Gems

Welcome to Gems in this realm you will find infomation on gems and metal what they are meaning and how to take care of them.

I hope you find this page useful.

Nithria

Let's start with Gems. I will be listing mainly the gems i have used in my jewellery. There are so many beautiful gems out there just too many to list. But be sure I will be adding more as I go along.

Gem Stone	Picture	Crystal system	Colours	Meaning	Types
Agate
Amethyst
Amber
Aventurine
Citrine
Glass
Garnet
Hematite
Jasper
Labradorite
Lapis Luzil
Malachite
Onyx
Opal
Quartz
Rhodonite
Rhodolite
Tanzanite
Tiger eye
Topaz
Tourmaline
Turquoise
Unakite

Silver Plated

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Silver plated means that a base metal such as copper or other metals are thinly covered in silver.

Gold plated

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Gold plated means that a base metal like copper or silver are thinly covered.

Sterling Silver

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Sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver combined with 7.25% of another metal alloy such as copper or zinc. Pure silver or fine silver contains 99.9% of pure silver. Pure silver is too soft to use on its own. Sterling silver will always be halled marked. It varies from country to country manufacture to manufacture.

Gold carts

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Gold are made up of gold mixed with other alloy metal. Carats measures how much gold there is in the metal. The other metals are made up with a combination of alloy's, this can determine the unique appearance like its colour.

9ct contains 37.5% of pure gold.	Stamped either 375, 9ct, 9kt or 9k
14ct contains 58.5% of pure gold	Stamped either 585, 14ct, 14kt or 14k
18ct contains 75% of pure gold	Stamped either 750, 18ct, 18kt, or 18k

There are 3 different colours of gold. Yellow, white and rose.

White Gold

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Titanium

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Is the hardest of all metals with a silver greyish colour to it. Titanium is a natural element and is extremly strong. This metal is 100% hypo-allergenic so can be worn by anyone.

Platinum

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Platinum is a white metal which approx 95% of it is platinum. It is long wearing and is a dense and heavy metal.

Rhodium

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Rhodium is used to plate over other white metal such as white gold to give it that lovely white colour. Although Rhodium is a very hard metal it does wear away eventually.