Handmade Gemstone Jewelry - The Most Amazing Malachite Necklace

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The First Glimpse of Malachite in Russia

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I was doing some research on the subject of malachite last when when I stumbled upon a very helpful article upon Malachite. 

It said that the first use of Russian Malachite known to Westerners was in the buttons of the court ladies' dresses!

As time progressed Malachite become one of the most popular gemstones in Russia. In fact, It became even more popular than diamond! This is astonishing because Malachite is an extremely soft gemstone compared to diamond(the hardest!). 

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Costume Jewelry Does Not Equal Handmade Jewelry

Costume Jewelry Does Not Equal Handmade Jewelry

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Various items are used as fashion accessories today. A huge selection of costume jewelry form a part of the fashion accessories. Different types of materials are used in the manufacturing of the costume jewelry. These fashion accessories are available in several designs and colors according to the latest trends in the fashion market to fit the needs and requirements of the consumers. The beaded style is one of the most popular styles in costume jewelry. Various bracelets and necklaces are made with colorful beads. Usually glass beads, plastic beads and the ceramic beads are used in making necklaces and bracelets.

Unlike costume jewelry, most of the handmade jewelry products for children are made from the genuine beads. On the other hand, different types of images are used to enhance the designs of costume jewelry created with plastic beads. The image can be in the form of pendant or plastic beads. Several kinds of pendants or charm or other fashion accessories are often made from metal especially for the adults. A woman fashion necklace can have a metal chain with a crystal pendant or a glass piece around the chain. A wide range of costume jewelry also includes a variety of assortments of earrings. Various pierced or clip on styles earring are manufactured from the gold or silver metal. We find varying pierced styles of earrings in the form of dangling drop earrings, small studs or round hoops. Most of these items are metal made or enhanced with rhinestones and beads. Rhinestones are widely used in this type of fashion jewelry.  They are also available in different colors as per the needs and demands of the customers. The colors of the rhinestones represent the months of the year as birthstones.

Various fashion rings are made from rhinestones. The varying styles of these rings come in glass, plastic ring bands or metals. The metallic style of these rings are available as solid or adjustable style as per the designs of the rings. Almost all of the jewelry created as the costume pieces have low priced tags. This makes it possible to fit the budget of most of the people who can have these costume jewelry to match with their various outfits. This fashion jewelry can be spotted at many departmental stores that carry fashion items. All you have to do is to search for the store that house the latest costume jewelry so that you get the one that matches your preferences within the range of your budget.

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Here is an article I found that may be helpful to some of you!

The Topkapi Emerald Dagger

I was just flipping through some pages of a National Geographic magazine from 1990, when I stumbled upon a whole section on emeralds. 

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Read all about the Dagger on Internet stones:

The Topkapi Emerald Dagger is the renowned jewel-studded dagger of mid-18th century origin, preserved and displayed for public viewing at the treasury of the Topkapi Palace Museum, in Istanbul, Turkey. One side of the handle of the dagger is set with three large Colombian emeralds of good color and clarity whose size and prominence undoubtedly gave the dagger its popular name. The exquisitely crafted jewel-studded dagger was actually one of several other valuable gifts that was carried by an embassy of Sultan Mahmud I (1730-54) to Iran, to be gifted to the mighty Iranian conqueror Nadir Shah, but unfortunately was not delivered as Nadir Shah was assassinated, when the embassy just crossed the borders of the Ottoman Empire into Iranian territory. The gifts including the jewel-studded dagger were then returned to the treasury at Istanbul, and eventually became one of the most celebrated treasures in the treasury of the Topkapi Palace Museum. The popularity of the dagger, as well as the museum that holds it, were given a major boost worldwide, when it was made the subject of a popular Hollywood heist film in 1964, based on Eric Ambler's novel "The Light of Day."

 

Characteristics of the emerald dagger

The three emeralds on the handle are large, deep green stones with good clarity and transparency. The emeralds are mounted on the handle on one side. The upper and lower emeralds have an identical pear-shaped cut, with almost identical sizes and set with their pointed ends facing each other. The middle emerald is a rectangular cushion-cut stone, whose width is slightly less than the width of the pear-shaped stones. The outline of this vertical arrangement of emeralds seem to coincide with the conventional biconcave shape of a dagger, which gives a firm grip on its handle. The emeralds are interspersed with smaller diamonds placed at the four corners of the rectangle in the middle and the four corners of the trapezia situated above and below the rectangle. At the end of the handle is an octagonal-shaped emerald, set as a cover, which when opened revealed a small watch. READ MORE...

Buying Silver Jewellery Online

Ezine Articles! Buying silver jewellery online is growing more popular in the United Kingdom but there are some precautions any online shopper ought to bear in mind in order to make the experience a happy one. In this article we will examine the advantages and disadvantages to keep in mind should you be buying silver jewellery online. As recently as 2008, the proportion of homes with a fast Internet connection was low and online stores that needed a lot of bandwidth were not quick enough and frustrating to use. For all websites that sold silver jewellery online, this was a big problem because good quality pictures of the products are essential if people visiting the site are to find what they want. Even if you are only spending as little as 20 pounds, it is only right that you can examine the item rather than have to guess from a photo the size of a postage stamp! Times change and it is now much more common for people to have easy access to a fast Internet connection now. In fact, not only do the public have good enough web access at home, many people are likely to have it on the move in their modern mobile phone. So now the Internet shopper can get access to high resolution product images and really see what they are buying. One worry that some shoppers may have had when buying silver jewellery online was that they had to hand over their money before they took receipt of the goods, so the first time they bought from a website it was like handing over cash to a total stranger who may have been working out of his bedroom or even another country, might not even have the items in stock to dispatch straight away or worse still, could have gone bankrupt but the website was still taking your money! There are several things that you should do to ensure that your money is protected and that you are buying from an honest retail website. So, what are your first impressions - does the website look professional? Is it well designed and easy to find your way around? Or does the colour scheme look like something out of a children's story book? Is it pleasing to look at with clear text and good, clear product photographs or is it packed with spelling errors, grammatical clangers and silly mistakes? If it passes that test then look for a Contact Us or About Us page that gives at least these three things: their real world address, an email address and a telephone number. If the telephone number is a mobile phone, I would recommend that you shouldn't buy from them. If there is no physical address, again - do not buy from them. But, if there is an email contact and a telephone number, do go ahead and contact them and ask them about the products you are potentially going to buy. This will give you comfort that they are genuinely a professional retailer and your communication from them will hopefully reveal that they are attentive, professional and customer focused. You should not be alarmed if a telephone call is greeted with their voicemail service as many reliable websites operate to slightly different working hours. On the plus side, it is not unheard of for an online retailer to be servicing customers on public holidays or even at the weekend. The key thing is if you send an email or leave a message, how quickly do they come back to you and how they engage with you when they do. Then, look them up on a reputable consumer feedback website and see if there are any reviews about them. Ideally you should find at least one upbeat review and if you can find several then that is really good news. Even the best companies sometimes get a minority of bad feedback and realistically you can not please all the people all of the time, so if less than 10% of feedback is bad, then they have passed the test. It can be said that 10% negative responses is really more like only 1% of consumers, as 10 times more people take the effort to complain compared to the number of people who give nice comments for great service. Nothing moves quicker than bad news. Another big help when buying silver jewellery online is being able to buy with a credit card. In the UK, the buyer gets a lot of protection when buying with a credit card (as opposed to a debit card). If the online shop fails to supply the goods or the goods are incomplete or not as described, if the retailer does not give you satisfaction you can go to your credit card provider and they can dispute the charge. If you time it right, you can also buy the goods on your card and not end up paying for it until after they have actually arrived with you. When it comes to buying silver jewellery online, you must make sure that it is actually 925 sterling silver - this shows that it is 92.5% silver and 7.25% alloy, normally copper - and not a base metal that has been silver plated. It should be obvious, but disappointingly there are websites that go out of their way to imply they are selling sterling silver when in fact it is not. The site should make it clear throughout all its products that they are in fact 925 sterling silver. Any such item must have a hallmark, the number '925' imprinted on it. If it is not stated, then contact the site via phone or email to check. If they haven't given their telephone and email contact details, you won't even be searching on their site, hopefully, thanks to the advice given previously! It is recommended that you also examine their terms and conditions and look for the amount of their delivery costs. Some websites will advertise low prices for goods and it is only when you are buying them are you told that there is a hefty delivery charge. A good website is open and transparent about both their terms and conditions and delivery costs. The main items that you will want to look for in the terms and conditions will be around the returns policy. Typically, you should be able to return goods within 21 days of receiving them, though some websites may only say 14 days as their policy. Ideally this should be for a complete refund, so if this is important to you then get confirmation in advance from them to say that a refund will take place, though this will almost certainly not include a refund of any delivery charges incurred, just the price paid for the goods you are returning, which is fair. Some retailers may offer only a credit note in all cases, but most will have specific criteria for when they will always offer only a credit note. For example, where there has been a one off order for a special size or type of ring or similar that is out of the norm. Also, for hygiene reasons, earrings (except clip on type) are not normally accepted as returnable unless they are faulty or not as described. Now, when you actually come to acquire the item, there are additional things you can do to make sure the transaction has happened smoothly. You should receive an email notification, if you have given your correct email as part of the buying process on the website, confirming that your purchase has been successful and also providing a reference number or order number of some kind in case you have any questions or concerns. You can also contact your credit card company to check that the correct amount went through without any problems. The website should also give you some idea of when the items will be with you. When the items are dispatched, you should receive a notification via email if you have provided it, to confirm that the goods are on their way. The delivery options and terms and conditions should state clearly what method of delivery is used: first class post, recorded delivery, special delivery, etc. This will give you an idea of how long the items should take to arrive after they have been dispatched. If they do not arrive promptly, do contact the website to let them know and get reassurance from them as to when the package was sent and by which method of delivery. Having taken all these precautions, you should soon be in possession of the goods and having had a great experience with the website in question, without doubt you will soon be buying silver jewellery online from them again. The author is passionate about stylish, contemporary silver jewellery. For gorgeous, inspirational ideas by designers like Chrysalis Jewellery, come and feast your eyes at http://AdornedJewellery.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Kate_Benito

I found this incredibly helpful. I hope you do as well.

Handmade Historical Jewelry

Handmade Gemstone Jewelry is obviously one of the niches I'm interested in! Over the last few months, I have wondered how I could write about the history of jewelry and still tie it up with "handmade gemstone jewelry".

Just last night, I realized that any jewelry that was made in the past was actually handmade by a jewelry artisan! It has only been in the last century that jewelry has been made with a machine!

Read some of my historic jewelry posts: Alexandrite, a Gemstone Named After a Romonov.

Handcrafted Swan egg - made by Faberge artist.

Read more about Faberge eggs at: Handmade gemstone jewelry!

Fabergé Egg - The Swan Egg

The Swan Egg

I have just written I very good article upon the swan egg!

Please have a look at one of my squidoo lenses: Do You Know Anything About the History of Jewelry

Fabergé are eggs that were made back in the 19-20th Centuries by the Russian Fabergé jewelers. The main jeweler, Peter Car Fabergé designed more than 52 eggs. Of the 52 eggs, only 41 remain found. All of these eggs were handmade by the chief workmaster!

Some Fabergé were also designed for handmade gemstone jewelry!

 

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Fabergé Egg - Rose Trellis

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The Rose Trellis Egg - 1907

This Imperial Easter egg was designed by Peter Carl Fabergé for the last Romonov Tsar, Nicholas II of Russia's wife, Aleandra Fyodorovna.

The egg was handmade by the Fabergé workmaster, Herik Wigstrom, and is composed of gold, green, and pink enamel, diamond, and satin lining for the inside of the egg. The shell of the egg is painted with translucent pale green and latticed with rose-cut diamonds, making it look like a trellis. The shell is decorated by different shades of pionk enemel roses and green leaves. There is a diamond on the tip of the egg and the bottom.

The surprises were a diamond necklace and an ivory miniature portrait of the tsarevich which are now both lost.

The egg stands almost eight centimeters high.

 

To hear more about Fabergé Eggs: Merry Christmas and Fabergé Eggs