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Specific Gravity Density Hardness Weight Precious Stones Minerals

How to know the Specific Gravity, Density, harness, refraction – all specifications and characteristics of gems?

Find out on this table of natural Precious Stones.

The four precious stones: are Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald – The other minerals: are Moissanite, Agate, Alexandrite, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Cat’s Eye, Citrine, Garnet, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Moissanite, Moonstone, Onyx, Opal, Peridot, Quartz, Rhodolite, Rubellite, Spinel, Sunstone, Topaz, Tourmaline, Turquoise, Zircon.

View diamond sizes and weight versus sizes of diamonds. View also size of diamond on ring, on finger and on hand.

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Reading:
Densities of Common Rock Types kimberlite: the blue rock, the source of natural Diamond
Source: http://geology.about.com/cs/rock_types/a/aarockspecgrav.htm

Hardness of Diamonds and minerals is defined by measuring on the scale of Mosh in comparison from 1 for Talc to 10 for diamond.

The Mohs hardness scale lists 10 common minerals, assigning to each a hardness from 1 to 10.
(Friederich Mohs, German mineralogist 1822).
Source: http://www.scienceclarified.com/Ma-Mu/Minerals.html

Minerals examples, body, water, Earth, type, chemical, form, carbon, oxygen, substance, surface, part, Physical traits and mineral identification
Source: http://www.scienceclarified.com/Ma-Mu/Minerals.html#ixzz18BlRVfCE