Buy Round Shape Natural Gemstones at Affordable Prices from GemSelect

When it comes to gemstone shapes, round gems are the most popular and versatile. Unlike oval gems, round gemstones are not cut to maximize carat weight, so more skill is often required by the cutter to bring out the color and brilliance in a gem. Many people confuse shape with gemstone cut, which isn't all that surprising. Looking at our selection of round-shaped gemstones, you'll notice a number of different round-cut stones; some are cut en cabochon, with no facets at all, while others are faceted in the traditional way, either with step-cut faceting or with more angular 'brilliant-cut' faceting. Other round gems may be given an unusual or mixed gem cut, such as concave-style cut, checkerboard cuts, or Portuguese-style cuts. Round rose-cut gems and round buff-top gems can also be found. Thus, it is easy to see why shape and cut are often confused, because there is one shape (round) with multiple cutting styles. Although many describe their gemstones using terms like 'round-cut', it isn't always the best description since there are many cutting styles; technically gems should be described as 'round Portuguese-cut', 'round step-cut', or 'round cabochon' for example.

The meaning of shape should be fairly obvious, which is the face-up outline of the stone, whether it is round, oval, square, rectangular, pear, marquise or trillion. Round gemstones should be symmetrical with a perfectly circular outline. However, in practice, a good percentage of gemstones are native-cut without the use of precision lasers and other advanced lapidary tools, so many round gems are not actually perfect circles and are rather better described as being near-round. This is why you may find that many still use three measurements for round gems. Most gemstone dealers will use only one diameter measurement and the depth (in millimeters), but to be more accurate, some dealers may advertise their items using the two diameter measurements, with one measurement at its minimum and another at its maximum, followed by the depth in millimeters. This type of measuring is more often used for diamonds rather than colored stones.

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1.99 carat White Topaz, Round Buff Top loose Topaz from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gems, 6.1 mm

2.57 carat Orange Hessonite Garnet, Round loose Hessonite Garnet from Sri Lanka, Natural Untreated Gems, 6.1 mm

0.03 ct Loose Blue Diamond, 2.3 mm Diamond Cut From India

0.56 carat Orange Spessartite Garnet, Round loose Spessartite Garnet from Mozambique, Natural Untreated Gem, 4.7 mm

13.33 carat Round Amethyst, loose Certified Amethyst from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 15.1 mm

0.73 ct Orange Sphalerite, 5.2 mm Round Cut From Spain

2.82 ct Round Tiger's Eye, 7.9 mm From Thailand

1.43 carat Orange Hessonite Garnet, Round loose Hessonite Garnet from Madagascar, Natural Untreated Gem, 6.7 mm

15.1 ct Round Checkerboard Labradorite, 16.2 mm From Madagascar

1.57 ct Loose White Sapphire, 4.2 mm Diamond Cut From Madagascar

12.86 ct Yellow Quartz, 16 mm Round Concave Cut From Brazil

0.82 carat Round Ruby, loose Certified Ruby from Myanmar, Natural Gem, 5.7 mm

0.34 carat Blue Kyanite, Round loose Kyanite from Nepal, Natural Untreated Gem, 4.1 mm

1.88 ct Round Cut Strawberry Quartz, 7.9 mm From Russia

0.16 carat Round Ruby, loose Certified Ruby from Myanmar, Natural Gem, 3.5 mm

0.95 ct Blue Kyanite, 6 mm Round Cut From Nepal

0.14 ct White Diamond, 2.7 mm Diamond Cut From Brazil

1.94 carat Orange Zircon, Diamond-Cut loose Zircon from Cambodia, Natural Untreated Gem, 7.2 mm

8.11 ct Round Quartz Cat's Eye, 12.4 mm From India

6.2 ct White Quartz, 12.3 mm Diamond Cut From Brazil

1.79 ct Round Cut Strawberry Quartz, 7.8 mm From Russia

2.63 ct Diamond Cut Andalusite, 3.3 mm From Brazil

0.87 ct Loose Round Cut Lapis Lazuli, 6.1 mm From Afghanistan

3.13 ct Orange Sunstone, 5.2 mm Round Cut From India

0.16 carat Round Emerald, loose Certified Emerald from Colombia, Natural Gem, 3.3 mm

0.35 ct Loose Pink Sapphire, 4.1 mm Round Cut From Tanzania

1.62 carat Orange Zircon, Diamond-Cut loose Zircon from Cambodia, Natural Untreated Gem, 6.5 mm

10.89 ct Round Rutile Quartz, 11 mm From India

3.48 ct Round Checkerboard Smoky Quartz, 7.9 mm From Brazil

26.02 carat Round Amethyst, loose Certified Amethyst from Brazil, Natural Untreated Gem, 20.2 mm

1.46 carat Orange Zircon, Diamond-Cut loose Zircon from Cambodia, Natural Untreated Gem, 6.4 mm

4.73 ct Blue Star Sapphire, 9.3 mm Round Cut From Thailand

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