Wednesday 21 April 2010
Men’s wedding ring – Bold and Daring Love
choosing their diamond wedding ring. They give comfort more preference than
style and design; generally, wedding rings for men are simpler than women’s
rings, though there are still a wide variety of styles available to match
different individual preferences. Rings may be personalized for additional
symbolism with interior or exterior engravings or elaborate details such as
Celtic knots or geometric patterns. Men’s wedding bands also vary by width,
metal, and gemstone use.
The groom wears a diamond band to glorify their true commitment to their
bride, men prefers to wear a ring that is unique and stands out from the
rest, makes the right statement of who they are, which speaks a lot about
his personality. Fashion conscious bold men tend to wear zodiac wedding
bands, which is strange and unique enough to make heads turn and give it a
second look. Even though it doesn’t gel well within a marriage ceremony,
grooms who want to make their wedding ceremony unique with panache wear it
with great pride on their wedding day, as long as it works well for the
couple.
The most popular men’s wedding ring are plain metal bands, with an element
of design one can chose a ring with a subtle design like migraine or a
masculine braid, which features a braid design with a round and soft edge
for comfort. It is well said that a groom only wears a wedding ring to make
his marriage a public statement, and wear it because he feels it’s his duty
to wear since he is married and committed.
The Beneficent Secret of Stones
Rocks, stones and crystals, precious or not have their own electromagnetic
frequency. They contain a specyfic energy, express oneself by their color and
inner structure. With all this, we don't like just all stones, but just those
which enter into resonance with our enercetic field, sending us the energy
that we need in that precise moment.
Gold, silver and copper
For the healing effect of the stones to be more intense, they must be carried
into the right of energetics center that we have on our body, respectively,
above ours heart or above ours neck, by all means direct on skin, because the
energy and our heat amplifies the inner energy of the stone, and in the same
time magnifying the efficiency.
The ear-rings with crystals balances the energy of our cerebral hemispheres,
and the rings stimulates the power to the specific meridians to the hand that
they are carried ( on the left hand they stimulates the reception of energy,
and right hand the emission).
It is important to keep in mind that the recomanded metals for the stones
mounting are silver, gold and copper, the others beeing energetic unstrung,
reason for which they act as some power energetic vampires.
The compulsory purification
Before you use or carrie the stones, we recommend to purify them, in order to
don't take over, negative power and his weak load, stored before they came
into our possession.
For this it is enough to hold the stone a hour below strong water cold spurt,
for choice of spring, or between 30 as far as 70 hours in brine. If you want
a drastic purification, therefore either we keep 24 of hours the respective
stone in bay salt either we bury it in earth on all of a lunar loop.
The flux of energy
Once we have purifyed is needfulness render our stone the positive energy.
Just expose it to the sun three day consecutive or exposit to the moon shine
if is talking about opal.
Crystalotherapy
Crystalotherapy don't replace the pure medical methods of treatments but just
potentiate and balance the power connections short cuted by the disease. Thus
:
Amethyst acts against the sleeplessness, of the anxiety and the fear and is
recommended in diets, potentiate the debilitation in weight.
Aquamarine attenuates the sea sickness, the disturbances of urination and fool
disposal.
The coral helps with us digestion, soothes the headaches and cures affections
of the oral cavity.
The transparent quartz inducts get along with the life, and one light-tight
silence and agreement.
The pink quartz reacts on the heart and the circulation and helps with the
reconstruction after an affective traumata.
The diamond sweeps off the fogs and disclose the direction in life.
The jade inducts calm in moments of stress and emotive tension.
The pearls dissolves the hostilities and the bad continuations and strengthen
the inner force and hope.
The emerald decreases the congestions and balance the internal energies.
Turquoise reacts on the lungs and the neck.
The Beauty of Amber Jewelry
The simplest and at the same time most subjective evaluation of amber jewelry by a user of admirer is to say whether it is beautiful or not. Contemporary amber artifacts produced by artists initially tend to surprise us with their otherness, in the same manner as any other art does, for instance painting or sculpture, or jewelry ornamented with gemstones. But modernity means otherness.
The extremely exceptional so-called "amber in amber" may become dazzlingly beautiful in the hands of a skillful artist. To find or excavate amber with opalescent surfaces depends less on skills and more on luck. This, however, comes about very seldom.
Some people are interested only in amber as perfectly transparent as many other precious stones in which nothing is going on inside. In such a case a more opulent setting must compensate the lack of unique features.Raw amber for mass production started to be clarified and pressed as early as in the 19th century. Its color could be freely altered, often in order to make necklaces from beads in one shade of color and transparency.
The trend initiated at the end of the 1960s by the Fietkiewicz family in Gdynia was followed by other amber centers, resulting in a high standard of amber working in Poland today. The "gem of the north", the most splendid beauty of which is revealed by artist's mastery, is often left without any setting, like Neolithic and ancient artifacts. Some amber products, rich in amber shapes and varieties, like necklace beads, spherical or flat pendants, beads on leather strip or just hemp or cotton string, gain in additional value in this way. Nothing spoils the sheer beauty of amber; its mysterious interior is not rivaled by some alien even though most magnificent ornamentation of a setting.
One may never stop writing about amber and amber jewelry. The mineral's charm never fades away, owing to its beauty and to its history so remote and ancient and at the same time ever more close to us. Its legends and magic always feel our very own.
Tanzanite - 8 Truths To Note About This Unusual Gemstone
2. Tanzanite is a modern gemstone. The newest one in fact as it was discovered in 1967.
3. Although Tanzanite is a vivid blue gemstone which looks a lot like sapphire, aesthetically, it has an advantage over coveted sapphire. Tanzanite's strong trichoism properties makes this a very interesting gemstone. From some angles, it appears blue. From other angles, it appears purple or brownish yellow. The most prized tanzanite stones have a lilac hue overlaying the beautiful blue shade.
4. Tanzanite was made popular by Tiffany and Company. In fact, Henry Platt of the New York Jeweler, Tiffany gave Tanzanite its name. If you love Tiffany jewelry, tanzanite is a gemstone to get.
5. Tanzanite is a blue version of zoisite. It is not very hard, being 6.5 to 7 on the Mohs scale (diamonds are a 10 on the Mohs scale). Hence, tanzanite should be handled with care. Do not put clean it in an ultrasonic bath. Do not let it come into contact with acids.
6. Tanzanite has an beautiful aura of mystery, with its deep blue color and purplish (lilac to violet) hues that give it a mysterious aura. Both are very cool colors and look fabulous with black and silver and other cool shades. Unfortunately, the brownish yellow hue, the third color in the mix clashes with the other two and is considered undesirable. However that brownish shade can be made to disappear by heating the stone.
7. The wholesale prices of Tanzanite have more than doubled from 2000 to early 2007. Back in 2000, the per carat wholesale price for tanzanite was $225. In early 2007, per carat wholesale prices of Tanzanite have risen to $500. Now, TanzaniteOne Ltd., a tanzanite company has established a DeBeers like hold on the tanzanite industry, which means prices of tanzanite are likely to soar.
8. Tanzanite is a December birthstone as declared by the American Gem Trade Association. It was the first first gemstone added to the list since 1912.
Gold Karats FAQ - 4 essential facts you must know before buying gold jewellery
This is why I’ve put together this Gold Karats FAQ guide. As there is quite a lot to this subject, I’ve broken the Gold Karats FAQ Guide into 3 parts. They all can be found at my website in the author bio at the end of this article.
What does the term Karats refer to when describing Gold?
The first thing we need to cover in part 1 of Gold Karats FAQ guide is that the “K” in 9K or 10k gold stands for karats. Not to be confused with Carat (Ct), which is the unit of weight measurement for gemstones.
Karats is a measurement of the content of gold. Online Jewellery stores & regular jewelry stores rarely sell gold karats jewellery made from pure gold as gold is considered a soft metal and is too soft for everyday use.
Mixing the gold with other metals hardens it and makes it more durable and less likely to bend. The result is “karat gold”. Pure fine gold jewellery would also be too expensive for the average consumer.
Mixing gold also produces different coloured golds – see gold karats FAQ part 2 or go to our online jewellery store australia for more information regarding gold colours.
So “karat” is the content of gold used in a gold alloy in jewellery. i.e :
9k gold contains 37.5% pure gold (375 parts per thousand parts).
10k gold contains 41.7% pure gold (417 part per thousand parts)(include 10k)
14k gold contains 58.5% pure gold (585 parts per thousand parts).
18k gold contains 75% pure gold (750 parts per thousand parts).
The most common karat gold used in Australia is 9k and 18k. 18k is more expensive than 9k as it has a higher gold content. Both these types can be found at online fine jewellery stores and bricks and mortar fine jewellery stores. In the USA, 10k & 14k gold are most popular.
Gold Stamps (hallmarks)
The next thing to cover in this gold karats FAQ guide is the hallmark. Karat gold is normally stamped (hallmarked) to indicate the type. E.g. 9k gold would either be stamped 9k or 375, 18k gold would be stamped either 18k or 750. The stamp doesn’t indicate the colour of the gold, it only refers to the gold content.
Most countries have laws requiring gold alloys be stamped with one of the standard hallmarks. This said, a halkmark doesn’t mean the item is what is says it is.
Hallmarks should not be confused with a manufacturing stamp which is unique to the manufacturer.
What is Fine Gold?
You will see offline and online the terms fine gold jewellery, fine gold & fine jewelry. What do these terms mean? They normally refer to karat gold. In other words, fine gold jewellery is jewellery that is not gold plated.
What is Solid Gold?
You will see the term solid gold mentioned at online jewelry stores and at regular fine jewellery stores. Gold is normally named solid gold when it is karat gold or fine gold. For example 9k, 10k, 14k, 18k and 22k gold is often said to be solid gold. Jewellery is not considered solid gold if it is gold plated.
Gold Karats FAQ Guide Conclusion
I hope you’ve learnt a lot from this gold karats FAQ guide part 1. No doubt you’ll be far more confident whether purchasing from an online jewellery store or a regular fine jewelry store. The other parts of my Gold Karats FAQ guide are available here at my website as outlined in the author bio at the bottom of this article.
Gold Karats FAQ - 4 essential facts you must know about karat gold before making your next purchase
This is why I’ve put together this gold karats FAQ guide. As there is quite a lot to this subject, I’ve broken the Gold Karats FAQ Guide into 3 parts. The other two parts can be found in the author bio below.
Gold Colour
The first thing I want to explain to you in the gold karats FAQ guide is the different gold colours. The most common gold colours found at online jewelry stores & offine fine jewellery stores is yellow gold, followed by white gold and rose gold. There are other colours available but these are less common.
The colour of the gold doesn’t make a difference to the gold content (karat rating). This is because the alloy has the same amount of gold in it. The gold is mixed with different metals to achieve different colours.
Yellow gold can vary in colour. 18k yellow gold will have a brighter yellow colour compared to 9k gold.
Rose gold is achieved normally by mixing pure gold with other metals such as cooper into it.
White gold is made by mixing pure gold with metals such as silver and palladium. It is often coated with a metal named “rhodium”. The rhodium gives jewellery a really white appearance. White gold jewellery normally needs to re-rhodium coated every 12-18 months. Your local jewelry store and even some online jewelry stores can easily do this for a reasonable price.
When comparing metals of the same karat, white gold tends to be a little more expensive.
Gold Plated Jewellery (also known as GEP or GP)
Gold plated jewellery describes jewellery that has a layer of gold applied to a base metal by an electrolytic process. This gives a look similar to karat gold. The gold plating will wear off after time. Gold plated jewellery is a cheap alternative. This type of jewellery is widely available and can be found at online jewellery stores, online accessory stores and offline stores.
Gold Filled Jewellery (also known as Gold Overlay)
Gold filled jewellery is a solid layer of gold bonded with heat and pressure to a base metal such as brass. Gold filled jewellery is a great cost effective alternative to solid gold jewellery. Unlike gold plated jewellery, good quality gold filled jewellery wears as well as solid karat gold and has the same look and lustre. For more about solid gold jewelry, see gold karat FAQ guide part 1.
The layer of gold in gold filled jewellery must be 1/20th of the total weight of the product. This layer is 50 to 100,000 times thicker that gold plated jewellery.
Hardness
The difference in gold content also affects the gold’s hardness. 18k gold is slightly harder than 9k gold but this difference in hardness offers little practical advantage as they are virtually the same hardness. However, overall, 18k gold does tend to wear a little better over the years. Most online jewellery stores & regular fine jewellery stores would advise you to choose 18k gold for a wedding band as it wears a little better.
Gold Karats FAQ Guide Conclusion
I hope you’ve learnt a lot from this gold karats FAQ guide part 1. No doubt you’ll be far more confident whether purchasing from an online jewellery store or a regular fine jewelry store. The other parts of my Gold Karats FAQ guide are available here at my website as outlined in the author bio at the bottom of this article.
Gold Karats FAQ part 3 – how to tell the difference between real gold and fake gold.
It’s not just fake gold you need to look out for. Some sellers prey on consumers that don’t know the difference between gold plated jewellery, gold filled jewelry and solid gold jewellery. There are 3 other parts to my Gold Karats FAQ Guide. The other two parts can be found at my website which is listed at the end of this article.
Understand the terms
To learn about these differences go to Gold Karats FAQ guide parts 1 & 2.
Understanding how to test gold and the different types of gold will help avoid paying too much for your next piece of fine karat gold jewelry at an online jewelry store or an offline fine jewelry store.
The first thing you should do is educate yourself about the differences between gold plated and gold filled jewellery. Then you will at least be able to ask the seller and understand what these terms mean.
The easiest way to test gold.
I would say that the most reliable and easiest way to test if you have real gold is to take it to a jewellery store. Some online jewellery stores may also offer this service.
Testing Gold Yourself:
Electronic Gold Tester These start at around US$100 and can be found by searching the internet for ‘gold tester’. To do this test you buy an electronic tester. It normally involves putting a clip onto the item and then placing the item in an acid. The tester then tells you what karat of gold it is.
This is a non-destructive test and can be accurate depending on the money spent on the tester.
Using a Testing Stone You can also buy these for around US$60. You rub the jewelry on the test stone leaving tiny fraction of the gold behind.
You then rub a gold test needle onto the stone near the gold sample. After this, you apply the appropriate acid as directed. If it is gold is will dissolve.
Acid Test this is reliable too. This allows you to distinguish if the piece is solid karat gold or just gold plated.
Using a very small file, file into the jewellery. Choose a spot which is inconspicuous. You then apply the appropriate acid. The gold will react to the acid. The kit will have instructions as to the reaction you are looking for.
Acids are very dangerous and the appropriate precautions should always be taken. This advice is of a general nature. Make sure you read the instructions thoroughly before attempting these tests. Most online jewelry stores won’t ship these kits overseas as the acids are dangerous chemicals.
Gold Karats FAQ part 2 Conclusion
I hope you’ve learnt a lot from this gold karats FAQ guide.
In Gold Karats FAQ guide part 3, learn how to avoid getting ripped off learn to test what is real gold and what is fake.
If you missed Gold Karats FAQ Guide part 1 I discussed what karat gold is, what fine gold is, what solid gold is and what hallmarks are.