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Main page categories
The Gemology and Jewelry category structure is:
- Clear crystals
- Translucent crystals
- Colored stones
- Man-made gems
- Physical characteristics of gems
- Metaphysical characteristics of gems
- Pranic and Vedic meanings
- Modern metaphysics
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- Many of the article headings listed below, were drawn from WinJewel dictionary online and Jewelry Glossary - Definition of Jewelry Terms
- For gemstone misnomers
- Gemology Dictionary
- World of gemstones
Main Article - Gemology
Grading, identification, and valuation
- Gemological grading
- Gemological grading systems
- Diamond grading
- Diamond cut - related articles Gemstone shapes, Diamond cutting
- Average girdle diameter
- Crown Angle
- Crown height
- Culet size
- Girdle Thickness
- Ideal cut diamond
- Pavilion Angle
- Symmetry (Diamond)
- Diamond color
- Fine light brown
- Fine silver cape
- Colored diamond grading
- Diamond clarity
- Colored gemstone grading
- Pearl grading
- Opal grading
- Gemological identification *** Is there a mineralogical equivalent page? If so could it be used in place of this redlink?
- Gemological appraisal
- Gemological grading laboratories
- American Gem Society Laboratory ***check name***
- Gemological Institute of America, Gem Trade Laboratory ***check name***
- European Gemological Laboratory
- Gemological Science International
- Gemmology Institute of Southern Africa
Educational Institutions
- Gemological Institute of America
- International School of Gemology
- Hoge Raad voor de Diamant, Antwerp The Diamond High Council, Belgium (HRD Antwerp)
- Deutsche Gemmologische Gesellschaft German Gemmological Association(DGemG)
Gemological Chemicals
- Usage in gemology needs to be verified and source for article needs to be found.
Gemological terminology
Instruments
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