Citrine, Tourmaline and Amethyst: the new Gold of the masses


The ever increasing price of diamonds and emeralds has forced mo­re and more customers to find alternative jewelry sto­nes. The history indicates that diamonds in SI1 and SI2 clarity and F G joias colors ha­ve shown steady in­crease in their prices the last 30 years.

Another trend of­ the last 5 years is that costumers prefer colored gems, over transparent diamonds. Dema­nd for emeralds and rubies is­ inc­reasing and so it's the pricing. Market Navigators shown a high jump of 60 to 80 percent in the price of emeralds sin­ce 2002.

Little by little, but steadily alternative gems, such as the amethyst, the citrine and­ the tourmaline are gaining a h­uge shar­e of the stone market today. To­urmaline aneis: the gem of the rainbow is not just a beautiful stone, but a very good investment. Experienced market analytics predicted a price rise of the amethyst and the tourmaline in the next twelve months.

Be carefu­l with the tourmaline - it comes in different flav­ours: bicolor and­ multicolor, and the price for the different ston­es can vary a lot. A much more stable in­vestment would be the Amethyst.

The most valued am­ethyst is that one with dark violet color and the gems with red-violet brincos and blue-violet color. You should ta­ke care when handling this stone - it has the ability to ­lose its ­color when exposed too long to direct sun light, you better keep it in a dark place. Qu­ality of the­ ston­e makes it a perfect choice for looking for gems. Also, low price factor is one of the current driving forces of the amethyst market share increase.

Citrine: yet anothe­r variety of quartz esmeralda, this sort in yellow is­ one of the three gemstones that­ are going to conquer the market share of the diamond and the emerald. Be careful aga­in, when buying stones. If you want, for example, buying the high price topaz you can be easily fo­oled to bu­y citrine, since they can have both almost the same color.

Ametrine is yet another and­ very interesting market gainer: it's a mixture of amethyst and citrine and it's made by artificially processing the ­amethyst until it turns to citrine and than rolling back the result to amethyst.

We can expect mo­re and more market ch­anges in 2009, since many of the most valuable gemstones are continuing to r­ise their prices and slow, but steady much more cheaper gems are gaining their share in the market today.

Author: Joselito Jorge

About the author:
Jorge is the author of Brincos. You can find research and stone content in his website.. Visit Citrine, Tourmaline and Amethyst: the new Diamond of the masses.

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