Gemstones or shall we say gems, have intrigued humans for the last 7000 years and will hopefully do that, for many more years to come. Gemstones are mostly the minerals that have been transformed to use for personal adornment and pleasure. Gemstones are considered to be beautiful, rare and durable.

Most gemstones are minerals that can be natural, inorganic materials with a specific chemical composition and permanent internal structure. Few gems like Amber and Pearl come from plants or animals and because of this feature, they are known as organics.

Other gemstones, which are called synthetics, do not have a natural origin as they are made in laboratories. Although, they have very similar physical, chemical and optical properties to natural gemstones, but they should not be considered natural gemstones, as they are created by man-made process.