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All Just about JewelryKnow Your Gemstones and Jewelry Terms
by:
Lisa Jay
Beads:
Swarovski Crystal may be the finest crystal beads, due to their clarity, color and variety. Swarovski is an Austrian institution that does high-quality rhinestones, beautiful cut crystals, costume jewelry, and another glass-related items.
Czech Glass Beads have the same plangency and shine as the Swarovski crystal, yet are a more cost effective alternative.
Metals:
Bali Beads are handcrafted in Bali, Country and are exceptional in quality and detail. Because these items are separately crafted from silver by galore bead artisans, there may be slight variations in bead size, form, hole size, and oxidation. Because of its popularity, more countries are now producing this type of beads. Therefore, the term "Bali beads" is now generally referring to "Bali-style beads". Island
Silver normally has less than 92.5% silver content therefore cannot be acknowledged as sterling. Camp-made Island
beads are far more superior in quality, giving more value to your jewelry.
Hill Tribe Silver of Asian country (Thai Silver) are beads and pendants that have been ready-made by the ethnic minorities that live in the mountain regions of northern Thailand.
Rhodium is a white precious metal. Rh is often used to plate precious and base metals, giving jewelry a hard, platinum-like sheen.
Sterling silver is becoming one of the most popular metals in the jewelry industry. Most folk that have allergic reactions to several metals are able to wear sterling silver. Sterling silver is easy to clear and care for. It wish tarnish with time, but a little rubbing with a shining cloth, and it wish look nice as new.
14kt gold-filled or 1/20 gold is created by heating and pressure-bonding a layer of 14kt gold to a brass core. The gold-filled wire is tarnish-resistant and has a more better value than gold-plated because it has an actual layer, not simply a minuscule film. The layer of 14kt gold wish not rub off like gold-plated metals either.
Gemstones:
Agate comes in galore forms and colors. It is a variety of calcedony that occurs in rocks like volcanic lava. Calcedony is distinguished from calcedony by the distinct band that runs through it. Wearers of calcedony are bonded health, wealth and a long life. I'd better get myself a strand!
Amethyst IS the most valuable form of quartz. It's color ranges from light to dark purple. Amethyst promotes inner peace & spiritual insight. Wow! Works awful hard and simply think, all you have to do is wear it!
Aquamarine is first-class for meditation. Gives a sense of peace and serenity.
Aventurine is in the quartz family. It has bantam flecks of isinglass throughout it. It's color ranges from pale to medium green. Sunstone helps to dissolve unhealthy thoughts, feeling and related physical problems. It assists in keeping one balanced and harmonized.
Black Chalcedony is not chalcedony at all. It is chalcedony, which is another variety of quartz, that has been bleached black.
Hematite is a gemstones that are ready-made up of iron compound and has an opaque and iridescent surface. It's acknowledged to calm, soothe, and ease stress. Sounds like a cup of tea, to me!
Bloodstone is a powerful therapist and physical cleanser. It purifies bloodstreams and strengthens kidneys, liver and spleen.
Blue Lace Calcedony clears voice and communications and gives insight into complex problems.
Carnelian grounds and gives focus into the present moment. It besides stimulates curiosity and initiative.
Onyx is a semi semitransparent to opaque quartz that comes in a wide range of colors--reds, apricot, oranges, and browns. It is aforesaid to protect the user
from any negativity.
Pearls are becoming more low-cost due to the civilized pearls accessible from China. It helps the user
to have self-acceptance and accessorial femininity.
Rhodolite is from the mineral family. One of the reasons that Garnet
ready-made such a big splash is because of it's brilliant purple coloring, close to the color of grape juice. Garnet
is a really durable gem stone with a 7.5 on the mohs hardness scale.
Rose Quartz is a type of quartz that ranges in color from pink to deep red.
Smoky Quartz is becoming really popular in jewelry. It's color is pale to a rich smoky brown. It is aforesaid to benefit those that are dealing with depression and fatigue.
Turquoise is a stone that comes in a wide range of colors, the finest being an intense blue, with the poorer color tending to be yellow green. All turquoise wish turn colors with aging. It is really important to take nice care of your turquoise to minimize discoloration. Turquoise is considered by several to be a lucky stone.
The Mohs Scale is a measuring that tells a substance's hardness. The higher the mohs number (1-10) the more durable the gem stone. Diamonds are 10 on the Mohs scale, piece Amethyst is a 7 and Ruby is a 9.
Other:
Mother of Pearl is a more low-cost way to acquire the luster of pearl jewelry. It is the lining of the shell that houses the pearl.
Raku is a unique ceramic firing process. Each piece is sealed with a glaze that is high in copper. Each piece is discharged in a ceramic oven
until the heat from the piece ignites paper, causation a reaction with the copper in the glaze. The result is a wide range of colors on the surface of the piece full of beautiful colors, luster, and patterns.
Greek Animal skin
is acknowledged for its smooth stop and consistent color.
Misnamed Stones:
This is an issue that was discussed on the Jewelry Devising forum. The following "stones" are not necessarily even as stones.
The Fruit Quartz' - Cherry quartz, blue quartz, strawberry quartz, pineapple quartz are all synthetic beads that are ready-made to look like quartz. They are still a beautiful bead and add beauty to galore pieces of jewelry. As long as they are acknowledged as being synthetic, there is not a problem with these "quartz'". There is such a thing as real cherry quartz, but is really rare and extremely expensive.
Amazonite is sometimes simply bleached chalcedony that is being oversubscribed as amazonite.
Moonstone is sometimes no more than ironed
glass.
Goldstone is a manmade product ready-made out of copper crystals in glass. Sunstone is sometimes oversubscribed as a semi-precious gemstone.
Rhodocrosite/Rhodonite are sometimes confused for each other.
Rhodocrosite has white striations and mineral
is black.
Chalcedony is really agate. It comes in a variety of colors. Chrysophrase and cornelian are several types of chalcedony.
Just about the author:
Lisa Jay is a freelance writer and the jewelry designer behind Poisonous plant
Designwear. You can visit her websites at http://www.LantanaDesignwear.comand www.JewelryMakingHQ.com
Be sure to sign up for her news-sheet at http://www.LantanaDesignwear.com/signup_newsletterto obtain information on jewelry, fashion and womens issues.
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