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Hina Kanani February 21, 2002 Earth Science Gemstones Gems have always had a special fascination for mankind. For thousands of years, gems were worn as charms, or amulets, to protect people from demons and diseases. Some gems were believed to have the power of enabling their owners to foretell the future. Other gems were suppose to tell whether a person was guilty or innocent of a crime. If you all, were wondering why I started out with the history of gems…don’t ask me, I don’t know either, its basically because I thought it was the only thing I found interesting relating to chapter 1. In ancient times, gems were distinguished only by their colors. The name “ruby” was given to all precious stone of a red color. All green stones were called “emeralds”, and all the blue ones were called “sapphires’. Later on it was discovered that some gems were harder than others, and endured longer. So it came about that the value of a gem depended not only on its color, brilliancy, and rarity, but also on its hardness.
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