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History of friendship bracelets
Friendship bracelets are special bracelets. As a symbol of friendship these bracelets are given from one friend to another. The knot-craft and hand weaving used to create traditional patterns stems from Native American handcrafts, particularly from Central American tradition. According to indigenous tradition, the recipient of a friendship bracelet must wear it until the cords wear out and fall off naturally.The idea is that the friend paid for it with the hard work and love that made it and the recipient repays the friend by honoring the work. Removing the bracelet before it naturally falls off is a sign that the friendship has gone sour. Another variation of this tradition is that the recipient of a bracelet is entitled to a wish. After the bracelet wears out and falls off naturally, the wish will come true.
A gemstone is a stone that is beautiful
A gemstone is a stone that is beautiful, rare, and durable resistant to abrasion. Today, finer gemstone specimens are available to the average person than at any time in history.Nowadays such a distinction is no longer made by the trade. Rare or unusual gemstones, generally meant to include those gemstones which occur so infrequently in gem quality that they are scarcely known except to connoisseurs, include andalusite, cassiterite and bixbite. Some minerals can be very beautiful, but they may be too soft and will scratch easily (such as the mineral fluorite). Fluorite is extremely colorful and pretty but has a hardness of only 4 on the hardness scale and has four perfect cleavage directions, which makes it only an oddity as a cut gem.
Sterling Silver Jewellery
This company specializes in sterling silver jewellery from all over the world, so you can get unusual silver pieces with lots of style and flair. Silver is a soft metal in its most pure form. Pure silver is not sturdy enough to be used for jewellery because of the soft metal.Sterling silver is the most popular metal used in jewellery in the world. Because of soft metal you see the label sterling silver on jewellery. Never use an abrasive cleaner on your silver - you will scratch the surface. Another good option for silver ornament is The Jewellery Store. Silver that is used in jewelry is mixed with a kind of alloy to increase its strength, hence the sterling silver name. The cleaners you use on silver must be low abrasive and phosphate free to keep the metal from discoloring. This single most piece of advice is probably the most valuable advice any Jewellery collector should heed.
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