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Straight answers on identifying, pricing, choosing and caring for natural gemstones — written for buyers in Pakistan, with the Urdu names you already know.

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Yaqoot (Ruby) Benefits: What Tradition Believes and What the Stone Actually Delivers Gem Notes · Ruby Yaqoot (Ruby) Benefits: What Tradition Believes and What the Stone Actually Delivers Bring up ruby in almost any Pakistani family and you will get two kinds of answer. One is about belief: yaqoot as the Sun's stone, a stone o… Read Asli Neelam Ki Pehchan: How to Check Whether a Blue Sapphire Is Real Glass, lab-grown, doublets and treated stones, and how to tell them apart Asli Neelam Ki Pehchan: How to Check Whether a Blue Sapphire Is Real Blue sapphire, or neelam, is one of the most imitated stones sold in Pakistan. The copies run from obvious blue glass all the way to lab-gro… Read Asli Marjan Ki Pehchan: How to Tell Real Red Coral from Fake Safe checks at home, the tests that ruin coral, and what only a lab can answer Asli Marjan Ki Pehchan: How to Tell Real Red Coral from Fake Red coral, which you will hear called marjan or moonga, is one of the easiest stones to copy and one of the hardest for an ordinary buyer to… Read Jamunia (Amethyst) Benefits: What Tradition Says and Who Wears It Saturn's gentler stone, the old folk beliefs, and what amethyst really offers as a gem Jamunia (Amethyst) Benefits: What Tradition Says and Who Wears It Amethyst is called jamunia here, after the dark purple jamun fruit. It is the stone many Pakistani families reach for when an astrologer men… Read Dur-e-Najaf Prices in Pakistan: What You Pay For and How to Compare Clarity, cut, the two kinds of ratti, and the traps to avoid Dur-e-Najaf Prices in Pakistan: What You Pay For and How to Compare Dur-e-najaf is natural colourless quartz, also called rock crystal. For many Muslim families in Pakistan, and Shia families in particular, i… Read Ethiopian Opal Prices in Pakistan: How to Judge Value and Compare Gem Notes · Opal Ethiopian Opal Prices in Pakistan: How to Judge Value and Compare Ethiopian opal turned the opal market upside down. Before the big finds in Ethiopia's Welo region, a bright opal with strong colour flashes… Read Iron Tiger Eye in Pakistan: What Decides the Price Why two pieces of tiger iron that look alike can cost quite differently Iron Tiger Eye in Pakistan: What Decides the Price Tiger iron, sold here as iron tiger eye, is one of the most affordable natural stones on our trays and one of the most eye-catching: golden… Read What Tourmaline Costs in Pakistan: Colour, Clarity and Fair Quotes Gem Notes · Tourmaline What Tourmaline Costs in Pakistan: Colour, Clarity and Fair Quotes Few gems sold in Pakistan have a wider price range than tourmaline. It comes in almost every colour, and colour type on its own can push two… Read Wearing a Ruby (Yaqoot): Finger, Hand, Metal, Day and Setting The traditional customs explained plainly, and the practical care every ruby needs Wearing a Ruby (Yaqoot): Finger, Hand, Metal, Day and Setting Short answer: by long custom, a ruby (yaqoot, also called manik) goes on the ring finger of the right hand, set in gold or copper, and is fi… Read How to Wear Neelam (Blue Sapphire): The Right Finger, Metal and Daily Care A practical guide to wearing blue sapphire How to Wear Neelam (Blue Sapphire): The Right Finger, Metal and Daily Care Short answer: the custom is to wear blue sapphire, neelam, on the middle finger of the right hand, set in silver, white gold or panchdhatu… Read How to Wear Red Coral (Marjan): Finger, Metal, Tuesday Custom and Care Wearing and protecting a soft stone How to Wear Red Coral (Marjan): Finger, Metal, Tuesday Custom and Care Short answer: the custom is to wear red coral, called marjan and also moonga, on the ring finger of the right hand, set in gold, copper or s… Read Is It Real Amethyst (Jamunia)? Checks to Do Before You Buy Asli ki pehchan Is It Real Amethyst (Jamunia)? Checks to Do Before You Buy In short: glass pretending to be amethyst can usually be caught at home with a loupe, a sheet of white paper and a little patience. Syntheti… Read Choosing a Good Dur-e-Najaf: A Buyer's Guide for Pakistan Buying guide Choosing a Good Dur-e-Najaf: A Buyer's Guide for Pakistan In brief: a good dur-e-najaf is natural colourless quartz, or rock crystal, that looks clear to the eye or shows only fine natural veils. It… Read

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