Gemstones are minerals that are fashioned to accessorise for personal beauty enhancement. As such, gemstones has to be exquisite, rare, beautiful and durable.
There are about coming to 3000 types of minerals however only 50 can only be used as gemstones due to the durability that are either too soft or easily scratched that makes the gemstones not suitable for wearing.A mineral must be brilliant in colors and beautiful in order to be considered a gemstone.
As mentioned earlier that they must also be hard enough to withstand the constand use or handling which may result being scratch or damaged. Lastly, it must also be a mineral that is rare and scarce and not identical with the rest in order to fetch a high market value.
The mysterious appeal of gemstones, their colours and the light within them make them precious to many, but their rarity, hardness and durability have them even more valuable to many who knew about gemstones.
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