- Wear it! The natural oils in your skin help to keep it shiny & bright. Sunlight and air speed up the oxidation of silver. When you are not wearing your jewelry, keeping all pieces in sealed plastic pouch or plastic container with a lid will slow down this process. Pearls need air, if your piece is created with pearls allow some airspace.

Some folks really enjoy owning unique and special jewelry pieces. Something that makes a piece special is if the jewelry contains a rare and unusual gemstone. One of the most underrated and little known gemstones on the market is chrysoberyl. Although it is rare, this stone is very hard and durable and well suited to any jewelry use, including rings. It has a hardness of 8.5 on the Mohs scale which goes from 1 to 10. The most common colors of chrysoberyl range from honey yellow to yellow green, and the colors are quite intense.

Amethysts generally come in the color purple, and are used as an ornament. In fact, the Amethyst was one of the first gemstones that man used for jewelry. Ancient people believed that Amethysts have the power to prevent intoxication, protect travelers, assure victory and give business success to the wearer. The word “Amethyst” comes from the Greek “a” meaning “not” and ” methuskein” meaning “to intoxicate”. According to Greek myth, the goddess Diana turned a nymph into amethysts because Bacchus, the god of wine loved her which caused Diana to be jealous.

Through the years to most people gold has been thought to be the most valuable and desired metal of them all. By many it has been the best thing that they will every want and most people that try and dig it up are the ones that seem to love for it the most. Set aside from buying used as money it has been the primary metal in making fine jewelry that is mot expensive. Even though gold back in the day was used to show power and wealth nowadays it is worn to show a person’s uniqueness.

While most diamonds are a clear color there are some special colored ones found. Blue colored diamonds are becoming quite popular lately in our society. The color is actually the result of various impurities in the diamond but they are more expensive than clear diamonds because they are quite rare. Only about 1% of all diamonds are blue colored. This makes them the second rarest diamond color available in the world (red is the first).

The emerald is one of the most beautiful, popular and highly prized gemstones in the world. These fascinating radiant green stones are used in top of the line jewelries. Some of the finest emeralds can even cost more than diamonds.

For many mystics and energy healers, emerald stones are believed to help heal relationships and good for the heart and one’s health. The beautiful green color is said to bring about harmony, love and joy of life. It is also the birthstone for the month of May.

Gemstones are generally minerals that have been, or may be, fashioned to use for personal adornment.

Do you know that there are thousands of gemstones and in thousands of colour, and these gemstones are used to make a very spectacular jewelry.

You must have got bored with the same old fashioned gold and diamond jewelry. Now its time to have something new.

I was very fond of diamonds and I purchased lots of them of different cuts and in various patterns of jewelry. But one day I really got bored with all this old fashioned trend which was running from years. So I decided to hunt for something new..!! Something extraordinary, exotic and that looks better than these gold and diamond kinds.

Jewelry has a long history and being in our world in the ancient times, the wearing of this would be seen by others as a sense of power. It was also worn as a sign of wealth and that is why it is sometimes passed down from generation down.

In tribes it was used to show modification to ones body in some tribes women wore neck rings to make ones neck longer and once these were worn they couldn’t be taken off because the neck would not support itself. The tribe’s women did this to just look different from all the others in the tribe.

The state of Nevada has many old mines, which once produced beautiful turquoise gems. Unfortunately, few of them are being worked today, in spite of the new resurgence of the popularity of turquoise. For many years, the US had a historical tradition of small-scale mining, and individuals or small groups of miners would spend part of the year working the higher-grade sections of old mines and ship the high-grade ore to be processed at smelters or other facilities. Those individual prospectors that made a valuable find could make a decent living off their claims - or at least a nice supplement their other income. In the 1940s and 1950s, that tradition began to die out and only a few hardy souls remain that work their claims on a small scale and make a living off them.

Ruby is one of the four precious gemstones along with Sapphire, Emerald and the Diamond. Ruby as a mineral is hard; it only comes second to the diamond when it comes to hardness.

The color of the Ruby comes in different shades of red – from light pink to blood red. This color is due to chromium. The word “Ruby” come from “rubber”, the Latin word for red.