Archive for April, 2009

Emerald Pendant, How Durable Is An Emerald Pendant

Monday, April 27th, 2009
Emerald Pendants Should Conisder The Properties Of Emerald Gems

Emerald Pendants Should Consider The Properties Of Emerald Gems

Emerald Pendant, Durability Of Emerald Gem Stone Pendants.

The first thing that you should know is that all jewelry needs to be taken care of, your emerald pendant is no exception. Every gem stone has physical properties that are specific to that gemstone, these properties can influence the durability of the pendant. When it comes to emerald pendants you should be aware of a few important things. Firstly, inclusions and fissures are found in all emeralds, this is true of emeralds in all price ranges. The fissures in emeralds cause the gemstone to lose some of it’s durability. The gemstone in your emerald pendant could break if struck with physical impact. The design of an emerald gem stone pendant should keep this in mind. Notice how the round emerald in the PG1012 emerald heart pendant is mounted with a low profile. If you had an emerald gold pendant where the gemstone protruded well above the surface of the pendant, the gem would obviously be more prone to damage from physical impact. All emeralds are treated with natural oils, oil treatment of emeralds has been practised for many hundred years. These oils increase the beauty of the gem stone, many gem stone experts believe that the oils are responsible for a slight increase in durability of the gem stone too. It therefore becomes necessary to ensure that the oils in the emerald are not allowed to dry up. Anything that affects the oils in the emerald would reduce the beauty and durability of your emerald pendant. It is not advisable to get emerald gemstone pendants soaked in water or any other liquid. You would therefore ideally not wear your emerald pendant when bathing. When you take off your emerald gold pendant, do not keep it near a source of strong heat or light. These conditions could dry up the oils in the emerald and rob the stone of it’s beauty. Much more information related to emerald pendants can be seen here http://www.pendants-online.com/emeraldpendant.htm

Custom Jewelry, The Right Source Is As Important As The Jewelry Itself

Saturday, April 25th, 2009
Evaluating The Right Source For Custom Jewelry
Evaluating The Right Source For Custom Jewelry

Custom Jewelry, The Right Source Is An Important Starting Point.

Most jewelry buyers are aware that custom jewelry can deliver individual preferences. But there really is more to custom jewelry than this. Since wholesale jewelry is mass produced, the idea is to hit low price points and attract mass markets. In the process compromises are made on quality and longterm durability. There really is no point in choosing custom jewelry if your jeweler cannot deliver complete benefits of custom made jewelry. So before you choose the jeweler to produce your custom jewelry consider a few factors. Metal choice is an important starting point. Most custom jewelry providers are willing to grab orders that involve gold jewelry, the high profit margins makes it attractive to them. If you are interested in getting some high end custom silver jewelry work with a jeweler who can give you true quality jewelry. Durable jewels need good metal weight, this is applicable to gold and silver jewelry. While mass produced jewelry cannot afford to fulfill this requirement, make sure that healthy metal weight is provided for your custom jewelry. At Kaisilver all jewelry is produced with a weight that is around 50% to 60% more than what other jewelers would provide. Healthy metal weight adds to the longterm durability of your jewels, it also often makes the jewels more comfortable to wear. Dimensions are something that need to be adjusted according to buyer requirements. Most custom jewelry providers work with standard moulds and blocks. They can change the gold karatage or gold color for you and might also provide your choice of gems but, they cannot alter the dimensions of the jewels. For example, you might like a particular cross pendant but prefer to have it in a smaller size. A true custom jewelry provider should actually be making your pendant from scratch and should therefore provide you this option for changed dimensions. Production control needs to be completely under the supervision of the custom jewelry provider. Gem stone cutting, jewelry designing, mould making, casting, filing, polishing, setting and final polishing should all be done by the jeweler. Kaisilver controls the entire production process for jewelry orders, this allows multiple quality checks to be applied at every phase of production. Gemstone options are often limited to what the jeweler has in stock and this poses a limitation on the choice of the buyer. It is not just gemstone types but also gem stone grades and cutting types that should allow customization. For example, a gorgeous white gold diamond wedding ring should provide options for choosing different diamond grades. You should infact be allowed to increase the width of the band ring and select a tanzanite (or any other gem) for the ring. Kaisilver sources gems directly from miners and global manufacturers. After careful selection, each gem is custom cut by skilled gemstone cutters. We do not work on any limited inventory and buyers have an unlimited selection of gemstone types to choose from.

If you evaluate all the above issues you will realize that not many custom jewelry providers actually produce true custom made jewelry. This is even more true if you work with jewelers in the U.S and most parts of Europe. These jewelers infact get gems and jewelry produced in Asian countries like Thailand. The jewelry passes through multiple middlemen and the price tag is progressively inflated. On reaching the jewelers showroom, other overheads like rent, salaries, airconditioning expenses and sales commissions are further added to the price tag. The simple result is that you get a small jewelry value for the dollars that you spend. Jewelry buyers worldwide have come to realize this and prefer to work with leading custom jewelry providers like Kaisilver. Operating from Thailand which is the heart of the world’s gem and jewelry trade, we provide factory direct product to consumers. No middlemen and no costly showroom expenses to recover from innocent buyers. Get to know more at http://www.kaisilver.com/designs.htm

Emerald Gems, The Emerald Cut Is The Most Popular Cut For Emerald Gemstones

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009
Emerald Gems Are Rare, Emerald Gemstones Always Have Inclusions

Emerald Gems Are Rare, Emerald Gemstones Always Have Inclusions

Emerald Cut, The Cut Developed And Named After Emerald Gem Stones.

The EML06 shows a classic emerald gem stone, this emerald gem was recently made available by Kaisilver, the world’s largest online custom jewelry provider. There are a few interesting details regarding this gem that are worth noting. Firstly, notice the shape and cut of the gemstone. This is the classic emerald cut that gemstone cutters developed specifically for emeralds. You would today find that many other gems like, ametrine, garnets, zircon and a few other gems are cut with the emerald cut. The reasons why the emerald cut is considered to be very suitable for the emerald gem stone need to be understood. Notice that the corners of the gemstone are blunted. The absence of pointed corners for your emerald gem stone, reduces the chances of the corners being damaged with physical impact. Since emeralds by nature can chip or crack with physical impact, the protection provided to the corners of the gem stone is important. The shape of the emerald cut allows a good depth to the gem stone, this helps attractively expose the color and probably the texture of the gem stone. You should know that when any gem stone is finally cut, the yield or weight of the cut gem stone is just 20% to 30% of what the initial rough weight was. The cutting loss, or weight lost in the cutting process is therefore around 70% to 80%. This is significant for emeralds which are not exactly cheap. The emerald cut allows for efficient use of the rough emerald gem stone which means that, the end buyer gets a better yield and price for the gemstone. The emerald gem stone shown above is not eye clean, it is a medium grade emerald This does not mean that good quality emeralds are eye clean. It is almost impossible to get an emerald gem that is eye clean. Emeralds by nature always show visible inclusions and fissures, this is for all price levels and qualities. A better quality emerald might show fewer inclusions scattered around the gem stone, this would give some more transparency to the gem stone. It is upto the buyer to decide whether it is worth paying a premium price for an upgrade in quality. To give you an example the EML06 Kaisilver emerald shown above could be priced at around 1,600 U.S$ to 2,000 U.S$ for the medium grade. However, if you had to move to the good quality emerald with similar dimensions and weight, you might end up paying as high as 4,000 U.S$ to 6,000 U.S$ for the piece. Get to know more about this gem stone at http://www.kaisilver.com/eml01_h.htm

Pendants, What You Should Know About Gold Or Silver Pendants

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

The Complete Resource For Pendants.

Not many jewelers care to educate buyers regarding the essential features of a good pendant. While most buyers base their buying decision based on external looks and price, the longterm durability of your pendant will depend on a few other factors too. When you come across a gold pendant that is cheap, remember that the low price tag was achieved by compromising on the longterm durability of that gold pendant. With gold prices reaching record highs, jewelers today produce gold pendants and other gold jewels with a grossly insufficient gold weight. While durability of a jewel depends on a few factors, healthy metal weight is one of the most important factors that will define the durability of a gold or sterling silver pendant.

Men’s pendants are generally quite large, this will require them to have proportionate metal weight. Compromise on metal weight and you will end up with a men’s pendant that bends and dents at the slightest excuse. You will then be paying repair charges quite frequently, this is an additional cost for owning the pendant. The price factor is one of the reasons why men prefer to have silver pendants rather than gold pendants. Remember that there will be an additional cost factor for the chain too. A silver mens pendant and a silver chain can be had at a modest budget and this makes silver pendants very popular among men.

Gemstones can be used in pendants and two broad classifications can be made for gemstone types. You could say that there are natural gems and aritificial (man made) gems. Most people prefer to have natural gems in their pendant, but clever jewels give confusing names to fake gemstones too. The design of your pendant should consider the gem stone too. This is because not all gems are priced equally, some gems like rubies, sapphires and emeralds can be very expensive as the gem stone size increase.

You will notice that a number of factors need to be considered before deciding on which pendant to choose. A complete online resource has just been released, this resource deals with all issues related to pendants. Spend some time and you will gain some very interesting and useful information, the resource can be seen here http://www.pendants-online.com/