The First Attraction by Fashion Jewelry

Why do women get so fascinated by Fashion Jewelry?



The first attraction is the inspiration by shades of color of Gemstones. Fascination number one: Color spectrum is so mesmerizing and astonishing which goes beyond the imagination. Wonderful colors spanning from the rich hues of rubies, emeralds and sapphires to the milky color flashes of opulent opal. From Tanzanite's blue, Amethyst’s violet and to mystical allure of Onyx. The sparkle of color is as sophisticated as the people that wear them.




Gem beauty for Fashion Jewelry is the predominant factor for the purchases in today's world. It may be hard for us to imagine that over thousands of years ago, people get the gemstones solely for a matter of life, a necessity of daily life rather than ornament of any kind.


The power of Gemstones is not just as skin deep as just color. The ancients attributed mystical powers to each stone, and believed that many of them could cure specific ailments. Even today many gemstones are used in all sorts of healing methods.






Besides healing purposes, the idea that Gemstones contain special powers is further developed to a tradition that certain gemstones are associated with times of the year as well as associated the time of year of a person’s birth with certain characteristics, and thus giving rise to the prevail of Birthstones, and fashion jewelry which is using birthstones as the design theme is very popular and well received over the world.

Fashion Jewelry is word of Gemstones

Fashion Jewelry is generally referring to jewelry with less expensive in value and less expensive semi-precious stones. People are getting confused with the word “Gemstone”. What is the definition of Gemstone? What is the role of Gemstones in Fashion Jewelry?

Up till now, out of 3000 minerals found around the world, there are over 230 minerals being categorized as Gemstones. There are four criteria of getting into Gemstone Family, which are the vivid color, scarce in supply, with hardness over 7 in Moh’s scale as well as with high refraction rate.

Gemstones
1) Precious Gemstone:
Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby etc. These precious gemstones are with high value due to their high demand and low supply.

Diamond is a mineral composed essentially of carbon that crystallizes in the cubic or isometric, and is therefore singly refractive. Diamond is by fair the hardest of all known natural substances on the 10 point Mohs scale.

Sapphire and Ruby refer to gem varieties of the mineral corundum hardness of 7.5 - 8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness. When it is filled with high chromium, and thus appear in red color, the gem would be called Ruby. It is called Sapphire however when it is with trace amounts of other elements such as iron, titanium, or chromium which can give corundum blue, yellow, pink, purple, orange, or greenish color.

Emeralds are a variety of the mineral beryl with green color by the trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Emerald has a hardness of 7.5 - 8 on the 10 point Mohs scale of mineral hardness.

2) Semi-precious Gemstone:
The most common 20 examples of Semi-Precious Stones include Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Opal, Spinel, Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Topaz etc. Each of the Semi-Precious Stones has its own characteristics and features, we could cover them in the later articles.

With over 230 Gemstones currently in use in Fashion Jewelry, designers are employing their aesthetic powers to bring about some excellent jewelry creations in the most unprecedented manners, thanks to the advanced technologies.