Humankind has been obsessed with gemstones starting from ancient civilisations to this modern era. This beautiful work of art by nature is made naturally from minerals in Earth's crust. Gemstone jewellery has been a part of our culture with its simplicity, elegance and colourful appearance gemstones and is still ruling the minds of jewellery lovers around the world. Let’s look at some interesting facts about gemstones:

1. Gemstones Trivia

3. Let’s look at some interesting facts about gemstones:
> Among the more than 2,000 identified natural
minerals, fewer than 100 are gemstones.
> There are three different categories that
gemstones: Precious Semi-precious and Organic.
Diamonds, rubies, and sapphires are examples of
precious gemstones. While amethyst, rose quartz
fall under the semi-precious category. Pearl, coral
come under organic gemstones.

4. > Gems like birthstones are believed to have healing
powers. Gemstones are said to have a positive effect
on people wearing it. The diamond is a master healer
and promotes love and emotional strength whereas
ruby aids creativity.
> The diamond was believed to be the tears of the
gods or splinters that had broken off of falling stars
by Egyptians.

5. > Sergio or Carbonado do Sergio is the largest
diamond ever seen. This black carbonado diamond is
a total of 3,167 carats.

6. > Ruby, the pink to blood-red coloured gemstone is
termed as 'rarest gemstones' because of the difficulty
to find it. The Tourmaline or “Rainbow Gem” and opal
are most colourful gemstones ever found.
Tourmaline is the only gem that can come in every
colour.

7. > Amber, the fossilised tree resin is the softest gem in
the world. Baltic amber is the strongest type of amber
which is used to make jewellery.

8. > Name Garnet is derived from pomegranate seeds in
Latin. They are silicate minerals most commonly in
dark red colour. The Peridot gemstone was an all-time
favourite of Cleopatra. It is believed that she also
adorned Emerald gemstone mistaking it for her
favourite Peridot.

9. > Lapis Lazuli or lapis is a deep blue metamorphic rock
was used as an eyeshadow in Ancient Egypt after
crushing it to its powdered form. The stone ‘The star of
Asia’ is well-known for its significant size, rich colour
and clear star. This 330-carat cabochon-cut star sapphire
once belonged to Maharaja of Jodhpur.