Dichroic Glass Jewellery: Unconventional Pieces of Jewellery
For thousands of years both men and women have worn jewellery. Jewellery made from precious stones, gold and silver dating back almost 4000 years. Silver and gold are the most common metals used in making jewellery. Because of their malleability and ductility, these metals are a preferred choice for making jewellery. Though gold is more expensive, it’s silver which is gaining mass popularity these days.
Silver has been used for making jewellery since before records begun! Nowadays pure silver is hardly used for making jewellery as it gets tarnished easily and one has to get it polished regularly. Therefore sterling silver is used to make jewelry or silverware. Sterling silver jewellery is made from sterling or standardsilver, which is basically an alloy of silver and copper. Standard sterling silver has 92.5% of silver and 7.5% copper. There are various benefits of using sterling silver: Firstly, it’s harder than pure silver and thus, jewellery made from sterling silver can be used for daily wear. Secondly sterling silver also does not tarnished as easily even after regular exposure to air or water.
Plain Gold or silver have now become a little common; if you wish to be different you could go for amber jewelleryordichroic glass jewellery. Amber, which comes under the category of gemstone jewellery, is a fossilized resin, secreted by pine trees approximately 1 million years ago. In the recent centuries, amber has emerged as popular gemstones, being used in earrings, necklaces; bracelets etc. amber pendants laid in sterling silver are also quite popular. Dichroic glass jewellery is a popular option for those who find silver mundane and are looking for a bit of color. Dichroic glass has layer upon layers of mineral oxide which give this glass a unique property of reflecting dichroic colors. People who love to go for the bohemian look could go for dichroic glass jewellery.Dichroic glass pendants are easily available on the internet. One could go for a pendant in psychedelic colors. A piece of jewellery made from dichroic glass, would go with almost any kind of outfit, on any occasion. Dichroic glass jewellery is easy on the pocket and can be found almost everywhere these days.
So, now you have a plethora of options when it comes to jewellery. Everyone wears gold, its time for something new, go for these options and stand out.
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Making of a Dichroic Glass for a Ring – Mexico925.com
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