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Member since 13th June 2008
Occupation: Jewelry Professional Mithun Rao, a jewelry professional, holds degree in gemology and jewelry design from Mumbai and has spent 10 years in the industry (incuding running his own jewelry shop). With an obsession for gems and precious stones, he also shares a passion for music, painting and wishes to explore new places, and understand new cultures. He owns and manages the gemstones and diamonds site www.gehnabazaar.com
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10th November 2008
It had been a long, busy day for John. It was his first day at his job as an assistant manager at a new jewelry store. He had recently earned his gemologist diploma and was working at his first management post in this store. Just five minutes before closi...
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05th November 2008
The resin from the Pine trees dripped and oozed down into rocks and got fossilized to create amber. In Austria, Paleolithic man (45000 - 12000 B.C.) used this gem. Nomadic hunters from the Mesolithic age (12000 - 4000 B.C.) used this gem to hunt animals a...
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05th November 2008
The price of amber is determined by the different life forms which are found in the stone. Intact insects, plants, flowers etc will increase the value of amber and these stones will be highly priced. Typically, an amber necklace with say, a trapped dragon...
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05th November 2008
Amber is made up of fossilized tree resin. It is millions of years old. As such, it is a time capsule containing souvenirs from the early history of life on our planet. Ancient beads and carvings testify to the beauty that even prehistoric man found in th...
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05th November 2008
Identifying an original amber gemstone can be quite difficult. This is because there are many amber imitations found in the market which confuse the buyers.
One of its numerous imitations is called 'Amberdan'. It has properties fairly near to natural g...
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30th October 2008
It is said that Amber has many mystical properties. It is said to bring good luck. It is also said to be magnetic and sensual. Since amber is associated with time, cycles and longevity, it gives the wearer attractive and a long enjoyment of his qualities....
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15th October 2008
Amber - Amber derives its name from the Middle English word 'ambre', from the Medieval Latin word 'ambra', and from the Arabic word 'anbar ambergris'. Amber - How Was It Made?
Amber is the fossilized resin from ancient forests. This aromatic resin drip...
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13th October 2008
Amber is found across the world in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Germany, Rumania, Sicily, Myanmar (Burma), North America, Malaysia, England and Russia. Amber is actually the fossilized resin of a species of Pine trees. The main area where it ...
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08th September 2008
There is a large difference between the overall affect that an antique cut diamond has as compared to the brilliance of modern cut diamonds. While antique cut diamonds exude a certain subtle panache, the modern cuts provide a brilliance that is unparallel...
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03rd September 2008
Diamond simulants are basically gems that look like the diamond but in reality are neither natural diamonds nor those that are produced synthetically. The popularity and appeal of the diamond are responsible for the numerous diamond simulants that are flo...
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02nd September 2008
In the olden days the colored diamonds were named differently from how they are named now. The diamonds got their name from the specific location from where they were mined. This resulted in fair amount of confusion since there were multiple locations fro...
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01st September 2008
The popularity and appeal of diamonds led to a situation where people wanted to create diamond look-alikes in the laboratory. Many experiments were done to perfect a laboratory process that could create diamonds that were close to the real thing. It was o...
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27th August 2008
Diamond simulants are gemstones (natural or synthetic) that resembles a diamond and is mostly confused for a natural diamond. Diamond simulant is different from synthetic diamond where synthetic diamonds are man made and has almost the same chemical and p...
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24th August 2008
Believe it or not in the olden days diamonds were considered too precious to cut. It was believed that cutting and polishing a diamond rough would rob of its great supernatural powers. The diamond was considered as a prestigious gemstone and only kings a...
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17th August 2008
Everyone knows that diamonds is the hardest gemstone and women all over the world go crazy to own a diamond jewelry. This beautiful gemstone is renowned for its lustrous beauty, but very few people know of its ability to be used in other fields like elect...
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