What Are Genuine Gemstones?
Natural gemstones are genuine gems. So are other stones created by nature, even the gems that have been treated to enhance their appearance. They’re “real,” even if they’ve been altered in some way. Heat treated – Said of a mineral or gem put under intense heat to enhance color or remove flaws. How Synthetic Gemstones Differ A synthetic gemstone shares a natural stone’s physical, chemical and optical qualities. The difference? Synthetics are created in a laboratory. It’s kind of like making a high tech batch of cookies—we know the ingredients and we know how long to cook them. The definition of synthetic is material created in a laboratory using basically the same ingredients found in the natural products. Some synthetics have no natural counterpart. Synthetic gems have identical physical, chemical, and optical properties as the natural gem material, for the most part. An exception to this, is in the coloring chemical for some synthetics, which can be different from the natural colorin
