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Your Ultimate Gemstone Buying Guide for India (2026 Update)
A practical gemstone buying guide for India: how colour, clarity, cut and origin decide value, the correct carat-ratti conversion, the Navratna and their substitutes, lab reports and treatments, real 2026 prices and common scams.
Moissanite vs Diamond: Price, Fire, Hardness and How to Tell Them Apart
Moissanite is laboratory-grown silicon carbide: harder than sapphire and more fiery than diamond, at a fraction of the price. Compare the two on sparkle, hardness, grading and price, and learn how a gemmologist tells them apart.
Peridot Stone Price, Properties and Buying Guide for India (2026)
Peridot is natural green olivine, almost never treated, and a traditional substitute for Emerald. Learn its properties, how to test a real peridot, what decides its price in India, and how to care for it.
Which Gemstone Should You Wear? A Guide to the Vedic Navratna Tradition
In Jyotish, which gemstone to wear is decided from your birth chart. This guide explains the nine Navratna gemstones and their planets, the traditional substitutes, sizing and wearing customs, and the name-letter custom.
Ceylon Sapphires vs. Bangkok Sapphires: The Ultimate Comparison Guide
Ceylon sapphire is mined in Sri Lanka; Bangkok sapphire is a trade term for heated and glass-filled stones from Thailand's treatment centres. Learn how the treatments, colours and prices compare, and what to ask before buying Neelam or Pukhraj.
Chandramani Stone Price & Meaning: Complete Moonstone Guide India (2026)
Chandramani (moonstone) is feldspar with a floating glow called adularescence. Learn how to tell real moonstone from opalite glass, how sheen and transparency decide its price in India, the customs linked with it, and how to care for it.
Tanzanite Buying Guide: 7 Expert Tips for the Perfect Gemstone
Tanzanite is violet-blue zoisite from a single deposit in Tanzania. Learn how to judge its colour, clarity and cut, why almost all tanzanite is heated, how it is priced in India, and how to spot synthetic forsterite.
Pyrite Buying Guide: Price, Fool's Gold Tests and Pyrite Disease
Pyrite, or fool's gold, is natural iron sulfide with a brassy metallic lustre. Learn how to tell it from gold, how it is priced in India, how to prevent pyrite disease, and why it must never go in drinking water.
Mahe Mariyam Stone: Complete Guide to Meaning, Uses, Price & Identification
Mahe Mariyam Stone (Sang-e-Maryam, sold as "Mariam Jasper") is a natural fossil stone with calligraphy-like shell patterns. Learn what it is made of, how to identify it, what it costs, and how to care for it.
Bloodstone (Heliotrope): Price per Carat, Real vs Fake, and Pitoniya Ratti Weight
Bloodstone (heliotrope, Pitoniya) is natural green chalcedony with red hematite spots. Learn how to identify real bloodstone, what decides its price in India, how to care for it, and the history and customs behind it.
Black Tourmaline (Schorl): Price per Carat, the Real Science, and How to Spot Fakes
Black Tourmaline (schorl) is a natural, always-opaque black tourmaline of Mohs 7–7.5. Learn how to identify it, what decides its price, why it does not block EMF, and the Vastu and Jyotish customs linked to it.
How to Buy Gemstones Online Safely: Certified Buyer's Guide
To buy a gemstone online safely, verify that the seller is a registered business, look up its independent lab report on the laboratory's own website, get the treatment in writing, and pay by credit card. Here is how to make each check in India.