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Gucci Flora charm bracelet

February 13th, 2009

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Flora charm bracelet –Publised by Gucci in 2006. As Jewelry gets more ornate this season, with designers creating large, detailed pieces. Gucci went glitzy as well, updating the classic charm bracelet with this modern gold version. Called the Flora Charm bracelet, it’s made of 18kt yellow gold and adorned with machalite, sugilite, and tiger eye pendants, adding a special charm to this piece

The is Price: $4,590, which is too much for most people living on this planet. I understand that this thing is only for the very rich people even in USA. But I just wish that some of these rich people would sacrifice this kind of luxury for once and tried to rescue some of the poor Indian farmers in India from committing suicide

Anyway, it is remarkable.

 

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Synthetic and Simulant Gemstones

February 13th, 2009

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Synthetic and Simulant Gems

Human have been fascinating by the gemstones in their many shades of color for thousands of years. The ancients attributed magical, mystical powers to each stone, and believed that many of them could cure specific ailments. Even today, we revere colored stones as beautiful, unique, and as a means of personal expression and individuality for their wearers.

However, precious stones of good size, color, clarity and cut are so rare that a natural,as a way to help serve rising demand and make these stones more affordable and available, gem laboratories have produced synthetic stones and simulants that have the look of natural stones at a fraction of the cost, here are some key facts about these two growing categories.

These two terms refer to quite different things, and the distinction is important.

  • Synthetics are real gems. (They are made in a lab.)
  • Simulants are imitation gems.

n         Synthetic Gems

Synthetic means “put together.” A synthetic (or laboratory-grown) gem is made from the same raw materials as the natural gem. It is optically and chemically identical to the natural gem, but it came from a lab.

The drive for synthetics began when industrial diamonds were needed during World War II. It took years to develop industrial-grade diamonds, and years more to be able to manufacture stones of gem quality. Producing the early gem-quality diamonds was more expensive than mining for natural diamonds. Improved technology brought down the price of synthetic diamonds. Synthetic gems cost only a fraction of the price of natural gems.

n         Simulants

Simulants are imitation gems, fabricated from such materials as glass, ceramic or plastic. Some common simulants are cubic zirconium, yttrium aluminum garnet,gadolinium gallium garnet, strontium titanate, and synthetic rutile.

 

 

 

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Spring 2009 Jewelry Trend

February 12th, 2009

Gone with the winter, Spring is coming with warm wind, everything becomes so animating. When girls get rid of thick clothes, some jeweries and accessories will come on the stage.

If you’re making handmade jewelry to sell at craft shows, holiday bazaars or even specialty boutique stores then you definitely want to maximize your potential for selling more jewelry by building in some of these jewelry fashion trends into your own pieces.

Spring 2009 is in the air.So for all of you who are extremely busy with your own home jewellery businesses I thought some hints on the key trends might be helpful.

As always we must begin with color. There are three important color stories for the season.

The first is black and white.The new take for this graphic combo is floral. Pretty all over large flowers. What’s really fresh for black and white is taking it in a less slick direction and adding a more textural attitude.

Coral and yellow is the warm palette this spring/summer. Look to the continent of India for inspiration.Use patterned beaded and etched metals to complement your colors. Antique finished on metal, and rose gold platings can really make this theme a bit more directional.

Amazonite greens and translucent turquoise look great for a cool spring palette.Try mixing matte and shiny beads for a beachy feeling. Touches of raffia for texture make a nice contrast, and using a brown or natural material to ground the colors is a new way to do blue.

 

 

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Sport Bracelets

February 11th, 2009

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Valentine’s coming close! Boys and girls, have you already prepared a surprise for your love. If no, look for a pair of sports bracelet for you and your
love if you also a sport fan.

The use of colored silicone rubber as a material for producing sports bracelets was popularized by Nike and Lance Armstrong through the Yellow Livestrong
wristband in May 2004. Their success has led to the silicone bracelet becoming a low cost tool for various awareness, information, and charity campaigns.
This can be likened to the use of awareness ribbons for similar purposes. These bracelets are also known as “wristbands” or “baller bands”.

According to Diamond Bug, in 1987 Chris Evert, the former World No. 1 woman tennis player and the winner of 18 Grand Slam singles titles, was playing in the
U.S. Open. She was wearing an elegant, light in-line diamond bracelet,made by jeweler to the stars George Bedewi which accidentally broke and the match was
interrupted to allow Chris to recover her precious diamonds. The “tennis bracelet” incident sparked a new name for the item and sparked a huge jewelry
trend. Tennis bracelets continued to be worn by various tennis stars like Serena Williams and Gabriela Sabatini.

However in China, the red silk bracelets are popular amongst those celebrities and their loves, The famous basketball star Mr Yaoming wears a red silk
bracelet gifted by her lovely girl friend Yeli which greatly influenced the young boys and girls in China, because the simple red silk represents unlimited
love to each other.

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Do you know the last necklace worn by Princess Diana

February 10th, 2009

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The necklace worn by Diana, Princess of Wales on her last official engagement before her tragic dealth – a royal gala performance of Swan Lake at the Royal Albert Hall on 3 June 1997 – is to be auctioned by Guernsey’s in New York on 16 December.

The stunning piece of jewellery was designed with the Princess’s knowledge and assistace in the Spring of 1997 by Garrard, the Crown Jewellers, It is described as having a brilliant cut diamond and marquise diamond sroll motif contrc, with a south sea cultured pearl five stone and marquise diamond fringe drop.

Following the performance Diana returned the jewels to Garrard, to allow them to make a pair of earrings to complement the necklace, but tragically the Princess never had the chance to wear the completed” Diana, Princess of Wales Swan Lake Suite”, as it is now formally known.

The suite was subsequently sold carefully to a private collector, who has now decided to put it up for auction, A part of the sale proceeds will go to charity.

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Amethyst Jewelry- Fashion in 2009

February 10th, 2009

Do you know that violet is considered to be the luckiest color in 2009? If you want to feel prosperous or always on the winning streat, you might as well try to wear Amethyst jewelry.
      You will never skip over an amethyst. Among all the gemstones,it is the unique one and much more valuable than her companies with its distinguished violet blink. It can also come in variety of shades, such as mauve and lilac. This is also known as a very hard stone with a score of 7. What’s more, there are plenty of sources of these crystals, including India, Brazil, Canada, Russia, USA, and Sri Lanka.
     Amethyst can also stand for a lot of things in our life. It’s known to bring a lot of luck for those who are Pisceans or born at the month of February, as this is their gemstone. It may also symbolize 4, 6, or 17 years of marriage.
     The word “Amethyst” actually comes from Greek language that stands for “not to be drunken.” Thus, when you’re going to use amethyst, you are inviting positive vibrations in your life. You will have more control over yourself. There’s a huge chance that you can prevent your uncontrolled anger or emotions.
     Looking at an amethyst, you will feel calm and serene all over. It’s for this reason that the gemstone is used for healing. When you are under great stress, all you have to do is to wear an amethyst jewelry.

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