GOYAM GEMS

GEM TRADING

Agate: A variety of chalcedony (Quartz) that has a variegated colour. Agate are found as ball or almond shaped modules with size raging from a fraction of an inch to circumference of several yards; more rarely they are found as fillings of crevices in volcanic rocks.

Acrylic Jewellery:- articles of contemporary jewellery made with a PLASTIC material that is used in sheet rod or liquid resin from.

Alloy:- a mixture of twoor more compatible metals.

Almandine:- A variety of garnet that is transparent 7 commonly deep crimson with tinger of purple.

Amber:- an amorphous translucent or opaque fossilized nature resin from an extinct varity of pine tree (Pinus succinifera) submerged under the seq some 60,000,000 years ago. It is light in weight, warm to the touch very brittle and electrified when rubbed. Its color covers a wide rage. Usually from pale yellow and honey to reddish brown, brow, red and almost black, but some is whitish. Some pieces show two colors also. Mostly amber is drop or modular shaped with a homogeneous structure, or has a shell like for mation, often with a weathered crust.

Amethust:- Amethyst is the most highly valued stone in the quartz group. That is transparent and crystalline, usually deep purple to pale bluish violet coloured.

Apatite:- A mineral that occasionally produces some crystals that are used as gemstones. It is soft and brittle and therefore seldom used in jewellery. The colors are veried, including light blue, mauve, yellow, green and blue.

Aquamarine:- Aquamarine (Latin Water of the sea) is so named because of its sea water color. A dark blue is the most desired color. This gem is a variety of berly, that is transparent.

Armlet:- An Ormament worn on upper arm, made in various materials, forms and styles in different regions and cultures.

Ball Chain:- A type of chain composed of small metal balls joined by tiny metal connectins.

Baguette:- faceted stone small rectangular shape.

Bandeay:-  type Head ormament in the form of a narrow band encircling the forhead, as worn by medieval Italian Women.

Band:- A ring having same width all over.

Bandelete:- A type of head ornament in the form of a decorated small band or ribbon worn by women in the hair.

Bangle:- A non flexible hand ornament (Circular or oval) that slips over the hand or is hinged and closed by a clasp.

Bazy-Bandh:- An article of MUGHAL JEWELLERY in the form of a gold ornament, decorated with enamelling and gemstones, that is tied around the upper arm.

Bead:- a stone cut into a oblate, cylindrical, polyhedral or irregular shape.

Belt Buckle:- A type Buckle for fastening a belt.

Berly:- A mineral that includes several varieties of gemstones, especially emerald and aquamarine but also several varieties of pale colors.

Bezal:- One kid of stone setting.

Birth Stone:- A gemstone designated by custom, religious tradition and superstition as being related to the month of one’s birth. In 1937 the National Association of gold smiths of Great Britain established a uniform list with some alternatives for the more costly stones as follows:

                        January - Garnet
                        February - Amethyst
                        March - Aqyamarine (Blood Stone)
                        April - Diamond ( Rock Crystal )
                        May - Emerald (Chrysoporase)
                        June – Pearl ( Moonstone )
                        August – Peridot
                        September – Sapphire (Lapic lazuli)
                        October – opal (Tourmaline)
                        November – Topaz (Citrine)
                        December – Turquoise

Burma Ruby:- A variety of Ruby From Burma.
Cabachon:- A stone cut with a smooth rounded surface, highly polished but without facets.
Carat:- The unit of weight for a diamond & other gemstones.
Carnelian:- One kind of gemiprecous stone.
Cartier:- A leading franch Jewellery firm.
Carving:- A process of decorating metal or a gemstone by cutting it to produce an artistic pattern.
Casting:- the process of shaping metal objects by pouring molten metal into a hollow mould which has been made from a model of the desired article.
Cat’s eye:-  A general term of several varieties of gemstones that, when suitably cut EN CABOCHON and viewed in a certain direction and light, show CHATOYANCY resembling a moving streak at light as seen in a cat’s eye.
Chalcedony:- the cryptocrystalline variety of quartz that is usually pale blue or gray uniform in tint, but some varieties of which have varicoloured internal bands or markings.
Chandelier Ear Ring:- A type of ear ring with long dangles.
Channel Setting:- A style of setting in a jewellery to secure a sigle raw of gemstones or diamonds of different shapes, made of two bands bridged together to secure the stone between them.
Chocker:- A short narrow necblace that worn close to a women’s throat.
Chrysoberly:- A variety of gemstone that is characteristically yellow but varies from golden yellow and brown to yellowish green or bluish green.
Cleaving:- the technique for dividing a rough diamond along a cleavage plane before bruting and faceting.
Collet:- a circular band or metal in which a gemstone is set.
Citrine:- Citrine is light yellow to dark yellow and brown colored gem.
Coral:- the coral used as gem materials is a brinching skeleton-like structure built by small marine animals (coral polyps) related to reef forming corals. The coral is one of the precious stones.
Coloured Stones:- Colored stones is a trade term for all gemstones except diamonds. (even those
that are colorless.)
Cubic Zirconia:- A synthetic gemstone that is a stimulant for a diamond. In short form it’s called “C.Z.”
Cuff-link:- A device that is employed to join temporarily the two ends of a cuff around the wearer’s wrist without overlapping the cutt ends, begin inserted through two buttonholes.