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Thanksgiving Day also known as Turkey Day is a harvest festival that falls on the fourth Thursday of November. One gives thanks for a bountiful harvest. It is also an opportunity to express gratitude friends and family. This is an ideal occasion to present someone you love dearly with attractive jewelry.

Jewelry encrusted with gemstone beads are perfect to express love to the lady in your life. Gemstone jewelry personifies the women’s soul. Gemstones are gorgeous, bright and precious. These qualities epitomize feminine spirit and grace.

For Wives and girlfriends the red color is appropriate. Ruby is the gemstone that is red in color and symbolizes love and romance. Your lady will be mightily pleased with the symbol of affection.

Sisters and daughters are associated with qualities such as serenity, caring and adoration. The aquamarine and pink sapphire jewelry epitomize these qualities.

These jewelry ranges from fully evolved elegant designs to jewelry specifically designed for young children. Sapphire is the stone which is used to express gratitude. It symbolizes purity and is the stone of the Sky.

Green emeralds make perfect gift for mothers symbolizing your gratitude for their unconditional devotion and love. The color green represents prosperity and good health.

House of Gems specializes in jewelry for the occasion of Thanks giving which come in a wide array of finely crafted products. Make this occasion memorable by presenting your dear and near ones with gorgeous jewelry.

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Emeralds, as other precious gemstones, are rare and highly precious. These spectacular green colored gemstones can allure anyone easily. It is said that emeralds can also be used to cure many astrological issues besides being used as part of a jewelry article. An emerald is one of the most expensive gemstones in the world. As it falls under the category of precious gemstones and has a limited availability in the market, a real and authentic emerald is very difficult to find. Only an expert gemologist can strike the difference between the real gem and its look-alike. However, it is essential for every prospective buyer to know about the potential challengers of a real emerald gemstone.

Most of the times while shopping for gemstone jewelry retailers try to sell off either imitations of real gemstones or other stones that closely resemble them. Such clever sellers try to mislead the buyer and sell such inappropriate gemstones under the name of the real ones. For an emerald, gemstones like chrome diopside, chrome tourmaline and tsavorite garnet can prove to be potential threats. These three gemstones not only resemble each other but also display quality such as durability and optical properties as good as that of the real gemstone.

Chrome diospide exhibits a bright green color which is as refreshing to the eyes as lush green tropical rain forests. As it is a relatively soft gem to be used in heavy jewelry articles, a chrome diospide is mostly seen embedded in earrings or brooches. Thus, when buying a pair of earrings or a brooch made using emerald, one must keep an open eye to save himself from falling prey to the beauty of a chrome diospide.

Chrome tourmaline marks its origin in Tanzania. This spectacular green colored gemstone displays subtle hints of blue or yellow. Its durability and lesser number of inclusions as compared to an emerald make it easily distinguishable. As a result of its tantalizing green shade and low price, chrome tourmaline is considered to be a highly suitable alternative for an emerald and appropriate for custom jewelry.

Tsavorite garnet is recognized by its rich yellowish green shade. It is named after the region it is principally found in — Tsavo Park situated in East Africa. Its brilliance, clarity and suitability to be used in jewelry have earned it the status of the highly appropriate alternative for an original emerald. It is extremely important for a buyer to get as much knowledge as possible regarding these gems before buying such a precious gemstone as emerald.

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Rhinestones are rock crystals that are collected from the river Rhine. Hence, the name “Rhinestone”. Rhinestone jewellery is made by gluing the rock crystal to foil, which in turn is placed in a setting. The metal part of the Rhinestone jewelry is usually non-precious and is made either from gold or silver-coloured base metals.

It is a common misconception that Rhinestones are made from glass. They are, in fact, made from inexpensive rock crystals. Rock crystal is a member of the quartz family and hence, technically Rhinestones fall in the category of gemstones – though a much cheaper one. Swarovski and Preciosa are some of the most renowned names of Rhinestone manufacturer. They come in a great variety of elegant colours – from vintage pink to silky white to the subtle grey, thereby attracting every woman’s heart.

There are different methods of treating the crude Rhinestone to transform them into sparkling gemstones. You can find the flat-back Rhinestones, the hot-fix Rhinestones (applied with heat), the sew-on Rhinestones and so on. Sew-on Rhinestones are quite popular as they can be removed from one piece of jewellery and attached to another piece.

Rhinestones, also known as crystals, are often used in crafts. They are commonly used as costume jewelry for dancers and skaters. The glam and glitter that Rhinestones draw make them an ideal choice for theater costumes as well. It is also a natural choice for jewellery designers, as they can incorporate them in original pieces as well as use them to repair old treasures. You can also find some people using Rhinestones as personal beautification items. For example, by using them on cell phones, shoes, purses, etc, these daily mundane items immediately get a glamorous look. Some people also use them as fingernail embellishments or to adorn their eye lashes.

Rhinestones are used as imitations of diamonds. They are such good alternatives to diamonds that some manufacturers even manage to reproduce the glistening effect that real diamonds have when flashed in bright sunlight. Yet, they are much cheaper than real diamonds. This is precisely why they are gaining more and more popularity day by day. The sparkle, glitter, glamour, class and style that Rhinestones add to your personality are the main reasons why women are being increasingly fond of it. They are totally adaptable to all types of fashion – traditional and modern, gaudy as well as sleek, functional (like necklaces, rings and earrings) as well as ornate items (like tiaras and brooches). If diamonds are a woman’s best friend, then Rhinestones are definitely a woman’s very good friend.

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 “Beauty, durability and rarity; such are the three cardinal virtues of a perfect gemstone. Stones lacking any of them cannot aspire to high place in the ranks of the precious stones.” G.F. Herbert Smith (1872 – 1953)

It is easier than ever to make a statement of your panache, with alexandrite jewelry , the gemstone which has the three cardinal virtues of a perfect gemstone. It is sure to catch your eye with a glint of green or red. And why green or red, if you may ask? A unique feature of this stone is that it changes its color from green to red (depending on day light and luminosity of light). It is bluish green during the day time and changes to raspberry red in incandescent light. Studded with gold rings, necklaces, earrings, pendants and other ornaments, alexandrite can be easily distinguished from other gems. It is, in fact an emerald by day and ruby at night.

It is widely believed that alexandrite was discovered by a Finnish mineralogist, Nils Gustaf Nordenskjold. Incidentally, the discovery happened on the tsaravitch Alexander´s sixteenth birthday on April 17, 1834 and was named “alexandrite” in honor of the future Tsar. Through history, fiction and reality too, the story of the discovery of alexandrite has been linked to the Russian Tsars. Discovered in the Ural Mountains almost 200 years ago, this breathtaking and very rare gemstone is popular due to its magical properties, stories and illustrious history.

The Alexandrite Effect

The ideal alexandrite can be identified by its medium tone. If you can see two colors at the same time, it might not be a good sign. However, light sources are often mixed, leading to this effect. Stones, which have grayish or brownish tones, are considered to be less valuable. You can identify a fine stone by its distinct color change, one in which both the colors are bright and obvious.

The origin of the color change for alexandrite is attributed to dichroism. However, simple observation reveals that the change of color is caused by the difference in nature of the incident light. Daylight contains greater proportions of green and blue light leading the stone to appear green to the human eye and incandescent light contains a greater balance of red light, hence, makes alexandrite appear red to the human eye.

Alexandrite Jewelry

Most popular gemstones are expensive and may not suit your budget. But, there is always a strong market for stones, which match the looks of the real gem and cost much less. For alexandrite, you are likely to find synthetic version, which is not just affordable, but available in a variety of sizes and shapes as well.

Alexandrite is believed to help balance one’s emotional state and instill confidence and increase self-esteem, promoting positive change. However, you may not find the original alexandrite commonly in retail jewelry stores. The original Russian alexandrite mines no longer exist. However, they come from a number of locations including Brazil, Sri Lanka, India, Tanzania, and of course, Russia. There are a number of online dealers who sell real alexandrite at the best prices and assure you alexandrite in various shapes, sizes and colors.

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