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Gem Notes

Learn the stone before you buy it

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

Nephrite Prices in Pakistan: How Colour, Translucency and Finish Set the Value Price guide Nephrite Prices in Pakistan: How Colour, Translucency and Finish Set the Value Nephrite is one of the two minerals sold as jade, and it is the one most buyers in Pakistan actually come across. It is tough, quiet-looking… Read Feroza Benefits: The Traditions, and What the Stone Really Offers Gem Notes · Feroza Feroza Benefits: The Traditions, and What the Stone Really Offers Ask ten families in Pakistan what feroza is good for and you will get ten versions of one answer: it keeps you safe, it brings success, and… Read Asli Moti or Not? Checking a Pearl Before You Pay Gem Notes · Pearl Asli Moti or Not? Checking a Pearl Before You Pay Pearls are among the easiest gems to fake and among the easiest to check, as long as you are clear about which question you are asking. "Is… Read Moonstone (Chandrakant) Benefits: What Tradition Says, and How It Wears Day to Day Gem Notes · Moonstone Moonstone (Chandrakant) Benefits: What Tradition Says, and How It Wears Day to Day Moonstone is the stone with a light that moves inside it. Tilt it and a soft blue or silvery glow drifts across the surface, like moonlight… Read Wearing Zabarjad (Peridot): Finger, Metal, Day and a Setting That Lasts Gem Notes · Peridot Wearing Zabarjad (Peridot): Finger, Metal, Day and a Setting That Lasts Zabarjad, peridot in English, is the green stone Pakistan can genuinely call its own: some of the cleanest peridot ever found came out of th… Read Is Your Chashm-e-Babri Real? Checking Tiger Eye at Home Gem Notes · Tiger Eye Is Your Chashm-e-Babri Real? Checking Tiger Eye at Home People in Pakistan buy tiger eye as chashm-e-babri, or just "tiger stone", and because it is not an expensive gem, most assume nobody bother… Read What a Bloodstone Should Cost in Pakistan, and What Drives It Gem Notes · Bloodstone What a Bloodstone Should Cost in Pakistan, and What Drives It Bloodstone, also known as heliotrope, is dark green chalcedony dotted with red spots of iron oxide. It is one of the more affordable natural… Read Jamuni Neelam Prices in Pakistan: How Purple Sapphire Is Valued Gem Notes · Purple Sapphire Jamuni Neelam Prices in Pakistan: How Purple Sapphire Is Valued In Pakistan most people call purple sapphire jamuni neelam, and that name tells you something useful: it is corundum, the same mineral as bl… Read

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