Gemstone Necklaces, Bracelets and Earrings, Gemstone Necklaces: March 2010

Monday, March 22, 2010

4.27 GRAM - 22 K YELLOW GOLD RING - SIZE 6

22 K Yellow Gold Ring. Excellent as a new wedding band.

I am looking for decent offers on this 22Kt yellow gold lady's engraved wedding ring, wax cast and hand finished, measuring 4.70mm (Average width) and 1.15 (Average thickness). The ring features a Tiffany style band with a central cross-hatched design, extending around the circumference of the ring, engraved border rails, a sold underside, a high polished finish and is stamped 22K on the inside of the band. The ring weighs 4.27 grams. This ring has never been worn. It is a size 6 or 6.5 and can be re-sized. Phone 604. 525. 7484 to arrange a time to come over and try it on.

Friday, March 19, 2010

TIGER EYE NECKLACE - 20 INCHES

Tiger eye - offers courage, energy, and luck.

Stone's names: Tiger eye, also spelled tiger's-eye and tigereye.
Tiger eye is also called crocidolite cat's-eye or African cat's-eye. Color: Tiger eye has a rich yellow and golden brown stripes, with a fine golden lustre when polished.

Description: Tiger eye is quartz that contains oriented fibres of crocidolite that have been replaced by silica.
Tiger eye is displaying chatoyancy (a vertical luminescent band like that of a cat's eye) . Tiger eye typically has lustrous alternating yellow or brown bands.

The name's origin: Tiger eye with its bands resembles an eye of tiger, so it is received its name due to this similarity.

Wedding anniversary: Tiger Eye is the anniversary gemstone for the 9th year of marriage.

Varieties: Hawk's-eye is similar to tiger eye, except that the crocidolite was replaced by quartz before altering to iron oxide. It therefore retains the gray-blue or green of the asbestos.

Care and treatment: As with all gems, protect tiger eye from scratches and sharp blows. Also avoid large temperature changes.

From the stone history: Roman soldiers wore tiger's-eye for protection in battle. Tiger Eye was thought to be all seeing due to its appearance.

Shopping guide: Tiger Eye is widely used in pendant and beads where it's lovely tiger-like peculiarity displays out best.

Healing ability: Tiger eye relieves high blood pressure. Tiger eye wear is very helpful in the presence of following diseases: bronchial asthmakidney, rheumatic heart disease, otitis and psoriasis.

Mystical power: Tiger Eye is used for focusing the mind. It is said that Tiger Eye offers protection during travel, strengthens convictions and confidence. This very warm stone is beneficial for the weak and sick.

Deposits: The most important mine for Tiger Eye is in South Africa. The best stones come from Griqualand West.

BEAUTIFUL 20 INCH AMETHYST NECKLACE #3

MOTHER OF PEARL 20 INCH NECKLACE

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BEAUTIFUL AMETHYST 20 INCH NECKLACE - #2

CHARMING EARRINGS

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Monday, March 15, 2010

SWAROVSKI CRYSTAL and RED AB 20" NECKLACE WITH MATCHING EARRINGS

Necklace Description: This is a 20" 122 crystal necklace. The weight of the necklace is 37 grams.

Contains 119- 6 and 8mm roundel faceted Swarovski crystals (Mostly 8mm): 2-12 mm crystals and 1-18mm crystal. All crystals are from the AB series.

For your follow up information:

Who is Daniel Swarovski? What are Swarovski crystals?

He invented and patented an innovative crystal cutting machine. Later the company patented many specialized items and created a special polishing system. This company sets the standard for the highest quality crystals available on the market. All of their crystals contain a minimum of 32% lead oxide and are faceted and polished to provide the highest light refraction possible.

Swarovski is the luxury brand name for the range of precision-cut crystal glass and related products produced by Swarovski AG of Wattens, Austria. The company was founded in 1895 by Armand Kosman and Franz Weis using Daniel Swarovski's expertise at glass-cutting and his family name. It was the 1892 invention and patenting of Swarovski's innovative electric glass-cutting machine which prompted the company to be created. Their first factory for producing carved crystal was built in Wattens, Austria.

All Swarovski crystals will have a reference and series number. That's how you know they are genuine Swarovski. Within each series you there are specified colors. We make sure that we order by color and number to provide you with the best. Most of the crystals we use are of the newer AB or Aurora Borealis series which provides the greatest amount of glitz and glitter. We sell a lot of Swarovski crystal necklaces and bracelets and the crystals always receive a lot of attention. We are confident that you will be thrilled to wear such elegance.

Sunday, March 14, 2010

20 INCH NATURAL AMETHYST NECKLACE

Sold - Gorgeous 20 inch purple amethyst crystal necklace.
The size of the beads are:
4 Rectangle 20 by 15 mm:
8 Oblong 22 by 5mm:
17 Round 10mm:
3 Oval 30 by 20mm
6 irregular crystals.

This is truly one of a kind.

The earrings are 2 inch drop earrings with 20 by 30mm amethyst crystals. Keep in mind that each amethyst bead that is 30 by 20mm is about 17 to 20 carats. Treat the one you love with a one of a kind necklace and earring set. The necklace weighs 61 grams and in total is about 193 aggregate carats. (200mg per carat)

You can contact the seller at john_hoover_2000@yahoo.com or visit next to the market at the New Westminster Quay. You can also phone me during the evenings at 604.525.7484.

Its color is unparalleled, and even other, more expensive purple gemstones are often compared to its color and beauty. Although it must always be purple to be amethyst, it can and does have a wide range of purple shades.

Amethyst can occur as long prismatic crystals that have a six sided pyramid at either end or can form as druzes that are crystalline crusts that only show the pointed terminations. As a mineral specimen, amethyst is popular for its color and nice crystal shapes that produce a handsome, purple, sparkling cluster.

However, amethyst is not the same everywhere. Different localities can produce a unique amethyst to that particular region or even to that particular mine. Because of the patchyness of the color distribution in the crystals, Amethyst is often cut as brilliant round cuts to maximize the color. Other cuts can be used when the color is better distributed.

The color purple is traditionally the color of royalty and amethyst has been used since the dawn of history to adorn the rich and powerful monarchs and rulers. Today, amethyst is a lovely and affordable gemstone that is fortunately available in a wide variety of cut and uncut stones that we can all possess and admire.

Amethyst is only one of several quartz varieties. Other varieties that form macroscopic (large enough to see) crystals are as follows:

Citrine is a yellow to orange gemstone variety that is rare in nature but is often created by heating Amethyst.
Milky Quartz is a cloudy white variety.
Prasiolite is a green variety, rare in nature but used as a gemstone, sometimes called Green Amethyst.
Rock crystal is most common and is a clear variety that is also used as a gemstone.
Rose quartz is pink to reddish pink.
Smoky quartz is brown to gray.

The care of amethyst is simple. Just use a non alkaline cleaner like a dish detergent and rinse it off thoroughly. It will keep it's shine for a long time.