He nui nā malihini kipa e makemake e kūʻai i nā puʻu pōhaku ma India, no ka mea,ʻaʻole lākou e emi ma lalo o nā'āina komohana. Eia naʻe,ʻo ka hanaʻana pēlā, pono ka mālama nuiʻana keʻoleʻoe iʻike nui i kaʻike. Hoʻoweliweli iki nā mea kūʻai hale kūʻai i ka maikaʻi a me kaʻoiaʻiʻo o nā pōhaku nui, i ka poʻe malihini. He mea maʻalahi ka hoʻoulu, a kūʻai paha i ka'āes! ʻO ka mea pōʻino, uaʻikeʻiaʻo'Inelani no kāna mau hōʻeuʻeu hanohano , aʻo nā mea iʻikeʻole e kūʻai i nā pōhaku nui, ua hoʻopunipuniʻia lākou i ka kūʻaiʻana iā lākou no ke kālā. ʻO kaʻike ma kēia palapala alakaʻi e kōkua iāʻoe e hōʻole i nā pitfalls.
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E aʻo pehea i ka waiwai o nā pōhaku
Kami / Getty Images ʻO ka mea mua, he mea nui ke aʻoʻana i nā kumu e pili ana i nā pōhaku nani - ināʻaʻoleʻoe iʻike! E hoʻomanaʻo i nā C heʻehā: Ka laulā, ka māmā, keʻoki, a me ka carat. He wahi maikaʻi loa ka International Gem Society e hoʻomaka ai, me ka uku a me ka uku (me ke kuhiʻana) me kahi pūnaewele puni honua.
ʻO nā pōhaku momona kiʻekiʻe loa nāʻano keʻokeʻo maʻemaʻe, nā leo hohonu (ʻaʻole i ka mālamalama a iʻole ka pouli), a me ka hoʻopiha. Ma keʻano o ka mālamalama, he paʻakikī keʻikeʻana i nā pōhaku momona me ka hapaʻole o nā hemahema, i hanaʻia i ka wā o ko lākou hoʻolālā. ʻO ka poʻe me nā mea liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi a me keʻano liʻiliʻi e hōʻike ana i ka maikaʻi loa o ke kālā. ʻO kaʻoki maikaʻi e hoʻonui i ke kala o ka pōhakuʻona a hoʻemi i kona kuʻiʻana, a me ka likeʻana me ke kaulike. Eʻikeʻoe i kēlā mau pōhaku momona me ka hoʻokae kala iʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o kaʻokiʻana. He mea nui nō hoʻi e hoʻomanaʻo i loko o kēia mau mea,ʻoiai heʻelua mau pōhaku momona ke kaumaha likeʻole,ʻaʻole paha lākou i like ka nui. ʻO kēia no ka mea heʻokoʻa nāʻano likeʻole o nā pōhaku likeʻole. Eia kekahi laʻana,ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o kahi ruby ma mua o ka diamond. ʻO keʻano o kēia huapalapala he 1 carat eʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi ma mua o ka diamond 1 carat.
ʻO kekahi kumu'ē aʻe e noʻonoʻo i ka hoʻoholoʻana i ka waiwai o kahi pōhakuʻonika ka mea hikiʻole. ʻO kekahi (e like me nā taimana, emeralds, a me nā rubies) eʻoi aku ka maikaʻiʻole ma mua o nā mea'ē aʻe.
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E makaʻala i nā Kiko o ke Kūʻai
Elua mau hoʻopunipuni hoʻopunipuni i hoʻohana mauʻia ma ka mākeke no ke kālaiʻana i nā pōhaku nui: nā hōʻailona a me nā hoʻoikaikaʻana i nā pōhaku, a me ke paniʻana o nā pōhaku synthetic a me nā pōhaku aniani no nā mea i hanaʻia.
Ma kahi kokoke i nā pōhaku nui a pau e hanaʻia i mea e hoʻonui ai i ko lākou lanu. Ma muli o ka pōhaku, hanaʻia i kēia manawa ma ka hoʻomehanaʻana, ka paleʻana, a me ka'ākala. Ua puhiʻia ka nui o nā momona aquamarine, amethyst, sapphire, ruby, a me nā pōhaku nui. Hanaʻia nā Emerala me kaʻaila a me ka lole e hūnā i ko lākou mau hewa.
Ināʻoe e kūʻai aku ana i nā leka, he mea nui loa ia e makaʻala i ka poʻe i hoʻomāhuahua i ko lākou māmā i ka hoʻopihapiha piha. Hōʻikeʻia lākou i ka manawa 100 a oi aku i ko lākou waiwai, aʻo kēia mauʻano pēpē i kēlā me kēia wahi! E nānā pono i nā liʻupuʻu ma lalo o ka hoʻonuiʻia eʻike i iaʻano maʻamau.
Eia naʻe, he meaʻoi aku ka nui o ka hoʻomaopopoʻana,ʻo ka hapa nui o nā pōhakuʻokiʻoki heʻano synthetic akā kūʻaiʻia e like me keʻano maoli. ʻAʻohe'ōlelo lapuwale nā pōhaku nani. Ua ulu lākou e ka poʻeʻepekema i loko o ke keʻena a me ka hoihoi, e like like nāʻano like me nā pōhaku maʻalahi. ʻAʻole he'aʻapiliʻokoʻa. No laila, pehea e hiki ai iāʻoe ke haʻi aku iā lākou? Hiki i nā mea hoʻohui ke nānā pono loa! Heʻoi aku ko lākouʻano kiʻekiʻe ma mua o nā pōhaku kūlohelohe no ka meaʻaʻole lākou i loko o nā mea haumia a me nā hapa o nā mea ulu i loko o ka honua. ʻOiaʻiʻo,ʻaʻole lākou he lawaiʻa a he kumukūʻai.
E hiki i nā mea kūʻai maʻaʻole ke haʻi i kāu kūlana o kaʻike me nā pōhaku nui i loko o nā minuke me ka hoʻohanaʻana i ko lākou pono. ʻOiai aia kekahi mau hale hana hōʻokoʻa i hāʻawi i ka palapala hōʻailona o nā pōhaku momona ma India,ʻaʻole pono nā palapala hōʻoia a pau, aʻaʻohe manawa o ke aupuni i hoʻoponoponoʻia e like me ke kāwaha gula i India. Ua hoʻolaha ke aupuni i kona manaʻo e hoʻonohonoho hoʻokahi.
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E nānā no ka Fakes
ʻO Floris Leeuwenberg / Getty Images Hiki i nā maka ke nānā aku i ka nani, akāʻoiaʻiʻo anei?
ʻO nā mea keleponaʻole (ʻaʻole nā haʻakea akā akā,ʻo nā mea hoʻopiʻi maoli) ua nui loa ma India, keʻano o nā sapphika melemele, nā emeralds a me nā lihili. ʻO kaʻami mineral sillimanite keʻokiʻia a hele aku e like me kēia mau pōhaku. No ka hoʻoholo inā heʻano kēia, e nānā ma lalo o ka nani eʻike inā he'ōlohelohe likeʻole ka pōhaku, ka opacity kūikawā, a me nā hāʻina kala.
ʻO ka hāʻuleʻana i ke aniani e like me nā pōhaku pōhaku heʻano kahiko. Hiki i kekahi pōhaku ke aniani ke loaʻa pinepine i loko o ka'ōmole a iʻole ka'ōkalakala ma luna o ia. Eia kekahi, i ka paʻaʻana o nā pōhaku aniani i ka mālamalama, e like auaneʻi lākou me kahi pāpale. ʻAʻole hiki i ka mālamalama ke komo i waena o lākou e like me nā pōhaku kūlohelohe, kahi eʻikeʻia ai ka moku i loko o ka pōhaku. Inā he mau kanalua kou, e waiho i ka pōhaku i loko o kou waha! Inā he aniani, e mahana ana ka wikiwiki.
E nānā i ka nānāʻana o ke kala o ka pōhaku i nā kukui likeʻole, me ka lā o ka lā.
Inā hoʻowalewaleʻiaʻoe e kūʻai i nā emeralds, e noʻonoʻo i ka manawaʻelua, no ka mea,ʻo kēia ka mea i kūʻai nuiʻia i nā pōhaku nui ma ka honua nei. Ināʻaʻoleʻoe he akamai i nā mea hana pono, hikiʻole ke haʻi i nā mea pololei loa!
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E noi i nā nīnau i nīnauʻia
I Inia, i likeʻole me nā'āina o ke komohana, kūʻai mauʻia nā pōhaku nui ma muli o ko lākou kūʻai hōkū a me ka hoʻoikaikaʻana i nā waiwai ma mua o ko lākou nani. Ināʻo kēia ka hihia,ʻo ka maikaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe loa. Eia kekahi laʻana,'ōleloʻia ka hanaʻana wela e luku i nāʻano mana o nā sapphihi blue, e hoʻihoʻi mai i ka pōmaikaʻi a me ka pōʻino.
No laila,ʻo ka mea i hoʻohanaʻia e nā pōhaku nui keʻano nui i keʻano o nāʻano pōhaku. Eia kekahi mau nīnau e nīnau.
- Ke hanaʻia paha i ka pōhaku a hanaʻia paha?
- Ua mālamaʻia ka pōhaku?
- ʻO kaʻeleʻele ka mea maʻamau? E māhele likeʻia?
- He aha ka maʻalahi o ka pōhaku? Aia he mau pilikia iʻikeʻia?
- Ua hoʻonuiʻia ka pōhaku?
- He aha ke kaumaha o ka pōhaku?
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ʻO ka wahi maikaʻi loa e kūʻai ai i nā puʻu pōhaku ma India
ʻO Jackie Brown / Getty Images ʻO Jaipur , ma Rajastana ,ʻo ia ka hub no ka poli pōhaku ma India. Ināʻoe e hilinaʻi i kou hiki ke kūʻai aku i nā pōhaku nui a makemake e kiʻi, e hele i Gopal Ji Ka Rasta, ke alanui kaulana kaulana ma Johari Bazaar ma Old City. Ua kaulana nā kālepa no ke kūʻaiʻana i nā aniani hōʻailona e like me nā pōhaku ma laila.
Ināʻole, e ho'āʻo iā BirlaʻOhana / Om Birla Shree ma 44 Narsingh Temple, Gangori Bazaar. ʻO ka Chameliwala Market ma ke alanui MI he wahi kaulana loa ia no nā pōhaku kaulana ma Jaipur.
No kekahi mea kūikawā, nui nā mea e hoʻokipa nei i nā mea kūʻai ma Gem Palace ma ke alanui MI. Aia ia i waena o nā wahi i kaulana loa e kūʻai ai i nā mea kūʻai ma Jaipur, a ua olaʻo ia no nā hanaunaʻewalu.
No ka hōʻoia hou aʻe, e hoʻokomo i ka hui pū me ka Hui Pūʻulu Iʻe o Jaipur. Hāpai pū lākou i nā mea nani kūikawā a me nā pōhaku nui.
Ma nā wahi'ē aʻe ma'Āina, Surat i Gujarat he huina ke kūʻaiʻana i nā diamond. Nui nā makamara diamond a me nā pōhaku kālepa ma Mumbai's Zaveri Bazaar. Ma Delhi, Bank Street ma Karol Bagh kahi kahi e hele ai.