Most Common Precious Stones

List of precious and semi precious stones.

Most common precious stones.

All other gemstones are considered as being semi precious stones. One of the most popular traditional jewelry stones ruby is exceptionally durable. These are old terms and not necessarily true these days. Though other types of warm toned garnet are considered common and inexpensive demantoid garnet is among the rarest and most valuable from that gem family you will have a hard time finding a demantoid garnet larger than 2 carats since most crystals are.

Fine quality rubies are some of the most expensive gemstones with record prices over 1 000 000 per carat. Golden orange yellow types are the most common topaz. Desired colors and its sturdiness coupled with abundance and available make topaz one of the most popular gemstones. Guide to precious semi precious color gemstones.

The deepness of color increases the value of this gemstone. These gemstones made it to the list because they have the highest prices per carat. Here is the list of the 10 most valuable gemstones in the world. They go by the name imperial topaz.

Demantoid is a remarkable green variety of andradite garnet that was discovered in the mid 1800s in russia. The other popular ones are the orange reed and dark pinkish red colors. To view the treatments associated with each of these stones visit our technical information on gemstones page. Other important factors include size grade and color.

With over 130 gem varieties our gemstone index will help you find the perfect colored stone for your jewelry crystal healing needs. Harry taylor getty images. However rubies are also subjected to more treatments than almost any other gem. That s a factor that significantly impacts their value of them.