The images are supported by the detailed description of the items and its manufacturing process, the metals and alloys that are used in them, the price for each make and style, and the complete list of other jewelry items in stock with them. Some jewelry stores also hires skilled goldsmiths apart from keeping a wide collection of regular jewelry items. The websites also displays samples of earlier handmade and customized jewelry items for the customers to select from.

Next, many gems are crystals which are classified by their crystal system such as cubic or trigonal or monoclinic. They may have luminescence and a distinctive absorption spectrum. For example, diamonds are made of carbon (C) and rubies of aluminium oxide (Al2O3). Another term used is habit, the form the gem is usually found in. For example diamonds, which have a cubic crystal system, are often found as octahedrons.

It could not be "precious" if it were common! This means that the metal must be malleable, that it can be bent, hammered, or otherwise shaped. Two other characteristics are also important. There are also many gemstones that are not true minerals, but which are gemstone varieties of recognized minerals.

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