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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…

If you are on the hunt for vintage fine jewelry, there are a few things that you are going to want to be aware of first. Buying vintage jewelry is very different from buying other types of jewelry after all, and so you are going to want to make sure that you get it done right. So if you are going to buy a fine jewelry watch that is vintage or any other piece of vintage fine jewelry, here are a few things that you are going to want to keep in mind.

What to Look for

There are always a few specific things that you want to look for whenever you are looking for any type of jewelry, and the same goes for vintage fine jewelry. When you are shopping for vintage fine jewelry, one of the most important things to remember is that almost always, the older the piece, the more valuable it is going to be.

This is really going to be important for you to remember because then you are going to be able to better appropriate prices with pieces, and know when you are getting a great deal and when you are getting ripped off. If you do not know this then you are likely to head out and get taken advantage of pretty easily.

You also have to make sure that you look for unique qualities in jewelry when you are shopping for vintage jewelry. This is what really sets these pieces apart and what you are going to want to look for when you are out there shopping for this type of jewelry.

Looking for quality is also very important when you are shopping for vintage fine jewelry. Just because you want to find pieces that are old, this doesn’t mean that buying a piece of junk is what you want to do here. If you find a bargain piece you may think that you have found yourself a great deal when in reality, you are not going to be spending your money wisely unless you are buying vintage jewelry of quality purposely.

It is not worth the money, even if you think that you are getting the piece for a great price, if it is just a piece of junk. Watch for value and know that different sellers are going to have different prices, so if you want to get a quality piece for a decent price, you are going to have to do some shopping around

The gold you see in the jewelry is not always true that sellers can be said. It takes a certain amount of carats to consider that a jewel is really made of gold. If you want to know if a particular gem that you have is gold, rather than visit a specialist who will charge you the service you can use the following techniques.

Agate is a a kind of gemstone jewelry ,the jewelry which produced by Agate is quite popular with women.but How to identify the true Agate?Please according to the following rules.

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.

What is 925 Silver? Probably, you have heard about 925 silver that is used in the silver jewelry and you have wondered what that is. Well, first it is a number that is put in front of the sterling silver, but what importance has this thing to you? 925 silver is a standard used by craftsmen and you, as a customer, should know a little about it when you buy a present for someone, and insist that the piece of jewelry you are after conforms to this standard.

Pure silver cannot be used in making jewelry as it is extremely malleable and it can suffer damage easily. It also tends to get very soft, even in conditions of normal temperature. That is why 925 silver is used and not the pure form of the precious metal. Read more…

The Pandora charm bracelet is always a great hit during the spring and summer months, as the weather makes it perfect to show them off while you’re at the beach, or sunning by the pool. They’ve been in fashion for several years now and don’t seem to be on the way out. I can still remember the first bracelet I saw, and how very intrigued I was with it. A young woman I worked with had been given one by her husband, as a gift for their first anniversary. He’d included a charm for each of the special times they’d had together and I couldn’t take my eyes off it.

What is it about the Pandora charm bracelet that makes it so popular with women the world over?  I really couldn’t understand why they were such a craze at first, even though I was fascinated with the idea of adding charms to the bracelet as you could afford them. I was sure the bracelets were just a passing fad, and that within a year or so they’d no longer be found on the market. I was wrong.  In fact, I believe that the bracelets are even more popular now than they were several years ago. Read more…

Making a pearl bracelet for yourself allows you to customize the piece to fit your own taste, needs and budget. Jewelry making has become a popular hobby, so the items you need–pearls, clasps, wire and crimp beads–are available from a growing number of craft stores, specialty beading shops and online stores, in a range of styles and prices.

Select your materials. You will need to decide whether you want to make a fancy, expensive bracelet or a costume piece. Your price range and intended purpose for the bracelet will help make this determination. If you are spending a lot for a fancy piece, you could choose cultured pearls and would want to select a sterling silver or gold clasp and a high-quality wire to protect your investment. If your goal is simply to make a fun costume bracelet, you could choose from a variety of simulated pearls, and you would select less expensive clasp and wire. Another factor in selecting your clasp, wire and crimp beads will be the size of the pearls and the diameter of their holes. Read more…

What are corals? 

Corals are the product of tiny living beings which settled in enormous colonies in the depths of warm seas long before our time. The polyps, surrounded by a fleshy skin, excrete a carbonic substance from which the corals grow like trees and branches. These can attain a height of sixteen inches (40 cm), though the actual branches seldom exceed one and a half inches (4 cm). At the forks, they are somewhat thicker. It is from these parts that the precious raw material for jewellery items, large coral beads or carvings is obtained.

Traditionally, the fragile little coral trees were brought up from the depths with trawl nets. However, since first-class corals have now become rather rare, divers are now deployed, in a less destructive process which involves their going down and harvesting the sensitive coral branches. After that, the branches are cleaned, sorted and processed by means of saws, knives, files or drills. Coral is not usually ground or cut on a wheel. Read more…

There are certain jewelry making tip and jewelry making technique ideas that are basic and which you are going to want to use when you are making your own jewelry, but if you plan to make your jewelry and sell it to the public, one of the best things that you can do is come up with your own special jewelry making technique.

This is basically something that you do that is going to set your jewelry pieces apart from everyone else’s. There are so many different jewelry designers out there, and you will notice that all the top designer brands offer something different, a jewelry making technique on every piece that is all their own.

With the Coco Chanel brand for instance, their jewelry all has the trademark logo pair of C’s, one facing the right way and one facing backwards. When people go to buy their jewelry, they know that this is how they tell the jewelry is authentic and not just imitation, is by looking for this jewelry making technique.

You want to be creative and come up with your own jewelry making technique, so that people will familiarize this with your work and know when they see it that they are getting a high quality piece of jewelry.

Coming up With Ideas

Now if you need to come up with your own jewelry making technique still, one of the first and best things that you can do is browse through the Internet. This way you are going to be able to do a bit more research and find out all the different things that you need to know. You can get ideas from other jewelry makers and basically just make sure that you are going to come out with the best results here.

Coming up with your own trademark move is really going to be of importance here, especially if you are interested in making jewelry and starting up your own store. You want people to love the designs but more than anything you need to make sure that there is something about your jewelry that is going to stand out, otherwise you cannot be sure that your pieces are going to sell.

People want to know that others are going to recognize the type of jewelry that they have on, so you want to have a creative trademark that is going to stand out and be memorable.