What is Gemology?
'''Gemology''' or '''gemmology''' is the [[science]] of dealing with natural and artificial [[Gemstone|gem]]s and [[gemstone]]s.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dictionary|url= http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Gemology |accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref> It is considered a [[geoscience]] and a branch of [[mineralogy]]. Some [[jewellery|jewelers]] are trained gemologists and are qualified to identify and evaluate gems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Web reference|url= http://www.occupationalinfo.org/19/199281010.html|accessdate=2009-11-08}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Gemstones]] [[Category:subfields of geology]]