Turquoise Earrings

Earrings with turquoise is a fashion trend, jewelry that fits perfectly into a variety of styles in clothing. On sale you can find jewelry in a different price range and completely different in design. The abundance of proposals makes you think about what criteria you need to choose earrings and what the price of jewelry depends on.

Turquoise has been used in jewelry since ancient times, it was valued for its beautiful color and endowed with the ability to positively influence the fate of a person. The name of the mineral is associated with the Persian word "happiness". This opaque colored stone is characterized by blue, blue, and green shades, which is why it is often called “heavenly”. Many of its deposits around the world are known, however, production volumes are small, this is due to the small reserves of turquoise.

Turquoise of high jewelry quality is a rarity, a significant part of natural samples is subject to additional special treatment, including refining.

Natural stone that has not undergone treatment requires an extremely careful attitude, as it tends to fade with time in the sun, change color from contact with the human body, under the influence of environmental conditions, deteriorate from exposure to oils, alcohols and other substances.

The quality of the natural mineral, in terms of its use in the jewelry industry, may be different. The physical properties and appearance of different images can vary greatly. Some are attributed to precious stones, others to semiprecious, some are considered suitable for refining. Accordingly, in terms of cost, different types of turquoise also vary greatly.

The quality of natural turquoise can be improved by soaking it with special transparent substances. Thus, the stone is protected from fading, making it harder and denser. It turns out the so-called fortified, or stabilized, turquoise. If necessary, it can also be tinted in order to give the desired shade or even color.

So get a bright green or even pink stone, which can be seen in various jewelry, including earrings. Tinted, refined turquoise should not cost more than a stone of natural colors.

Sometimes inserts in earrings are made from reconstructed (restored, or pressed) turquoise. This means that the stone was obtained from a pressed powder of natural turquoise of different quality, special substances were used to bind natural material. Earrings with such inserts are included in the category of inexpensive jewelry.

Reinforced, refined or pressed stone is considered turquoise. But such a jewelry material should be cheaper than natural, not processed by the above mentioned methods.

Earrings with turquoise can be presented in gold or silver. This colored stone is most often presented in the form of a cabochon, that is, by grinding and polishing it is given a rounded shape. Such a cabochon may be the only insert in the earrings, and may be framed with other stones or be a part of the composition.

In earrings with natural turquoise can be:

• Diamonds;
• Emeralds;
• Colored cubic zirconias (green, red, blue);
• Colorless cubic zirconias;
• Marcasites;
• Corals;
• Chrysolite;
• Blue Topaz;
• Pearls;
• Amethysts;
• Grenades.

High quality turquoise is used in jewelry in combination with gold. In gold earrings it can be combined with diamonds. In silver, you can see natural turquoise of lower quality or pressed, fortified, as well as refined. Cheap natural stones in silver earrings can look very impressive.

Earrings with inserts from this colored stone are represented by a very large number of models. It can be:

• Stud earrings;
• Clips;
• Earrings rings;
• Earrings with pendants;
• "Classic" earrings.

Earrings with pendants can have an English lock, lock-stud or be without a lock. Earrings with pendants are extremely diverse. It:

• Long earrings with "clusters" of small beads from the "stone of happiness";
• Pendants with large turquoise cabochons (round, oval, in the form of a drop) in a wide openwork frame or in a narrow deaf;
• Chandelier earrings with a large number of small turquoise pendants;
• Pendants on a long chain;
• Pendants with fancy stone, entwined with metal wire;
• Pendants with stone in the form of a ball or a drop.

Earrings can be made in a different style. These can be models:

• In oriental style, in ethno-style;
• In the style of "retro", "vintage" earrings;
• Laconic decorations for every day.

Presented in the sale and earrings with an imitation of "stone of happiness." For imitations can be used natural, but tinted stones or minerals, the color of which resembles turquoise. The list of such stones is quite wide.

Often, tinted howlite mineral (aka caulite, howlite, turquenite) is used as an imitation of turquoise. In nature, it is light in color, but has dark streaks, resembling the structure of natural turquoise. Non-specialist such imitation is quite difficult to distinguish from the original.

Imitations can be made not only from natural materials, but also chemically from various substances, some recipes were developed in ancient times. The earliest known imitations were made in ancient Egypt from colored glass. In the 19th century, a method of imitation manufacturing became known as the “Vienna Turquoise”, which included malachite.

Often, earrings with imitation of turquoise are made of silver, such an insert in jewelry can be unique, and can be combined with synthetic stones of the same color range or with inserts of other colors.

It can be:

• Synthetic amethyst;
• Synthetic blue topaz;
• Synthetic blue spinel;
• Blue, green or red fianit;
• Imitation pearls.

In the twentieth century, the “stone of happiness” learned not only to imitate, but also synthesize. Such a stone is difficult to distinguish from a mineral mined in nature, since it has absolutely identical physical characteristics.

Since ancient times, the mineral endowed with wonderful and magical properties. It was believed that the stone attracts luck, helps to preserve health and heal from disease, protects lovers, is a talisman for a happy family life.

The property of the mineral to discolour over time due to the influence of various factors is often explained by the ability of the stone to respond to the state of health of its owner: it was assumed that if a person falls ill, turquoise changes color.

Turquoise is considered a reconciling stone, which can help in restoring good relations in the family and at work, contributes to concentration.

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The number of beliefs and rituals associated with turquoise, is very large: it was revered at different times and in different cultures. Not only jewelry, but also talismans, sacred objects were made from turquoise. The ancient Egyptians cut from the mineral figurines of sacred beetles - the so-called scarabs, the Aztecs inlaid them with ritual masks. Traditionally, the stone is very valuable in various countries.

The natural mineral has a porous structure. For this reason, it is able to absorb various liquids, oils and fats. This may affect its color. Inserts made from natural, not subjected to special treatment, turquoise in jewelry require particularly careful handling.

Earrings should not be protected from exposure to alcohol-containing liquids, such as perfume, toilet water or eau de parfum, oils should not be allowed to adhere to jewelry (in perfumes, creams or in any other form).

It is better to keep earrings in a casket, hiding from direct sunlight, as ultraviolet discolours the mineral. It is better to go for a walk in such decorations in the evening. Contact a long time with water or steam turquoise is also undesirable. Before bathing jewelry must be removed.

To clean the earrings use only a dry soft cloth, you can not use brushes and liquids, as well as any cleaning agents.

The color of stabilized turquoise is more stable than the color of untreated, since due to special impregnations the porosity of the original natural material is reduced. There are various ways to strengthen the mineral, with the help of some people get a product that is almost indistinguishable in its appearance from natural stone.