People rich or poor like to have a ring that adorns the finger with a precious stone on it. Isn't it?

Precious stones or gemstones include a range of different styles and thousands of different colors. From times immemorial, gemstones (precious stones) have been used by royalties, nobles and women to adorn themselves.

A writer said that design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works. Precious or semi precious stones known as gemstones works fine for all the occasions giving an aristocratic look. Any of several gems, including the diamond, emerald, ruby, and sapphire, that have high economic value because of their rarity or appearance.

Gemstones or gems or also called precious or semi-precious stones are highly attractive and valuable pieces of mineral, which, when cut and polished, is used in jewelry or other adornments. However certain rocks and organic materials such as amber are strictly speaking not minerals, but are still applied in jewelry and adornments, and are therefore often considered a gemstone as well.

A myth story says that god decorated heaven with the color and beauty of precious stones. God loves beauty. He loves to share with you and me all those things that he himself enjoys. Therefore, god also created precious stones here on earth, to be enjoyed by the human race.

Down the ages, precious gemstones were found ideal in ornaments for brides, grooms and even gods of myth. Some semi precious stones are also considered ideal for everyday jewelry due to it's hardness, low prices, and durability.

Semi-precious stones are colorful, bright, and transparent and are available in many shapes and sizes. Precious stone jewelry have mesmerized millions since ancient times because the beautiful and vivid colors of the stones make it an ideal center piece in jewelry settings like pendant, ring, chain, necklace, watches etc. For instance, stones like topaz, quartz, aquamarine, opal, pearls, peridot, sapphire are the most colorful precious stones accepted in the society.

Gemstones always make a wise purchase because it is symbolism for love and signify purity. Gemstones have link with astrology and considered auspicious. Gems and precious stones are perennial source of inexhaustible energy. Astrologically they have the potential to increase the potentiality of a particular gem for a particular planet. They are generally worn for health, wealth, power and popularity. In ancient times, kings used to collect the best of gems like kohinoor to protect themselves from bad evils to stay in power and also for increasing longevity.