Shopping for gemstones and gemstone jewelry can be confusing, because prices are sometimes very different for jewelry that appears to be similar. Many of the words used in jewelry ads can be confusing too, since gemstones are labeled as natural, genuine, synthetic, simulated, treated -- or a combination of those terms. Let's talk about the differences.
Natural gemstones are delivered to us courtesy of nature, with no interference from humans. By the time they appear in our jewelry they've been cut or polished, but they've not been altered in other ways.
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