both their natural and cut forms. The origins of many gemstones are mentioned, such as diamonds primarily coming from Africa and rubies from Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma. Semi-precious stones and their colors are also described, along with examples of metals like silver and platinum.

1. Precious Metals and Stones

2. The 4 C´s :
Color
Clarity
Cut
Carrot weight

3. This is a natural emerald found
at a farm in North Carolina.
Emeralds are found all over the world.

4. This emerald has been cut.

5. These are raw sapphires.
We say raw when they are natural.

6. These are what they look like
when they are cut.

7. Star sapphires are polished in a way that they reflect
the light in a star shape.

8. Sapphires are mined
all over Asia and
some countries Africa.

9. Most Diamonds
come from Africa.
They are the hardest mineral
in the world.
Debears is a huge monopoly
which controls the diamond market.

10. Rough Diamonds

11. Diamonds come in all colors.
These remind me of candies

12. This one looks like
a piece of ice.

13. Modern Cushion Cut Diamond.

14. The most common
type of diamond cut
is the Brilliant.

16. Here is a close up view
of a Brilliant cut diamond.

17. Emerald cut diamond

20. The hope diamond is the biggest in the world.
All previous owners have died of strange
deaths.

21. This is a red Ruby.
The ruby is the most valuable stone in the world.
The reason is because they are scarce.

22. Raw pink rubies.

23. This ruby has been cut

24. Most rubies are mined in
Thailand and Cambodia.
The largest one in the world is
from Burma.
It weighs 23.1 carats.

25. Semi- precious stones
are more common .
But in my opinion
they are just as beautiful.

26. Celestial Blue quartz.

27. Giants cave in Mexico
has the largest quartz crystals
in the world.

28. Amethyst is purple quartz.
Peru has alot of these stones.

29. When they are cut
they look like purple diamonds.

30. Citrine is yellow quartz.
The mountains of Peru are full of citrine.

31. American cut citrine.

32. Aqua Marine quartz
is the color of sea water.

33. Tourmaline is quartz that
comes in green and brown.

34. This is cherry quartz that is being excited
by a frequency generator and
synthetic vortex.

35. Precious Metals

36. Silver in natural form.

37. Platinum