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Diamonds appear in spectacular shapes and cuts. The diamonds are cut into many shapes, such as brilliant cut, princess cut, marquise cut, emerald cut, pear, heart, oval, round cut and others. A princess-cut diamond may have from 57 to 70 facets. A perfect diamond is a brilliant cut, having 58 facets.

 

Diamonds are measured by size and carat weight. One carat is equal to 0.05 grams.

 

Clarity defines how clear a diamond is. The best diamonds is one in which no inclusions can be seen.

 

Diamonds are colorless or near colorless.

 

The value of a diamond is determined based on a combination of the above - brilliance of the cut, size, weight, clarity and color.

 

Diamond Colors

 

  • D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z

 

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  • FL – Flawless. Flawless Diamonds reveal no flaws on the surface or internally are the rarest and most beautiful gems.
  • IF – Internally Flawless. Internally Flawless Diamonds reveal no inclusions and only insignificant blemishes on the surface under 10x magnification.
  • VVS1, VVS2 - Very Very Slightly Imperfect. Very difficult to see inclusions under 10x magnification. These are excellent quality diamonds.
  • VS1, VS2  - Very Slightly Included. Only looking through a 10X loupe can pinpoint the inclusions in this category and are nearly impossible to see with the naked eye. These are less expensive than the VVS1 or VVS2 grades.
  • SI1, SI2 - Slightly Imperfect. Diamonds with inclusions easily identified under 10x magnification. Finding flaws in this category with the naked eye is difficult. The gems in this category maintain their integrity, depending on the location of the inclusions.
  • I1, I2, I3 –Imperfect. Diamonds with inclusions which may or may not be easily seen by the naked eye. The flaws on the stones in this category will have some effect on the brilliance of your diamond.

 

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  • 3.00, 2.50, 2.00, 1.50, 1.00, 0.75, 0.50, 0.25

 

 

Gems Info from Wikipedia

 

Gemstone

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

For other uses, see Gemstone (disambiguation).

 Gemology and Jewelry Portal

A gemstone, gem or also called precious or semi-precious stone is a highly attractive and valuable piece of mineral, which — when cut and polished — is used in jewelry or other adornments.[1] However certain rocks, (such as lapis-lazuli) and organic materials (such as amber or jet) are strictly speaking not minerals, but are still applied in jewelry and adornments, and are therefore often considered a gemstone as well. Some minerals that are too soft to be generally applied in jewelry may still be considered a gemstone because of their remarkable color, lustre or other physical properties that have aesthetic value. Rarity is another characteristic that lends value to a gemstone.

 

 

A selection of gemstone pebbles made by tumbling rough rock with abrasive grit, in a rotating drum. The biggest pebble here is 40 mm long (1.6 inches).Contents

1 Characteristics and classification

2 Value

3 Grading

4 Cutting and polishing

5 Gemstone color

6 Treatments applied to gemstones

6.1 Heat

6.2 Radiation

6.3 Waxing/oiling

6.4 Fracture Filling

7 Synthetic and artificial gemstones

8 See also

9 Notes

10 External links

 

 

 

 Characteristics and classification

Gemstones are described by gemologists using technical specifications. First, what is it made of, or its chemical composition. Diamonds for example are made of carbon (C) and rubies of aluminium oxide (Al2O3). Next, many gems are crystals which are classified by crystal system such as cubic or trigonal or monoclinic. Another term used is habit, the form the gem is usually found in. For example diamonds, which have a cubic crystal system, are often found as octahedrons.

 

Gems are classified into different groups, species, and varieties. For example, ruby is the red variety of the species corundum, while any other color of corundum is considered sapphire. Emerald (green), aquamarine (blue), bixbite (red), goshenite (colorless), heliodor (yellow), and morganite (pink) are all varieties of the mineral species beryl.

 

Gems have refractive index, dispersion, specific gravity, hardness, cleavage, fracture, and lustre. They may exhibit pleochroism or double refraction. They may have luminescence and a distinctive absorption spectrum.

 

Material or flaws within a stone may be present as inclusions. The gem may occur in certain locations, called the "occurrence."

 

 

 Value

 

Jewelry made with gem amberA valuable (colored) gemstone is prized especially for its great beauty, rarity or aesthetics. Although color plays a very important role in determining the value of a gemstone, many other factors influence its price as well: market supply (think of the fluctuations of Tanzanite prices), rarity (Red Beryl), popularity of a stone, market mechanisms etc.

 

An example of a gemstone for which high prices are determined, not by its rarity, but stability of the market, and also marketing and consumer perception as well, are diamonds.

 

Diamond is prized highly as a gemstone since it is the hardest naturally occurring substance known and is able to reflect light with fire and sparkle when faceted. However, diamonds are far from rare with millions of carats mined each year.

 

General physical characteristics that make a colored stone valuable are color, clarity to a lesser extent (emeralds will always have a number of inclusions), cut, unusual optical phenomena within the stone such as color zoning, and star effects. A factor which plays an important role in determining the value of colored stones, and which is not present in the same way as its determination in diamonds is what many dealers call "water".

 

Traditionally, common gemstones were classified into precious stones (cardinal gems) and semi-precious stones. The former category was largely determined by a history of ecclesiastical, devotional or ceremonial use and rarity. Only five types of gemstones were considered precious: diamond, ruby, sapphire, emerald, and amethyst. After the discoveries of bulk Amethyst in Brazil in the 19th century, Amethyst lost its place amongst the list of precious stones.

 

Nowadays such an approach is outdated amongst the present generation of jewelry designers, gemologists and gem dealers. Many gemstones are used in even the most expensive jewelry, depending on the brand name of the designer, fashion trends, market supply, treatments etc. Nevertheless, Diamonds, Rubies, Sapphires and Emeralds still have a reputation that exceeds those of other gemstones.

 

Rare or unusual gemstones, generally meant to include those gemstones which occur so infrequently in gem quality that they are scarcely known except to connoisseurs, include andalusite, axinite, cassiterite, clinohumite and bixbite.

 

Gems prices can fluctuate heavily (such as those of Tanzanite over the years) or can be quite stable (such as those of diamonds). In general per carat prices of larger stones are higher than those of smaller stones, but popularity of certain sized stone can jade prices considerably. Typically per carat prices can range from $5/carat for a normal Amethyst to 20.000-50.000 for a collector's 3 carat pidgeon-blood almost "perfect" Ruby.

 

 

 Grading

In the last two decades there has been a proliferation of certification, not only for diamonds but for gemstones as well. There are five [2] major laboratories which grade and provide reports on gemstones.

 

Gemological Institute of America (GIA)

American Gemological Society (AGS) is not as widely recognized nor as old as the GIA but garners a high reputation.

American Gem Trade Laboratory which is part of the American Gem Trade Association (AGTA) the largest trade organizaton of jewelers and dealers of colored stones

American Gemological Laboratories (AGL) which was recently taken over by "Collector's Universe" a NASDAQ listed company which specializes in certification of many collectables such as coins and stamps

European Gemological Laboratory (EGL).

Although certification can provide certainty and clarity, each laboratory has its own methodology to evaluate gemstones; grading experience is different and depending on the cert required each lab approaches these issues differently. Consequently a stone can be called "pink" by one lab while another lab calls it "Padparadscha". One lab can conclude a stone is untreated, while another lab concludes that it is heat treated. [2] Countries of origin has sometimes been difficult to find agreement on due to the constant discovery of new locations. Gem labs need time to study them. Moreover determining a "country of origin" does not have the exact scientific methods at its disposal as other aspects of a gem (such as cut, clarity etc.) [3]

 

Gem dealers are fully aware of the differences between gem laboratories and will make use of the discrepancies to obtain the best possible cert [2]. One such example is to make use of the differences in "Country of Origin": a sapphire from Kashmir (celebrated for its cornflower blue color) commands four times the price of the same stone from Ceylon and twice the price if the stone were from Burma. [4]

 

 

 Cutting and polishing

A few gemstones are used as gems in the crystal or other form in which they are found. Most however, are cut and polished for usage as gemstones. The two main classifications are stones cut as smooth, dome shaped stones called cabochons, and stones which are cut by polishing small flat windows called facets at regular intervals at planned angles.

 

Stones which are opaque such as opal, turquoise, variscite, etc. are commonly cut as cabochons. These gems are designed to show the stone's color or surface properties as in opal and star sapphires. Grinding wheels and polishing agents are used to grind, shape and polish the smooth dome shape of the stones.[5]

 

Gems which are transparent are normally faceted, a method which shows the optical properties of the stone’s interior to its best advantage by maximizing reflected light which is perceived by the viewer as sparkle. The facets must be cut at the proper angles, which varies depending on the optical properties of the gem. If the angles are too steep or too shallow, the light will pass through and not be reflected back toward the viewer. Special equipment is used to hold the stone onto a flat lap for cutting and polishing the flat facets.[6] Rarely, some cutters use special curved laps to cut and polish curved facets.

 

 

 Gemstone color

Color is the most obvious and attractive feature of gemstones. The color of any material is due to the nature of light itself. Daylight, often called white light, is actually a mixture of different colors of light. When light passes through a material, some of the light may be absorbed, while the rest passes through. The part that isn't absorbed reaches our eye as white light minus the absorbed colors. A ruby appears red because it absorbs all the other colors of white light - blue, yellow, green, etc. - except red.

 

The same material can exhibit different colors. For example ruby and sapphire have the same chemical composition (both are corundum) but exhibit different colors. Even the same gemstone can occur in many different colors: sapphires show different shades of blue and pink and "fancy sapphires" exhibit a whole range of other colors from yellow to orange-pink, the latter called "Padparadscha sapphire".

 

This difference in color is based on the atomic structure of the stone. Although the different stones formally have the same chemical composition, they are not exactly the same. Every now and then an atom is replaced by a completely different atom (and this could be as few as one in a million atoms). These so called impurities are sufficient to absorb certain colors and leave the other colors unaffected.

 

As an example: beryl, which is colorless in its pure mineral form, becomes emerald with chromium impurities. If you add manganese instead of chromium, beryl becomes pink morganite. With iron, it becomes aquamarine.

 

Several gemstone treatments actually make use of the fact that these impurities can be "manipulated", thus changing the color of the gem.

 

 

 Treatments applied to gemstones

 

Treble clef with gemstonesGemstones are often treated to enhance the color or clarity of the stone. Depending on the type and extent of treatment, they can affect the value of the stone. Some treatments are used widely and accepted in practice because the resulting gem is stable, while others are not accepted most commonly because the gem color is unstable and may revert to the original tone.[7]

 

 

 Heat

Heat can improve gemstone color or clarity. Most Citrine is made by heating amethyst, and partial heating with a strong gradient results in ametrine - a stone partly amethyst and partly citrine. Much Aquamarine is heat treated to remove yellow tones and give a purer blue. Nearly all Tanzanite is heated to low temperatures to remove brown undertones and give a more desirable blue/purple color. A considerable portion of all sapphire and ruby is treated with high heat to improve both color and clarity.

 

 

 Radiation

Most blue topaz, both the lighter and the darker blue shades such as "London" blue, has been irradiated to change the color from white to blue. Some improperly handled gems which do not pass through normal legal channels may have a slight residual radiation, though strong requirements on imported stones are in place to ensure public safety. Most greened quartz (Oro Verde) is also irradiated to achieve the yellow-green color.

 

 

 Waxing/oiling

Emeralds contain natural fissures that are sometimes filled with wax or oil to disguise them. This wax or oil is also colored to make the emerald appear of better color as well as clarity. Turquoise is also commonly treated in a similar manner.

 

 

 

 

 

 Fracture Filling

Fracture filling has been in use with different gemstones such as Diamonds, Emeralds, Sapphires. More recently (in 2006) "Glass Filled Rubies" received a lot of publicity. Rubies over 10 carat (2 g), particularly sold in the Asian market with large fractures were filled with Lead Glass, thus dramatically improving the appearance of larger Rubies in particular. Such treatments are still fairly easy to detect.

 

 

 Synthetic and artificial gemstones

Some gemstones are manufactured to imitate other gemstones. For example, cubic zirconia is a synthetic diamond simulant composed of zirconium oxide. The imitations copy the look and color of the real stone but possess neither their chemical nor physical characteristics. However, true synthetic gemstones are not necessarily imitation. For example, diamonds, ruby, sapphires and emeralds have been manufactured in labs, which possess very nearly identical chemical and physical characteristics to the naturally occurring variety. Synthetic corundums, including ruby and sapphire, are very common and they cost only a fraction of the natural stones. Smaller synthetic diamonds have been manufactured in large quantities as industrial abrasives for many years. Only recently, larger synthetic diamonds of gemstone quality, especially of the colored variety, have been manufactured.

 

 

 See also

List of gemstones

List of fictional gemstones

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemstone

 

 

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UK

Main Divisions of the UK – England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales

Top cities in the UK: London, Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Leeds, Bristol, Manchester, Edinburgh, Leicester, Kingston upon Hull, Coventry, Bradford, Cardiff, Nottingham, Stoke-on-Trent, Wolverhampton, Belfast, Plymouth, Derby, Reading, Southampton, Aberdeen, Newcastle upon Tyne, Preston, Sunderland, Luton, Portsmouth, Norwich, Swansea, Bournemouth, Southend-on-Sea, Swindon, Dundee, Blackpool, Poole, Middlesbrough, Peterborough

 

Japan Cities

Japanese Cities – Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Kyoto, Kobe, Fukuoka, Kawasaki, Hiroshima, Kitakyushu, Sendai, Chiba, Sakai, Kumamoto, Okayama, Sagamihara, Funabashi, Hamamatsu, Kagoshima, Higashiosaka, Hachioji, Amagasaki, Matsudo, Niigata, Urawa, Kawaguchi, Shizuoka, Himeji, Ichikawa, Omiya, Kanazawa

 

United States of America

 

Alabama,  (AL) - Birmingham, Huntsville, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa, Hoover, Dothan, Decatur, Auburn, Gadsden

Alaska,  (AK) - Anchorage, Juneau, Fairbanks, Sitka, Ketchikan, Kenai, Kodiak, Bethel, Wasilla, Barrow

Arkansas,  (AR) - Little Rock, Fort Smith, North Little Rock, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Pine Bluff, Springdale, Conway, Rogers, Hot Springs

Arizona,  (AZ) - Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Glendale, Scottsdale, Chandler, Tempe, Gilbert, Peoria, Yuma, Flagstaff

 

California,  (CA) - Bakersfield, Fresno, Los Angeles, Modesto, Oakland, Orange Country, Riverside, Sacramento, Salinas, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Barbara, Santa Rosa, Stockton, Vallejo, Ventura, Visalia, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim

Colorado,  (CO) - Colorado Springs, Denver, Aurora, Lakewood, Fort Collins, Arvada, Pueblo, Westminster, Boulder, Thornton

Connecticut,  (CT) - Hartford, Southern Connecticut (Southern Conn), Bridgeport, New Haven, Stamford, Waterbury, Norwalk, Danbury, New Britain, West Hartford, Greenwich

 

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Florida,  (FL) - Daytona Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Fort Pierce, Jacksonville, Lakeland, Melbourne, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Sarasota, Tampa, West Palm Beach, Saint Petersburg, Hialeah, Tallahassee, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines

Georgia,  (GA) - Atlanta, Augusta, Columbus, Savannah, Athens, Macon, Roswell, Albany, Marietta, Warner Robins

Hawaii,  (HI) – Honolulu, Hilo, Kailua, Kaneohe, Waipahu, Pearl City, Waimalu, Mililani, Kahului, Kihei

Iowa,  (IA) - Davenport, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Waterloo, Iowa City, Council Bluffs, Dubuque, Ames, Cedar Falls

Idaho,  (ID) – Boise, Nampa, Pocatello, Idaho Falls, Meridian, Coeur d'Alene, Twin Falls, Lewiston, Caldwell, Moscow

 

Illinois,  (IL) - Chicago, Peoria, Rockford, Aurora, Naperville, Springfield, Joliet, Elgin, Waukegan, Cicero

Indiana,  (IN) - Fort Wayne, Gary, Indianapolis, Evansville, South Bend, Gary, Hammond, Bloomington, Muncie, Anderson, Terre Haute

Kansas,  (KS) – Wichita, Overland Park, Kansas City, Topeka, Olathe, Lawrence, Shawnee, Salina, Manhattan, Hutchinson

Kentucky,  (KY) - Louisville, Lexington - Fayette, Owensboro, Bowling Green, Covington, Hopkinsville, Frankfort, Henderson, Richmond, Jeffersontown

Louisiana,  (LA) - Baton Rouge, Lafayette, New Orleans, Shreveport, Lake Charles, Kenner, Bossier City, Monroe, Alexandria, New Iberia

 

Maine,  - Portland, Lewiston, Bangor, South Portland, Auburn, Brunswick, Biddeford, Sanford, Augusta, Scarborough,

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Michigan,  (MI) - Ann Arbor, Detroit, Flint, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo, Lansing, Saginaw, Warren, Flint, Sterling Heights, Lansing, Livonia, Dearborn, Westland

 

Minnesota,  (MN) - Minneapolis – St. Paul, Duluth, Rochester, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Eagan, Coon Rapids, Burnsville

Missouri,  (MO) - Kansas City, St. Louis, Springfield, Independence, Columbia, Saint Joseph, Lee's Summit, Saint Charles, Saint Peters, Florissant

Mississippi,  (MS) - Biloxi, Jackson, Gulfport, Hattiesburg, Greenville, Meridian, Tupelo, Southaven, Vicksburg, Pascagoula

Montana,  - Billings, Missoula, Great Falls, Butte, Bozeman, Helena, Kalispell, Havre, Anaconda, Miles City

North Carolina,  (NC) - Charlotte, Greensboro, Hickory, Raleigh-Durham, Winston-Salem, Fayetteville, Cary, High Point, Wilmington, Asheville

North Dakota,  - Fargo, Bismarck, Grand Forks, Minot, Mandan, Dickinson, Jamestown, West Fargo, Williston, Wahpeton

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New Hampshire - Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Derry, Rochester, Salem, Dover, Merrimack, Londonderry, Hudson

 

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Nevada,  (NV) - Las Vegas, Reno, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Sparks, Carson City, Elko, Boulder City, Mesquite, Fallon

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Oklahoma,  (OK) - Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Norman, Lawton, Broken Arrow, Edmond, Midwest City, Enid, Moore, Stillwater

Oregon,  (OR) - Portland, Salem, Eugene, Gresham, Hillsboro, Beaverton, Medford, Springfield, Bend, Corvallis

 

Pennsylvania,  (PA) - Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Reading, Scranton, York, Erie, Upper Darby Twp, Bethlehem, Lower Merion Twp

Rhode Island,  (RI) – Providence, Warwick, Cranston, Pawtucket, East Providence, Woonsocket, Coventry, North Providence, Cumberland, West Warwick

South Carolina,  (SC) - Charleston, Columbia, Greenville, North Charleston, Rock Hill, Mount Pleasant, Spartanburg, Sumter, Hilton Head Island, Florence

South Dakota,  - Sioux Falls, Rapid City, Aberdeen, Watertown, Brookings, Mitchell, Pierre, Yankton, Huron, Vermillion

 

Tennessee (TN) > Chattanooga, Johnson City, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville; Texas > Austin, Dallas, Houston, Beaumont, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, El Paso, Fort Worth, McAllen, San Antonio

 

Utah,  (UT) - Provo, Salt Lake City, West Valley City, Sandy, Orem, Ogden, West Jordan, Layton, Taylorsville, St. George

Vermont,  - Burlington, Essex, Rutland, Colchester, South Burlington, Bennington, Brattleboro, Hartford, Milton, Barre

Virginia,  (VA) - Norfolk, Richmond, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Newport News, Arlington, Hampton, Alexandria, Portsmouth, Roanoke

West Virginia,  - Charleston, Huntington, Parkersburg, Wheeling, Morgantown, Weirton, Fairmont, Beckley, Clarksburg, Martinsburg

Washington,  (WA) - Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Vancouver, Bellevue, Everett, Federal Way, Kent, Yakima, Bellingham

Wisconsin,  (WI) - Appleton, Madison, Milwaukee, Green Bay, Kenosha, Racine, Waukesha, Oshkosh, Eau Claire, West Allis

 

Wyoming,  - Cheyenne, Casper, Laramie, Gillette, Rock Springs, Sheridan, Green River, Evanston, Riverton, Cody

District of Columbia,  (DC) - Washington, DC,

 

 

Canada

Provinces

Alberta > Cities: Calgary, Edmonton

British Columbia > Cities: Victoria, Vancouver

Prince Edward Island

Manitoba > Cities: Winnipeg

New Brunswick

Nova Scotia > Cities: Halifax

 

Nunavut > Cities: Iqaluit

Ontario > Cities: Toronto, Ottawa, Hamilton, London, Kitchener, St. Catharines-Niagara, Windsor

Quebec > Cities: Quebec City, Montreal

Saskatchewan > Cities: Saskatoon, Regina

Territories

Newfoundland and Labrador

Northwest Territories

Yukon Territory

 

South Korea – Seoul, Pusa, Taegu, Incheon, Taejeon, Kwangju, Seongnam, Ulsan, Pucheon, Suweon, Anyang, Cheonju, Cheongju, Koyang, Ansan, Changweon, Pohang, Masan, Kwangmyeong, Euijeongbu, Chinju, Cheju, Kumi, Mokpo, Iksan, Cheonan, Kunsan, Pyeongtaek, Chuncheon, Weonju, Yeosu, Suncheon, Kangneung, Kyeongju, Chungju, Andong, Poryong, Chechon, Tongyong, Tonghae

 

Australia – Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, Gold Coast, Canberra, Wollongong, Sunshine Coast, Hobart, Geelong, Townsville, Cairns, Launceston

 

China – Shanghai, Beijing, Tianjin, Wuhan, Shenyang, Guangzhou, Harbin, Xian, Chongqing, Kowloon, Chengdu, Changchun, Taiyuan, Nanjing, Jinan, Dalian, Qingdao, Lanzhou, Fushun, Zhengzhou, Changsha, Datong, Anshan, Hangzhou, Shijiazhuang, Guiyang, Hong Kong, Jilin, Urumqi, Shenzhen, Nanchang, Fuzhou, Nanning, Xuzhou, Kunming, Tangshan, Luoyang

 

Indian Cities - Mumbai(Bombay), New Delhi, Kolkata (Kolkatta, Calcutta), Bangalore, Chennai (Madras), Ahmedabad (Ahmadabad), Hyderabad, Pune, Kanpur, Surat, Jaipur, Lucknow, Nagpur, Indore, Bhopal, Ludhiana, Patna, Baroda (Vadodara), Agra, Kalyan-Dombivli, Varanasi, Nasik (Nashik), Meerut (Mirat), Faridabad, Haora (Howrah), Pimpri (Pimprichinchwad), Allahabad, Amritsar, Vishakapatnam (Visakhapatnam, Visakapatnam, Vizag), Rajkot, Jabalpur (Jabalpore), Coimbatore, Madurai, Srinagar, Sholapur (Sholapore), Ranchi, Jodhpur, Gwalior, Vijayawada, Chandigarh, Guwahati (Gauhati, Gawhati), Hubli, Trichy, Trivandrum, Mysore, Navi Mumbai, Jalandar (Jalandhar), Bareilly (Bareli), Kota, Salem, Aligarh, Bhubaneshwar (Bhubaneswar), Moradabad, Gorakhpur

 

Middle East

 

Bahrain – Manama (Manamah)

 

Egypt - Cairo, Alexandria, Giza, Subrah al-Hayma, Port Said, Suez, El Mahalla el Kubra, Tanta, Mansura, Luxor, Asyut, Zagazig, Faiyum, Ismailia, Aswan, Damanhur, El Minya, Beni Suef, Qina, Suhaj, Shibin el Kom, Banha, Kafr el Sheikh, Mallawi, Bilbays, Mit Gamr, El Arish, Jirja, Edfu, Disuq, Bilqas, Idku

 

Israel - Jerusalem, Tel Aviv - Yafo, Be'er Sheva, Ashqelon, Haifa

 

Kuwait - as-Salimiyah (Salmiya), Jalib as-Suyuh, Kuwait City

 

Lebanon – Beirut, Tripoli, Sayda, Sur

 

Saudi Arabia – Riyadh, Jiddah, Mecca, Medinah (Medina), ad-Dammam, at-Taif, Tabuk, Buraydah, al-Hufuf, Khamis Mushayt, Hail, Kharj, Jubail, Hafar-al-Batin, Yanbu, Abha, Araar, al-Hawiyah, Unayzah, Najran

 

Turkey – Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Adana, Gaziantep, Konya, Antalya, Diyarbakir, Mersin, Kayseri, Eskisehir, Urfa, Malatya, Samsun, Kahramanmaras, Erzurum, Elazig, Denizli, Sivas, Van, Batman, Adiyaman, Kirrikkale, Manisa, Izmit, Tarsus, Balikesir

 

United Arab Emirates – Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Al Ain, Ajman, Ras al Khaymah, Jebel Ali

 

Jordan – Amman, Irbid

 

Syria - Aleppo (Halab), Damascus, Homs, Ladhiqiyah, Hamah, Dayr az-Zawr, Rakkah, Hasakah, Qamishly, Tartus

 

Libya – Tripoli, Benghazi, Homs, Misratah, Zawiyah, Barqa, Zlitan, Garyan, Tobruk, Yafran, al-Bayda, Tarhuna, Darnah

 

Yemen - Sana’a, Eden, Taizz, Hudaydah, Mukalla, Ibb, Dhamar

 

Qatar - Doha

 

Palestine – Gaza, Jerusalem (PAL), Hebron, Jabaliyah, Nablus, Rafah

 

Oman - Masqat-Matrah, Salalah, Suhar, Ibri, Suwayq

 

Regions: ?? Scandinavia/Scandinavian, Nordiska/Nordic, Mediterranean, Japanese, Australian, Asian, American, European, African, Middle East, Latin America/Latin American, South East Asian, Asia Pacific, Austrian, Brazilian, Canadian, Chinese, Dane, Danish, Egyptian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Indian, Irish, Israeli, Italian, South Korean, Malaysian, Mexican, Dutch, Norwegian, Philippine, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Saudi Arabian, Singaporean, South African, Swiss, Taiwanese, British/English, Thai, Turkish, Argentinian, Belgian, Hungarian

 

 

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