There are some Things that should be gotten into when Discussing Economics. Here is a Thread that I had Created Years Ago, and it can Help Everyone understand some Things about Economics.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2800151.0

But there are some Things we can Start to Discuss here that Really no one knows about Cryptocurrency. If you were doing a History of Cryptocurrency there is actually an Account, IGotSpots that you would want to Research on Bitcointalk, and he has Basically Financed the Existence of Several Currencies by accepting them in Exchange for Gold and Silver. And Cryptocurrency, including Bitcoin, is all Pretty New. He Accepted BTC, LTC, FTC, DOGE, ETH later, and he has Accepted a lot of Things. This is how you kind of Start to get some actual Ability to make Currencies that are able to Exist.

The way the Economy Works is that when the Dollar is going Down in Value, for whatever Reason, you can Buy more Dollars with your Gold, so if you have Gold, you are Good to Go, and Everyone Tells Everyone else in the Recession "Buy Gold", so those with Gold already are in a Good Position to Sell Gold in the Recession and get more Currency, that might Later go up in Value. But that depends on Inflation. So, maybe they don't want to Buy up all the Currency if it is Inflatable. You can see how this Works by simply looking at the Crypto Model. If you have Gold for Sale, and you are Trading it for a Cryptocurrency, do you want a Measured Inflation and Rules, and where you know what you are getting has a Value for a Reason and Everything. Or, do you want a HYIP Inflationary Currency, 200% Increase in your Wallet per Day? That Sounds Good, but if you Inflate a Currency by 200% Every Day, it becomes Worthless, unless there are just Massive amounts of Buyers, it has to have Buyers and HODLers, and it's really just not a Good Idea to have a Currency like that at all. So you want to Trade your Gold and Silver for Currencies that are going to be Valuable in the Future, and afford you more Gold and Silver, you don't want to Trade into a Currency, and then it Drops and you Wish you had Gold and Silver instead of the Currency, and looking at how it would Effect Your Wallet if you were Holding a Foreign Currency in their Recession, you can see how holding Gold benefits you in the Recession and you can Buy up the Currency at that Time and have more for Later.

Gold and Silver Operate on Spot. But then there is Numismatic Value, so I will Cover Spot and Numismatics for Everyone Quickly, then we will Talk about Gemstones. We will Start First with Spot which is the Price of Gold or Silver at any Given Time, you can Google the Spot Price and you usually have to Pay a little more than that for Shipping, etc. If you Buy Raw Gold Pellets or something, or Silver Pellets, these are for Jewelry makers, if you do not have a way to Melt and Caste these, then do not Buy them unless it's just to have. If you are Buying to Trade you want like Bullion, or Silver Quarters, that would be the Best way to Buy Gold and Silver and that gets into Numismatic Value. A Regular Spot Value Silver Bar of some sort, these are made with 99.999% Stamps and other ways to know it has been kind of observed/forged by a Trusted Source, and it is Pure and Real. But there are Coins, and other Things that are Worth more because of Numismatic Value. In very simple Terms, Numismatic Value is what you get from your Baseball Cards, once the Player on the Card has achieved some sort of Career success, and the more Rare the Card, it gains a Value that is not the same as if you were to Print 1,000,000 New Cards of the same Player. Same Thing with Coins, maybe the Coin is a Rare Print, or from a certain Empire, etc, but made of Silver, or even something like Nickle. The Numismatics is what Gives that Coin its Value. Numismatics is the Difference between say an Old $2 Bill that can be Sold for $500, that is the Numismatic Value, versus the $2 Face Value. Spot is like the Face Value, but Spot Changes the way the USD does in ForEx.

So now, Gemstones.

If you have a Raw Stone, you have a Resource, a Mine of Raw Stones is a Resource that can be measured at Least by how much the Stone Cutters will Buy them for, but you could go on Etsy or Temu and Start Listing Stones, there are Farms and Things all over the World, they find Stones and it is a Burden, on their Farm, and you crack it Open and its a Geode of some sort. There are Things that need to be taught around the World, and then not even People that are unaware or unable to get to the Resource, but People that simply do not have the Connections, they need a Backpacker to come Through and want to be a Businessman, or now the Internet. Alibaba, B2B, all of this Starts to bring those People who have Gemstones on their Property, to the Buyers, Shops and Everything. And so then if we look at this a certain way we can see something.

If you have a Raw Stone, you have a Resource that you can Sell at a Price Determined by Weight and other Factors.

If you Process that Stone, by Cutting it, Artistically Shaping it, or making it in to Jewelry and Things, or Art, you can Start to Give it a Numismatic Value. This also would be something that Lasted over Years, for example, a Ring may be associated with the Person who Carried it before, and that is a form of Numismatic Value. We could call this Silpa Sastra.

This would Eventually Lead to Creating a Brand Name or something. A kind of Fashion House or Professional Jeweling Company. But what you can do once you have the Gemstones being Created, is that you can Start Trading those for Cryptocurrency. If you have a Product, you can Trade it for VKBT, or another Currency, and this Gives the Currency Value. So now, a Gemstone, it has a Value, and it might not be a High Value, but if we are Talking about a Fledgling Currency, Selling a Gemstone for $5 or $10, and someone having to come in and Buy that Currency on the Market to Trade it for the Gemstone, that could be a big Spike for the Day. If the Community is Selling 50 Gemstones a Day, that could be Thousands and Thousands of Dollars in Revenue in the Community Through the Currency. If you add Silver, now there is a Spot Price. But the Value in a Cryptocurrency Community could be more Flexible. Once you are Part of a Cryptocurrency Spike and you have that Money, it is like Money doesn't exist anymore Really because you can put it in Different Places to invest, and each Month you can get more and Everything, once this becomes a Serious kind of Job, Cryptocurrency I mean, you can have a lot of Money coming in. But you do have to be involved with a Community, the more Communities the Better, and if you and others around you Start Communities that would be even Better Luck for you, and that is what we are doing here. But the Gemstones can be a way to have Objects of Value moving around the Community, that People can see in Pictures and say "I want some of those Coins!". And no one is Really doing this, we are going to Start doing this in the Van Kush Family.

We will Show Everyone what to get, you want Diamond Tipped Equipment and Everything, and some of what you want to do will be as simple as Drilling a Hole to put a Chain through, and it is about Creating Gemstones for Jewelry. Doing this will be Very Cheap, we can get Pounds (Lbs) of Gemstones for Very Cheap, Hundreds of Dollars Buys Enough, a Few Thousand Dollars could Start a Business, you could carve Animals, or Faces, or Hearts, or anything. Or you could get a Facet Machine, and Start Carving the Jewelry Facets, to put into Rings and Things, or you could Facet Spears and Things to go in Copper Jewelry, etc.

We will be Teaching Everyone about how the Gemstones connect to the Sky, there are Ancient Connections between all of these Gemstones, and the Months, like Birth Stones we all know about, then there are other Religious Significances. So we will Help Teach Everyone about the Different Meanings and uses of all the Stones, and they can be Sold as Raw Stones, People will Buy them.

Another Thing that People may not know, there are Gemstones in Your Region and it may not be Well Documented. There are Machines Called Tumblers, and if you like to do Things like Walk around in the Woods and you know about Creek Beds and Things, you can go out and Collect Rocks, and those Rocks if you put them in a Tumbler, may actually turn out to be more Valuable than you expect.

Just as an Example, in Texas, there are 2 Things that are Very Common, First, is Iron, Texas has a lot of Iron Ore, so there is a lot of Red Dirt, as a Result of Rust is what we would Call it if it wasn't on the Ground mixed with other Minerals. But then there is also a lot of Quartz, so what Happens is that the Iron and the Quartz will form in Chemical Bonds together, as if as the Ground Forms it is a Slow Chemical Reaction, that Iron Oxide and Quartz (Silicate) Mixes in Different ways and with Other Minerals, to become Various Different Minerals. There are a number of Minerals in Texas that are representative of Different kind of Phases of Chemistry in the Earth, and they are Different Formulations of Quartz and other Things. Rose Quartz would be an Example. But there is also Orange Crystals that are not called Quartz, and are more Rare and more Valuable. This is usually Determined by the Density of the Crystal. Diamonds are the most Dense. But there are also Different Numismatics. And you often see Tumbled Stones Sold to Kids at Shops in a big Tub, and the Kids can get like handfulls and it's $5.00 or whatever no Matter what Stones they get. So Tumbled Stones don't often have an Extremely High Value, it just does Clean the Stone and make it more Presentable. And any Company that is Serious about using Raw Stones that are take out of the Ground or Found, would have a Tumbler.

Value can also be Determined by Rarity, the more Rare Stones would't usually be in the Grab Bags. And the Grab Bag Stones would be used for usually like Chakra based Things. Diamonds are the most Dense, and they have been gathered up and Collected into Vaults to be Sold in a slow Trickle. There are Blood Diamonds and Everything, and those are usually Raw Diamonds. But most of the World's Diamonds are in Vaults, and this is how they became Rare. 98% of the World's Diamonds have Traditionally been Cut in 1 City in India, so that City in India has more Access to Diamonds. These are kind of Factors that Effect Value. Who has the Mines? They Probably also have Access maybe to Cheaper Jewelry. And Rarity Effects all of this. But now a days, People often are wearing Jewelry for Spiritual Reasons. They want to have a Reason to wear it, though there is also Diamonds, and Gold and Silver, these will always be considered the Best. But, there is a Large Market for a more kind of Egyptian Style of Jewelry, wearing Jewelry to Match Clothes even. So there are Different Reasons it could have Value. And if you are a Brand that Sells Popular Jewelry, or Jeans First you could even Sell, whatever it is, then you can Sell Jewelry for more and say "We make more Fashionable Products", like, next Year it will be Cheaper, other People can Buy it for Less Next Year.

Gold karats are a measure of the purity of gold used in jewelry and other items. Understanding gold karats is crucial for assessing the quality and value of gold products. Here's an extensive look at gold karats:

What is a Gold Karat?

• A gold karat indicates the purity of gold in a piece of jewelry or bullion.
• It describes the percentage of pure gold versus other metals in the item.
• Karat values range from 24k (pure gold) to lower karats with more alloy content.
• Pure gold (24k) is soft and prone to wear, so it is rarely used in its purest form for jewelry​​.

Types of Gold Karats

1. 24k Gold: Represents 100% pure gold. It is the most pure form but is too soft for most jewelry.
2. 22k Gold: Contains 92% gold and 8% alloyed metals like copper, silver, nickel, or zinc, offering more durability than 24k.
3. 20k Gold: Made of 83.3% gold and 16.7% alloy, this type is rare and often found in antique jewelry.
4. 18k Gold: Comprising 75% gold, it's popular for modern jewelry due to its balance of purity and durability.
5. 14k Gold: Contains 58% gold; it's durable and less yellow, making it widely used for various jewelry.
6. 12k Gold: An even mix of gold and alloys, used in gold filled and gold plated jewelry.
7. 10k Gold: The least pure, with 41.7% gold, it's the most durable but less suitable for those with sensitive skin​​.

Choosing the Right Karat

• The best karat depends on the intended use and personal preference.
• Higher karats offer more pure gold but are less durable and prone to scratches.
• Lower karats provide durability but may lose some gold's allure.
• A balance, like 18k or 14k, offers both rich color and durability for everyday wear​​.

Gold Alloys and Colors

• Alloys not only define the karat but also influence the gold color.
• Rose gold is created by combining gold with copper, giving a pink hue.
• White gold results from mixing gold with nickel or zinc, leading to a pale, silver-like color​​.

Source: https://www.monicavinader.com/us/blog/news-and-events/types-of-gold-karat