Color Stone Essentials Assignment 1 and 2 Questions And Answers With Verified
Solutions 2025
Lacking a regular crystal structure - ✔✔amorphous
Kinds and relative quantities of atoms that make up a material. - ✔✔chemical composition
Any gem material other than diamond. - ✔✔colored stone
Regular, repeating internal arrangement of atoms in a material. - ✔✔crystal structure
A gemstone's ability to withstand wear, heat, and chemicals. - ✔✔durability
A US Government agency that issues guidelines for the jewelry trade - ✔✔Federal Trade Commission
(FTC)
the study of gems - ✔✔Gemology
A broad gem category based on chemical composition & crystal structure. - ✔✔Gem species
A subcategory of species, based on color, transparency, or phenomenon. - ✔✔Gem variety
A family of gems from several closely related mineral species . - ✔✔Group
How well a gemstone resists scratches and abrasions - ✔✔Hardness
Composed of, or arising from , non -living matter - ✔✔Inorganic
, the appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral - ✔✔luster
A natural, inorganic substance with a characteristic chemical composition & usually characteristic
structure - ✔✔Mineral
Gems produced by natural processes without human help - ✔✔Natural Gems
once living, or produced by a living organism
(plant or animal) - ✔✔Organic
An unusual optical effect displayed by a gem - ✔✔Phenomenon
How well a gemstone resists the effect of light,heat & chemicals - ✔✔Stability
A laboratory creation with essentially the same chemical composition, crystal structure, and properties
as its natural counterpart. - ✔✔Synthetic Gems
How well a gemstone resists breaking, chipping & cracking - ✔✔toughness
Atoms in a gem that aren't part of its essential chemical composition. - ✔✔Trace elements
Degree to which a material allows light to pass through it. - ✔✔Transparency
The cloudy bluish white light in a moonstone, caused by scattering of light - ✔✔Adularescence
Crossing of chatoyant bands, creating a star in the dome of a cabochon - ✔✔Asterism
A glittery effect caused by light reflecting from small, flat inclusions within a gemstone. -
✔✔Aventurescence
Solutions 2025
Lacking a regular crystal structure - ✔✔amorphous
Kinds and relative quantities of atoms that make up a material. - ✔✔chemical composition
Any gem material other than diamond. - ✔✔colored stone
Regular, repeating internal arrangement of atoms in a material. - ✔✔crystal structure
A gemstone's ability to withstand wear, heat, and chemicals. - ✔✔durability
A US Government agency that issues guidelines for the jewelry trade - ✔✔Federal Trade Commission
(FTC)
the study of gems - ✔✔Gemology
A broad gem category based on chemical composition & crystal structure. - ✔✔Gem species
A subcategory of species, based on color, transparency, or phenomenon. - ✔✔Gem variety
A family of gems from several closely related mineral species . - ✔✔Group
How well a gemstone resists scratches and abrasions - ✔✔Hardness
Composed of, or arising from , non -living matter - ✔✔Inorganic
, the appearance or quality of light reflected from the surface of a mineral - ✔✔luster
A natural, inorganic substance with a characteristic chemical composition & usually characteristic
structure - ✔✔Mineral
Gems produced by natural processes without human help - ✔✔Natural Gems
once living, or produced by a living organism
(plant or animal) - ✔✔Organic
An unusual optical effect displayed by a gem - ✔✔Phenomenon
How well a gemstone resists the effect of light,heat & chemicals - ✔✔Stability
A laboratory creation with essentially the same chemical composition, crystal structure, and properties
as its natural counterpart. - ✔✔Synthetic Gems
How well a gemstone resists breaking, chipping & cracking - ✔✔toughness
Atoms in a gem that aren't part of its essential chemical composition. - ✔✔Trace elements
Degree to which a material allows light to pass through it. - ✔✔Transparency
The cloudy bluish white light in a moonstone, caused by scattering of light - ✔✔Adularescence
Crossing of chatoyant bands, creating a star in the dome of a cabochon - ✔✔Asterism
A glittery effect caused by light reflecting from small, flat inclusions within a gemstone. -
✔✔Aventurescence
