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What do you know about Amethyst?

February 23rd, 2011 900jewelry No comments

Mystical knot in Amethyst jewelry which use to symbolizes endless love. It represents long free life, far away from separation and heartbreak. It also denotes endless togetherness and undying love. This lucky love symbol is most suitable for ensuring lasting romance in married life.

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Amethyst jewelry symbolizes the healing and perfecting health qualities. They are blessed with traditional rituals and relieves the wearer form poverty and blesses with abundance.
Jewelry use to be mysterious and ancient blessed. But for nowadays, the amethyst jewelry sale everywhere, one can even easily get from cheap costume jewelry or online jewelry stores, with free shipping, jewelry boxes and very low prices. People start to forget the way it use to be in our ancient days.

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Except for the Amethyst, cats eye beads, pandora beads, bicone beads, mardi gras beads, and chamilia beads are all have their ancient meaning but been fade away as the days passed by. They manifests in any conceivable form to assist any being who seeks her blessings. However blessed Prayer Malas are blessed by Kuan Yin Bodhisattva Temple of Universal Salvation, China. And Buddhist females are still wearing these malas on the right wrist and males wear it on the left wrist.

Thinking of how jewelry used to assist in counting prayer repetition and it is worn for protection. Amethyst was symbolized the qualities of grounding and energy it improves intuition with regards to challenges and responsibility. This amethyst is also called the calming stone amethyst.

Different types of Agate beads

February 17th, 2011 900jewelry No comments

Made up of brightly colored fine bands of fibrous quartz, opal and chalcedony, agate beads have been highly valued since Egyptian times, parallel lines reveal how the silica solidified. Bands are other clearly marked or blend into each other. The marking give each agate bead and individual character.

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Moss agate beads are so called because of the unmistakable green colorings. Blue lace agate is dyed to give the distinctive color. Moss agate beads are the most powerful of the agates that helps balance emotional energy Blue Lace Agate beads are a healing stone that has metaphysical properties of bringing calm, happiness and peace to the wearer. It is also known as the “communication stone”. Onyx beads are black and white banded agate. Onyx agate bead is a form of agate where the bands are white, with alternating bands usually black, but brown or red, depending on the composition of the mineral the environment.

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Each color agate beads necklace have their own legends and beliefs. Green protects against eye disease. Brown or tawny guards against poisonous reptiles and makes a warrior victorious. In Italy tawny agate bead is prized because it is though to deflect the evil eye. Red agate beads ward off large spiders or scorpions. In Java violet stone are given to children to prevent spasms. Moss agate beads help towards a good harvest.

Cutting and polishing of gemstone

January 24th, 2011 900jewelry 1 comment
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Cutting and polishing of gemstone

Gemstone jewelry is the favorite of many people, no matter what age or sex they are: brides always like to wear the diamond rings; old people like to wear the jade brooches; young children like to wear the birthstone gems pendants or necklaces.

Most of gemstones have to be processed by people before usage, especially when they are used in jewelry industry. A few gemstones are used as gems in the form in which they are found. The two main classifications are stones cut as smooth, dome shaped stones called cabochons, and stones which are cut with a faceting machine by polishing small flat windows called facets at regular intervals at exact angles. Read more…

Gemstone beads ornament

January 20th, 2011 900jewelry No comments
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Gemstone beads ornament

People could find many semi-precious and precious beads in shapes of round oval roundelle or other different strange shapes. Because the gemstone beads could be natural or synthetic, the price could range high to low.

For example, Swarovski beads are very expensive though the beads are not natural. Gemstone beads are not only used to be ornament of clothing, but also small pendant. There are many kinds of gemstone pendant or pendants set such as Picasso beads, amethyst beads and so on. Gemstone beads could be strung into bangle and necklace. Also, gemstone beads could be cut into different pattern of pendants, like pigeon, horse, eagle .etc. Read more…

Knowledge of gemstone

January 19th, 2011 900jewelry No comments

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Knowledge of gemstone

Gemstone plays an important role in jewelry making. The fashion jewelry with different gemstones can be easily found in the jewelry store.

A gemstone or gem (also called a precious or semi-precious stone, or jewel) is a piece of mineral in cut and polished form. However certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli) and organic materials (such as amber or jet) are not minerals, but are still used for jewelry, and are therefore often considered as gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their luster or other physical properties that have aesthetic value. Rarity is another characteristic that lends value to a gemstone. Read more…

Gemstone beads

December 24th, 2010 900jewelry No comments
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Gemstone beads

There are plenty of gemstone beads and semi-precious stone beads. Being excavated from the earth, the gemstone beads had their own color which shakes people. The gemstone will be carved into different shape by jeweler and to make fashion jewelry. Aquamarine beads, bronzite beads, citrine coral beads, fluorite beads, hematite beads, jade beads, jasper beads malachite beads, moonstone beads, opal beads, turquoise beads are durable beads. The gemstone beads have their own natural color. Many fashion jewelers choose them to make fashion necklace, fashion pendant, fashion bracelet, fashion earring and so on. The fashion jewelry buyer would like to buy natural beads even though gemstone beads will be more expensive than the hand made beads. The most import thing is where to buy natural gemstone beads. There are one method is to buy from top wholesale fashion supplier.

Birthstone of February– Amethyst

December 24th, 2010 900jewelry No comments

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Birthstone of February---Amethyst

Amethyst is one of different quartz regularly violet or crimson in color. Amethyst will be definitely true crystal as opposed to what you may regularly contact crystal (what we use to create chandeliers or some dinnerware) which glass with additional lead. The color is brought in amethyst. Fake amethyst is thereby very painless to create and it will be quite tough to convey to artificial amethyst apart from true one. Most of the amethyst is high temperature dealt with anyway to create it clearer. Amethyst was very first used through the age-old Egyptians as getting a gemstone. Amethyst will be determined largely in Brazil but additionally in Austria components of the US and Africa. In advance of great tissue were determined in Brazil amethyst was incredibly valuable. There are actually great types during appear and high quality of amethyst in accordance towards spot of origin. Amethyst will be the birthstone for most people born during the month of February. Read more…

Obsidian Gemstone

June 10th, 2010 900jewelry No comments

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Overview

Obsidian is a naturally occurring very dark glass that is sometimes called a mineral. Obsidian is produced from erupting volcanoes when the right conditions are present. Obsidian is said to help balance the left and right hemispheres of the brain. Obsidian is found in North America, Italy, Scotland, and other countries. Obsidian was highly valued in ancient times and was often used as points for blades and weapons.

About the Stone

Obsidian sits at a 5-5.5 on the Mohs scale of hardness. Obsidian is created when lava erupts from a volcano, but only when certain conditions are met:

  1. There needs to be a large amount of silica in the environment (this accounts for 70% of obsidian’s composition)
  2. The lava must cool rapidly , freezing before in it has time for crystal growth.

Pure obsidian is dark, but impurities usually result in dark green, brown, black, and gray coloring. Other impurities result in stones known as snowflake obsidian, golden obsidian, apache tears, and rainbow obsidian.

Obsidian is found in many places in North America, Armenia, Italy, Mexico, Greece, and Scotland. Read more…

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How to identify and choose the agate?

June 10th, 2010 900jewelry No comments

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The symbol of the difference between Natural Agate and false is there has cross-sectional structure of a layer of grain, Make use of this flag, agate  will be very easy to identify.The finished products after cutting, because there is no obvious pattern neatly, so it’s easy to confuse the two.But generally speaking, natural agate has  cool feeling, like a painted surface, a layer of wax and a wax luster, translucency, It’s the hardness of the Moroccan 6-7,Even it will not scratch if use the knife.

Because it is in the molten state to form crystals, so mostly of them are spherical, the internal structure of the nature  Agate is tighter.

After grinding the surface is more delicate, rough wood and agate for a dramatic friction, instant, the agate is not fever, but  wood will burning.It Is often mixed with a variety of colors, forming a beautiful pattern, such as the flowery one or the striped one.

The fake Agate is synthetic, part of them are act as a high-quality stone. Its basic features are: Though it has cool handfeel, but there is no waxy feel and gloss.Some of the hardness is low, It is not easy to  Score the agate with a knife . broke it and observed the cross-section, in addition to it has not the laminated structure, granular-roughened or hispidulous;Check for any gaps.Opaque, the color is  clear-cut. Some unscrupulous traders glue a thin layer of organic on the surface of fake agate, it will giving a waxy luster and good feeling .This gives a person a kind of illusion.Meantime, The name must not let confuse an eye when buying, must notice to distinguish.Please Careful selection .

1, pattern and color: Ture agate has beautiful colours and the fine pattern. The fake one is lacking brightness or color; dull.Through comparison of the two,you will found that the contrast was marked.The color of Natural agate is clear and orderly, but most of the imitation agate have gorgeous colors, uniform, giving a false feeling.

2, texture: most of the fake agate are made of imitation stone ,The Texture is more softer than the real one. It is easy to Score the fake agate with a knife , and It is not easy to  Score the real one with a knife.  On the surface,usually the real one has pure without any defect.The more expensive an item is the more carefully we should examine it for faults.
3, Transparency:The Transparency of the natural agate is not as good as the synthetic one, it is a little chaos in it.But the transparent of the Synthetic agate is good as glass balls.

4, weight:  the weight of real agate jewelry is higher than synthetic agate.

5, temperature: the real agate is cool in summer and warm in winter,  but the temperature of fake agate isn’t maintained internally the way it is, but fluctuates with the temperature of their environment.

Therapeutic Properties of Jasper

June 7th, 2010 900jewelry No comments

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Native Americans believe that jasper brings rain.

Jasper was thought to drive away evil spirits and protect against snake and spider bites. It is said to provide protection, and to have a calming effect, giving stability and security. Jasper is also said to balance one’s physical, emotional and intellectual states.

Jasper is prized by natural healers as a general purpose healing gemstone. Wearing jasper was believed to strengthen the stomach. Jasper was also believed to cure gynecological problems. Holding a piece of Jasper in the hand during childbirth is said to help relieve pain and guard the mother and child.

Jasper brings joy into life. Different varieties of jasper has specific healing properties and effect on us. For example:

Yellow stones:Intelligence, Concentration. Influences Solar Plexus. Red: Provides protection. Believed to provide beauty and grace to young women. Useful for bronchials, and fevers.Influences lower Chakras.

Brown stones:Provides grounding and centering. Increases self-esteem.

Green stones:Useful for stomach problems, hallucinations, and to get restful sleep. Also useful as a general healing stone.

Leopard skin Jasper:Brings you what you need

Poppy Jasper:Brings joy into life.

Opalite Jasper:Helps you to sleep.

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