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Sterling Silver Suggested Jewelry Care For Pure 925
To Keep Your Silver Jewelry clean and sparkling, follow below.
Sterling silver pieces - jewelry should always be stored in an air-tight container when it is not being worn. All sterling silver pieces, even the highest quality of 925 at 100% can turn dark over time. Jewelers call it oxidized. A natural oxidation process occurs. Once placing your special piece in a zip lock bag, to a box or velvet pouch, can prevent this from happening. Your goal is to limit air exposure. Soak your jewelry in warm water with soap and a soft cloth. Use a toothbrush for texture pieces. Use a silver polishing cloth to shine up. Always rinse your jewelry well after soaking it. Try with a soft cloth.
Your Grand Gem will maintain the look you want.
To Keep Your Silver Jewelry clean and sparkling, follow below.
Sterling silver pieces - jewelry should always be stored in an air-tight container when it is not being worn. All sterling silver pieces, even the highest quality of 925 at 100% can turn dark over time. Jewelers call it oxidized. A natural oxidation process occurs. Once placing your special piece in a zip lock bag, to a box or velvet pouch, can prevent this from happening. Your goal is to limit air exposure. Soak your jewelry in warm water with soap and a soft cloth. Use a toothbrush for texture pieces. Use a silver polishing cloth to shine up. Always rinse your jewelry well after soaking it. Try with a soft cloth.
Your Grand Gem will maintain the look you want.
We offer a variety of Crystals, Gems and Minerals For Gifts or Just For Your Collection
Information on Selected Crystals, Gems, Stones, Minerals, Fossils +
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AGATE
is a form of quartz having submicroscopic grains of crypto crystal-line quartz, called chalcedony, in a
massive form, often filling voids as veins or geodes. Agate is often found with color bands due to impurities in the
fluids from which the agate is deposited. Agate is usually translucent, sometimes transparent, and has
a hardness of 7, but has no crystal structure (amorphous). There are many types of agates, including: blue lace agate,
Botswana agate, brecciated (poppy) agate, crazy lace agate, dendritic agate, Fairburn agate, Laguna agate, moss agate, onyx,
and sardonyx..
AMETHYST
Amethyst is a violet variety of QUARTZ, a silicon dioxide mineral. Gem quality amethyst - stone often used in jewelry.
Amethyst mineral specimens, geodes and large cathedrals are prized by collectors. Amethyst occurs in
a wide range of purple shades from pale lilac to deep purple. When amethyst is heated, it becomes
CITRINE, a yellow or orange variety of quartz.
ROSE QUARTZ
Rose quartz - a variety of QUARTZ - ranges from pale pink to deep rose, and sometimes even to an amethyst hue. Generally, rose quartz is massive in form, and is rarely found as crystals. It is sometimes used as a semiprecious stone, and takes an impressive polish. Chemically, rose quartz is silicon dioxide. It has a Moh’s hardness of 7, and is in the trigonal crystal system. Rose quartz occurs worldwide; in the western hemisphere it occurs in Brazil, Uruguay, Ontario, Mexico, Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Colorado
LARIMAR
Larimar is a rare blue variety of pecto-lite (calcium- sodium silicate) found only in the Dominican Republic. Since
being officially discovered in 1974 by Miguel Mendez and Peace Corps volunteer Norman Rilling, the beautiful
stone has been extracted from volcanic tubes or chimneys where it was formed. Pectolite is found in a variety of locations, however none have the volcanic blue coloration of LARIMAR which owes its beautiful color to copper.
Miguel Mendez named the new mineral LARIMAR for his daughter Larissa and for " mar" - Spanish for " sea" .
CITRINE
Citrine is a light yellow to yellowish-brown variety of quartz. Natural citrine is colored by trace amounts of ferric hydroxide. Most of the citrine on the market is actually heat-treated amethyst or smoky quartz. As in other varieties of quartz, citrine has a hardness of 7, a specific gravity of 2.65, and chemically, is SiO2. It has a vitreous luster and belongs to the hexagonal crystal system. When amethyst is heated to approximately 500-600 degrees C, a yellowish-brown citrine color is produced. Not all amethyst responds in like fashion. Most of the Brazilian citrine on the market comes from the Irai region of Rio Grande do Sul.
TIGER'S EYE
Tiger's Eye has been a popular stone for thousands of years. The stone exhibits a silky luster as light is reflected within its thin parallel fibrous bands. This effect is called CHATOYANCY (from the French: CHAT meaning cat and OEIL meaning eye: CAT'S
EYE.). A member of the quartz species, tiger eye is a mixture of chalcedony and the fibrous silicate mineral riebeckite.
Tiger eye includes the colors of yellow or honey, red and brown. Most of the time, these colors are either in lines or bent. It is found in many areas of the world, notably South Africa and Australia.
GEODES
Geodes are spheroidal to eccentric-shaped rocks formed when minerals either enter or are trapped in openings inside rock material. In volcanic rocks, fluids and gases often remain inside air pockets in the lava. During and after cooling, these
fluids fill the cavity with various successions of agate and quartz lay-ers, often ending in open cavities with inward-facing quartz crystals. Other geodes may be formed by cavities formed by dissolved organic material, fractures in the rock, or by pockets caused by dissolved mineral material. Colors within the geodes are caused from elements, such as iron, that are carried in the solutions. Most geodes are composed of agates, although some geodes are formed of calcite, usually in limestone pockets
SELENITE
Selenite is a transparent and colorless variety of the mineral gypsum. It is known for being so soft that it can be scratched with
a fingernail. It has three unequal cleavages and is typically formed by evaporation of salt waters. It has been found in crystals over 40 feet long in localities in Mexico. Desert roses are clusters of Selenite crystals resembling rosettes found in areas of Mexico and the U.S.
PETRIFIED WOOD
Petrified Wood - The name comes from the Greek “petro” or “rock” and refers to wood that has been turned to stone. The process of petrifaction preserves parts of ancient trees in fossil form. When the wood becomes buried under sediment, mineral-rich water flows through the sediment and replaces the cells’ structure with minerals, producing a very good stone copy of the original piece of wood. The predominant minerals in petrified wood are silicates. Minerals include quartz, manganese, iron,
copper, cobalt, chromium and iron oxides.
TURQUOISE
Turquoise - is a stone used in ancient jewelry and artifacts, having been mined since at least 6000 BC by early Egyptians,
and has been in fashion ever since. The name comes from a French word, "turquoise" which means Turkish, from
which country Persian material passed on its way to Europe. Turquoise is a secondary mineral of copper found often in the weathered zone of a copper deposit. The finest turquoise comes from Iran, but beautiful specimens are also found in the southwestern US.
HEMATITE
Hematite is derived from the Greek word for blood (haima) because hematite can be red. Hematite is mined
as the main ore for iron. Some uses of the mineral are as a polishing compound (rouge), coloring pigment for bricks and
tile, and in jewelry. SPECULAR HEMATITE is a variety of hematite with a blue-gray color and bright metallic luster.
Chemistry: Iron oxide ♦ Category: Oxides ♦ Crystal system: Hexagonal (rhombohedral) ♦ Luster: Metallic ♦
Color: Metallic gray to earthy red tones ♦ Moh's hardness: 5.5 - 6.5 ♦ Localities: England, Mexico, Brazil, Australia,
United States and Canada.
TRILOBITE
Trilobite:
Proteus granulosus Location: Morocco Similar to the horseshoe crab, Trilobites — meaning 3 lobes—lived from 550 to
200 million years ago in Cambrian,Paleozoic, and Devonian seas. Trilobites are most closely related to the chelicerates, which include the horseshoe crabs and spiders. They are now all extinct, but their fossil remains are found in many places in the
U.S. and worldwide. Some, in the Canadian Rockies, have been found as large as 2½ feet in length.
SODALITE
Sodalite is named for its sodium content. It is a dark blue semiprecious mineral of the feldspathoid group. It has a hardness
of 5.5-6 and a specific gravity of about 2.3 making it lighter than quartz. Brazilian sodalite commonly occurs with veinlets of calcite. Sodalite is also found in Canada and Russia, although it is rare. Sodalite is one of the common constituents of lapis
lazuli.
PYRITE
Pyrite - Because of the metallic luster and golden color, pyrite has sometimes been mistaken for gold leading to its nickname as “fool’s gold”. The mineral’s isometric crystals appear as cubes or pyritohedrons (12 irregular pentagonal or five-sided faces).
Pyrite has the same chemistry as marcasite, but a different structure. It is an iron disulfide in the sul-fides group. It is very common mineral found in many parts of the world.
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AGATE
is a form of quartz having submicroscopic grains of crypto crystal-line quartz, called chalcedony, in a
massive form, often filling voids as veins or geodes. Agate is often found with color bands due to impurities in the
fluids from which the agate is deposited. Agate is usually translucent, sometimes transparent, and has
a hardness of 7, but has no crystal structure (amorphous). There are many types of agates, including: blue lace agate,
Botswana agate, brecciated (poppy) agate, crazy lace agate, dendritic agate, Fairburn agate, Laguna agate, moss agate, onyx,
and sardonyx..
AMETHYST
Amethyst is a violet variety of QUARTZ, a silicon dioxide mineral. Gem quality amethyst - stone often used in jewelry.
Amethyst mineral specimens, geodes and large cathedrals are prized by collectors. Amethyst occurs in
a wide range of purple shades from pale lilac to deep purple. When amethyst is heated, it becomes
CITRINE, a yellow or orange variety of quartz.
ROSE QUARTZ
Rose quartz - a variety of QUARTZ - ranges from pale pink to deep rose, and sometimes even to an amethyst hue. Generally, rose quartz is massive in form, and is rarely found as crystals. It is sometimes used as a semiprecious stone, and takes an impressive polish. Chemically, rose quartz is silicon dioxide. It has a Moh’s hardness of 7, and is in the trigonal crystal system. Rose quartz occurs worldwide; in the western hemisphere it occurs in Brazil, Uruguay, Ontario, Mexico, Maine, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Colorado
LARIMAR
Larimar is a rare blue variety of pecto-lite (calcium- sodium silicate) found only in the Dominican Republic. Since
being officially discovered in 1974 by Miguel Mendez and Peace Corps volunteer Norman Rilling, the beautiful
stone has been extracted from volcanic tubes or chimneys where it was formed. Pectolite is found in a variety of locations, however none have the volcanic blue coloration of LARIMAR which owes its beautiful color to copper.
Miguel Mendez named the new mineral LARIMAR for his daughter Larissa and for " mar" - Spanish for " sea" .
CITRINE
Citrine is a light yellow to yellowish-brown variety of quartz. Natural citrine is colored by trace amounts of ferric hydroxide. Most of the citrine on the market is actually heat-treated amethyst or smoky quartz. As in other varieties of quartz, citrine has a hardness of 7, a specific gravity of 2.65, and chemically, is SiO2. It has a vitreous luster and belongs to the hexagonal crystal system. When amethyst is heated to approximately 500-600 degrees C, a yellowish-brown citrine color is produced. Not all amethyst responds in like fashion. Most of the Brazilian citrine on the market comes from the Irai region of Rio Grande do Sul.
TIGER'S EYE
Tiger's Eye has been a popular stone for thousands of years. The stone exhibits a silky luster as light is reflected within its thin parallel fibrous bands. This effect is called CHATOYANCY (from the French: CHAT meaning cat and OEIL meaning eye: CAT'S
EYE.). A member of the quartz species, tiger eye is a mixture of chalcedony and the fibrous silicate mineral riebeckite.
Tiger eye includes the colors of yellow or honey, red and brown. Most of the time, these colors are either in lines or bent. It is found in many areas of the world, notably South Africa and Australia.
GEODES
Geodes are spheroidal to eccentric-shaped rocks formed when minerals either enter or are trapped in openings inside rock material. In volcanic rocks, fluids and gases often remain inside air pockets in the lava. During and after cooling, these
fluids fill the cavity with various successions of agate and quartz lay-ers, often ending in open cavities with inward-facing quartz crystals. Other geodes may be formed by cavities formed by dissolved organic material, fractures in the rock, or by pockets caused by dissolved mineral material. Colors within the geodes are caused from elements, such as iron, that are carried in the solutions. Most geodes are composed of agates, although some geodes are formed of calcite, usually in limestone pockets
SELENITE
Selenite is a transparent and colorless variety of the mineral gypsum. It is known for being so soft that it can be scratched with
a fingernail. It has three unequal cleavages and is typically formed by evaporation of salt waters. It has been found in crystals over 40 feet long in localities in Mexico. Desert roses are clusters of Selenite crystals resembling rosettes found in areas of Mexico and the U.S.
PETRIFIED WOOD
Petrified Wood - The name comes from the Greek “petro” or “rock” and refers to wood that has been turned to stone. The process of petrifaction preserves parts of ancient trees in fossil form. When the wood becomes buried under sediment, mineral-rich water flows through the sediment and replaces the cells’ structure with minerals, producing a very good stone copy of the original piece of wood. The predominant minerals in petrified wood are silicates. Minerals include quartz, manganese, iron,
copper, cobalt, chromium and iron oxides.
TURQUOISE
Turquoise - is a stone used in ancient jewelry and artifacts, having been mined since at least 6000 BC by early Egyptians,
and has been in fashion ever since. The name comes from a French word, "turquoise" which means Turkish, from
which country Persian material passed on its way to Europe. Turquoise is a secondary mineral of copper found often in the weathered zone of a copper deposit. The finest turquoise comes from Iran, but beautiful specimens are also found in the southwestern US.
HEMATITE
Hematite is derived from the Greek word for blood (haima) because hematite can be red. Hematite is mined
as the main ore for iron. Some uses of the mineral are as a polishing compound (rouge), coloring pigment for bricks and
tile, and in jewelry. SPECULAR HEMATITE is a variety of hematite with a blue-gray color and bright metallic luster.
Chemistry: Iron oxide ♦ Category: Oxides ♦ Crystal system: Hexagonal (rhombohedral) ♦ Luster: Metallic ♦
Color: Metallic gray to earthy red tones ♦ Moh's hardness: 5.5 - 6.5 ♦ Localities: England, Mexico, Brazil, Australia,
United States and Canada.
TRILOBITE
Trilobite:
Proteus granulosus Location: Morocco Similar to the horseshoe crab, Trilobites — meaning 3 lobes—lived from 550 to
200 million years ago in Cambrian,Paleozoic, and Devonian seas. Trilobites are most closely related to the chelicerates, which include the horseshoe crabs and spiders. They are now all extinct, but their fossil remains are found in many places in the
U.S. and worldwide. Some, in the Canadian Rockies, have been found as large as 2½ feet in length.
SODALITE
Sodalite is named for its sodium content. It is a dark blue semiprecious mineral of the feldspathoid group. It has a hardness
of 5.5-6 and a specific gravity of about 2.3 making it lighter than quartz. Brazilian sodalite commonly occurs with veinlets of calcite. Sodalite is also found in Canada and Russia, although it is rare. Sodalite is one of the common constituents of lapis
lazuli.
PYRITE
Pyrite - Because of the metallic luster and golden color, pyrite has sometimes been mistaken for gold leading to its nickname as “fool’s gold”. The mineral’s isometric crystals appear as cubes or pyritohedrons (12 irregular pentagonal or five-sided faces).
Pyrite has the same chemistry as marcasite, but a different structure. It is an iron disulfide in the sul-fides group. It is very common mineral found in many parts of the world.
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DISCLAIMER: Offers of Beads, Crystals, Natural Stones are intended for your beliefs and feelings only, listed on our site. This information provided is folklore and just suggested as! Not intended as medical advice, daily living advice or actual healing of any kind. The crystals to stones should be used as a compliment period. Other suggested theories are not as a replacement for medical treatment. For any suggested use, please consult a licensed healthcare provider. We wish you a happy experience with any stone offered here.
