Jewelry

Jewelry

Articles made from precious metals and often set with gemstones that are worn on the body for personal adornment.

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moissanite

Fashion; General jewelry

lab-created diamond simulant based on the structure of natural moissanite. On Mohs' scale of hardness, moissanite is 9.5. It has more brilliance, fire and luster than any hard ...

oiling

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iling infuses colorless oils, resins or waxes into tiny surface-breaking fissures to hide them and give certain gemstones a cleaner appearance. This long-practiced clarity ...

opaque

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term used for gemstones that you cannot see any light passing through the gem. Lapis and malachite are an example of this.

organic gemstone

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Most gemstones are minerals with a crystal structure but some gems, such as amber and pearl, are organic rather than mineral, being formed by plants and animals. See also ...

padparadscha

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Derived from the Sinhalese term for "lotus flower," padparadscha refers to a lush pink and orange sapphire resembling the color of the lotus. Padparadscha is also sometimes used ...

paraiba

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A rare copper-bearing tourmaline with an intense blue or blue-green color, first found in the state of Paraiba in Brazil in 1989. There have been recent finds in Nigeria and ...