Why Use Gemstone to create Beautiful Knife Handles? 

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• From the beginning of time, precious gems were and still are the most valued items man possesses

• Gemstones are a special group of rocks; valued by humans for as long as we have existed

• Prehistoric Tools such as Knifes and hammers were made from stone and liberated humans from the hostile animal domain

• Stone tools allowed man to overtake powerful animals and evolve as Hunter’s, able to bring down sought after prey.

• Almost everything we humans eat, wear, drive and live in has been touched by a cutting edge; stone.

• We find rocks that were around when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

• Not only are we using these rocks we find, we study the 4.5 billion year history of the Earth, and the history of how the Earth has changed in that period.

• Geology is also the study of phenomena like earthquakes, volcanoes, and floods. Each rock collected is the process of billions of years of extreme forces and we turn them into beautiful works of art.

• Geologists understood that plates moved across the surface of the planet, being subducted and colliding to form different types of rock and rock formations.

• Attributes that will impact how “pretty” a gemstone will be: Luster, Brilliance, Dispersion, Refraction and Scintillation.

• A few things to focus on when finding the value of your gemstones: Durability, Longevity, Appreciation, Rarity and Beauty