tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82728973082370941062024-03-19T06:26:12.845-05:00From the desk of Cliptomania.com!Cliptomania.com is an internet merchant dedicated to having an extensive collection of clip on (non-pierced) earrings for customers to choose from plus tips on earring care, colors best suited for skin tone, and more!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger90125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272897308237094106.post-17216247990888031252018-03-01T08:54:00.000-06:002018-03-22T09:54:04.643-05:00Spring in the Air<br />Indiana had snow on the ground for a couple days and it took a little longer for Spring to feel like it had finally come.<div>
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<span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1" style="font-size: large;">For over 2000 years, February & Valentine's Day is a symbol of love. In ancient Greece, Athenians celebrated <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">Gamelian</span> from the middle of January to the middle of February to honor the marriage of gods Zeus and Hera. However, in ancient Rome, they celebrated two holidays. The first honored - Juno the Goddess of Women and Marriage then in the middle of February Romans celebrated Lupercalia. A celebration in honor of the Roman gods of agriculture of the same name and it also honored Romulus and Remus, the founders of Rome. Then around 498 AD Pope Gelasius declared February 14th as the day to honor St. Valentine of Rome, who is the patron saint of love and honor. In modern times, it is still about love and honoring the commitment between two people who love each other.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I</span><span style="font-size: large;">f your skin changes color where it comes into contact with jewelry don’t assume the piece of jewelry is cheap. Skin discoloration can occur with a piece of good or high quality jewelry as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>What is happening is metallic abrasion that causes tiny particles of metal jewelry to rub off on your skin discoloring it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The easiest way to avoid discoloration of jewelry is to take if off it before doing any cleaning using chemicals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Also do not put jewelry on right after using cosmetics or hand cream.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Allow the cream or lotion to soak thoroughly into the hands before putting on jewelry or if you choose avoid putting it on for the day. Lastly care for your jewelry by cleaning it often so perspiration, soap, or anything else your jewelry could come into contact with isn’t allowed to build up with the potential to cause permanent damage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ways to clean jewelry is with warm water and soap and using a soft toothbrush to scrub it without scratching the jewelry itself; there is also soaking jewelry in vinegar; and dropping your jewelry in Alka-Seltzer water. There are other means besides these which you can check out by clicking on any of the links posted below this post.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Any way you choose to clean your jewelry be sure to follow the instructions to avoid permanent harm.</span></div>
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This is a <b><span style="color: blue;">paddle
back clip</span> - </b>the one many people associate with clip
earrings. If your paddle back clip earrings are too tight, insert
tweezers under the "tongue" (shown by the green pointer below) of the
clip and gently raise it very slightly. It only takes a <b><i>small</i></b> adjustment
to make a big difference in comfort! If your paddle back clip earrings
are too loose, or the paddle clip came off, please see the following
instructions.</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">To reattach a Paddle Clip</span></u><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">:</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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carefully at how the paddle's "tongue" (shown by the green
pointer) fits onto the back an earring on an attached working
paddle. Open and close the paddle, watching the tongues
position, as it will need to be attached the same way.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "symbol";">·</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">
</span><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;">If it is not even, use a pair of needle nose pliers
to very gently bend the tongue back down even, or flat, with the
sides (shown by the red arrows).</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;">Hold the earring so that the front is facing out away from
you. Using the pliers (or your fingers), pinch the clip's sides and
line up the "prongs" (shown by the blue arrows) to the holes in
the holder on the earring's back. Release the sides of the clip and
it should pop back into place.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;">Try on the earring.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;">If the clip is now too tight, please see steps 5 and 6
below. If the tension is fine, use your pliers to slightly and
gently pinch in the sides of the earring back's holder to tighten the holes
onto the clip's prongs. This should help insure that the paddle stays on
the earring.</span><span style="font-family: "inherit" , serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">To Tighten a Paddle Clip</span></u><span style="color: red; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">:</span></span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;">1. Open
the clip and look carefully at how the paddle's "tongue" (shown
by the green pointer) fits onto the earring back: It will
need to be the same way when you are done.</span><span style="font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: large;">With a pair of needle nose pliers
or your fingers, pinch the paddle's "sides" (shown by the red
arrows) until their "prongs" (shown by the blue arrows) are out
of their holders. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">2. With
a pair of needle nose pliers, pinch the paddle's "sides" (shown
by the red arrows) until their "prongs" (shown by the blue
arrows) are out of their holders.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">3. Using the
pliers, very gently bend tongue back down even, or flat, with the
sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">4. Hold
the earring so that the front is facing out away from you.
Using the pliers, pinch the clip's sides and line up the prongs
with the holes in the holder on the earring back. When the tongue is
in the same position when you began, release the sides of
the clip and it should pop back into place.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">5. Try on the
earring. If the clip is too tight, see steps 6 and 7.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">If the tongue is
now too tight, using flat tweezers or perhaps a metal file's
tip, very </span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">SLIGHTLY</span><span style="font-size: large;"> bend,
or "raise", the tongue to loosen the paddle. Do this
very little each time, trying the earring on for comfort after each
adjustment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">6. When the tension
is right, use your pliers to slightly and gently pinch in the sides of the
earring back's holder to tighten the holes onto the clip's prongs.
This should help insure that the paddle clip stays on the earring.</span><br />
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<b><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt;">David's
Simple Clip</span></i></b><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">David's Simple clip</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;"> is designer David
Sung's downsized paddle back clip that makes it possible for those who
don't have pierced earlobes to wear a variety of fashionable hoops. The
way the hoop itself is balanced acting with the clip is what makes it work. The
earrings should be comfortable without adjustment. If you do need to make one,
please look at it first.</span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;">1. The </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #d02525; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">red</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;"> arrow
points to its most vulnerable part. <b><u>DO NOT</u></b><u> put
any pressure on this area</u>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;">2. The </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #10109f; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">blue</span></b><span style="font-family: inherit , serif; font-size: large;"> arrow
points to the clip’s tongue which is very fragile so <b><u>DO NOT</u></b><u> adjust
it</u>.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">3. The </span><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background: yellow;">yellow</span></b><span style="font-size: large;"> arrow points to where the
top of the hoop meets the clip and this is where you can make
adjustments. </span><b style="font-size: x-large;">Remembering that very small changes make a big
difference, </b><span style="font-size: large;">without holding any part of the clip, move the top
slightly closer to or farther from the padded area of the clip.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><ol start="1" style="margin-top: 0in;" type="1">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;">This is a<b> </b></span><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "inherit" , serif;">Simple
Clip</span></b><b><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;"> - </span></b><span style="font-family: inherit , serif;">one appropriate for lighter earrings. The back
of the clip is hinged for easily taking it on and off. To loosen this
clip, use a pair of needle nose pliers and broaden, or bend out, the
bottom of the "U". An alternative way to loosen this clip is
- REMEMBERING that SMALL changes make a BIG difference - to pinch
the the top of the clip's back, narrowing the space under the
'pad' (indicated by arrow in the image). </span><span style="font-family: "inherit" , serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Little Girl's Clip On Earrings</h1>
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By <a href="http://www.lovetoknow.com/member/68~adrienne-warber" jquery162004907848620333499="4" rel="author">Adrienne Warber</a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little girl's clip on earrings are a great earring option for a child without pierced ears. When your little girl wants to wear earrings but she is not quite ready for the responsibility of pierced ears, she can practice with clip on earrings. There are many fashionable clip on earrings for little girls of all ages.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Is Your Daughter Ready for Earrings?</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Getting your daughter's ears pierced is a big decision. It takes months for pierced ears to heal and the piercing requires a regular cleaning and posts rotating for proper healing. Your daughter must be responsible enough to keep her ears clean, rotate the posts, not remove the earrings and tell you if there is any sign of infection. Due to this big responsibility, many parents wait until a little girl is at least eight years old or older to get her ears pierced. The great news is that your daughter can enjoy the look of pierced <a href="http://jewelry.lovetoknow.com/Earrings" jquery162004907848620333499="8" title="Earrings">earrings</a> with clip on earrings even if she isn't ready for pierced ears.</span><br />
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Benefits of Clip On Earrings</span></h3>
<span style="font-size: large;">The most obvious benefit of clip on earrings is that piercing is not required. Clip on earrings are available in costume and fashion jewelry for children as young as three-years-old. <a href="http://jewelry.lovetoknow.com/Children's_Initial_Rings" jquery162004907848620333499="9" title="Children's Initial Rings">Children's jewelry</a> features many earring styles in clip on. Many clip on earrings are quite comfortable for children to wear. Little girls with or without pierced ears can find many cute clip on earring designs for casual or dressy occasions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-large;">Little Girl's Clip On Earring Styles</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Little girl's clip on earrings come a many adorable styles suitable for many different ages. Clip on earrings that resemble post earrings and dangle earrings come in a variety of designs. Children's clip on earrings come in a variety of materials such as yellow gold, sterling silver, pewter, resin or plastic. Some clip on backings include a cushion for comfort, while others are all metal or plastic.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Be careful if daughter has a nickel allergy because many of the whimsical children's fashion metal clip on earrings may contain nickel. Look for clip on earrings that say <em>nickel-free</em> on the packaging.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;">Hearts</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Animal designs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Teddy bears</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Apples</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Ballerina</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Music notes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Sport team themes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Dolls</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Dress-up princess earrings</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Flower designs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">American Flag</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Cross</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Cartoon characters</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;">Famous music group or movie designs such as Hannah Montana and High School Musical</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are clip on earrings to fit just about any little girl's interest and personality.</span><br />
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Where to Buy Clip On Earrings</span></h2>
<span style="font-size: large;">Clip on earrings are not as popular as pierced earrings. However, you can still find clip on earrings for your daughter at a number of local jewelers and the <a href="http://jewelry.lovetoknow.com/Jewelry_for_11_Year_Old_Girls" jquery162004907848620333499="10" title="Jewelry for 11 Year Old Girls">children's jewelry</a> section of department stores in many cities. The costume clip on earrings for dress-up play are even widely available at dollar stores.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">The Internet is the best place to find a larger selection of children's clip on earrings. The following online retailers sell clip on earrings for little girls:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="external" href="https://cliptomania.com/" jquery162004907848620333499="11" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="background-color: yellow;">Cliptomania</span></a><span style="background-color: yellow;">: The Cliptomania site sells clip on earrings exclusively. They have a number of children's clip on earrings in styles such as pearls, holiday themes, daisies, crosses, angels, hearts and animals.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="external" href="http://www.jewelbasket.com/" jquery162004907848620333499="12" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jewel Basket</a>: The Jewel Basket site has a number of children's clip on earrings.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: large;"><a class="external" href="http://www.crazy4clipons.com/cat_clip_earrings_for_kids.cfm" jquery162004907848620333499="13" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Crazy4Clipons</a>: Crazy4Clipons sells a selection of sterling silver clip on earrings in traditional designs such as dangling pearls and animals designs such as ladybugs.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Garnet, the most well-known red gemstone, comes from the Latin word "<i>granum</i>" meaning "grain." This not only refers to the rounded shape of the garnet crystals, but is also suggestive of the small red seeds of the pomegranate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Garnets have also been called "carbuncles" relating to the color and refers to a boil or blister. Used since the Bronze Age, garnets are silicate minerals used as gemstones and abrasives. There are many forms and varieties of garnets, but the six main garnet types are <i>Almandine, Pyrope, Spessartite, Grossular, Andradite and Uvarovite</i>. It is the harder species, Almandine, that is used for abrasive purposes. Garnets can be found in other colors including, yellow, orange, red, blue, brown, purple, black, pink and colorless. The rarest is blue, found in Madagascar in the late 1990s. The color changing garnets - pyrope and spessartite - are often mistaken for Alexandrite.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">On the Mohs scale, it has a hardness of 6.5 - 7.5, polishes to a vitreous (glass-like) luster, and if fractured it will produce a conchoidal (shell-like) to uneven split.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><a href="https://cliptomania.com/product/four-piece-gemstone-jewelry-set/" target="_blank">This jewelry set features Pink Garnet</a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;">Types of garnet deposits vary by location. The most notable mines are located in the United States, Russia, Brazil, India, China, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Canada and a few others. The most valuable come from the Ural Mountains of Russia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Garnets have been prized for over 5,000 years. Ancient use of garnets is extensive and I have only listed a few interesting notations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A necklace with garnet beads was found in a grave that dates back to 3000 B.C. That's a long time, thus proving the durability and hardness of these gemstones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The King of Saxony was said to have a garnet that was 465 carets! That's a lot of stone considering one round 10mm garnet is the equivilent of 5.75 carets!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Plato had his portrait engraved on a garnet by a Roman engraver. I wonder how long he had to sit still.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Garnets were also used in the late antique Roman world, and the Migration Period art of the barbarian people who took over the territory of the Western Roman Empire. In a cloisonne technique, garnet was inlaid in gold cells, also known called garnet cloisonne.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">In old Spain, where pomegranates were popular, so was the garnet. Spanish astrology used the garnet to represent the sun.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Bohemia was a large source for garnets at one time making it a very rich industry for that country. Bohemian castles and some churches have interiors decorated with these precious gemstones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Besides being an object of beauty, garnets have an industrial use as a good abrasive. It is a common replacement for silica sand in sand blasting as the grains are rounder and better suited for it. Garnets can also cut steel and other materials when used with water jets.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Garnets are also used for gem identification purposes. A pick up response to a strong magnet separates the garnet from all other naturally transparent gemstones. Susceptibility measurements can also distinguish garnet species.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Care of your garnet jewelry is quite simple, with only a few do nots.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: red;">DO NOT</span> expose your garnet to chemicals, which includes cosmetics and perfumes. As with most gemstones jewelry, it is suggested that jewels be put on last for this reason.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #38761d;">DO </span>use warm water and a soft brush, keeping the brush gentle on the stone's surface.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Also, at-home ultrasonic units can clean garnet jewelry with proper care and caution.</span><br />
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<b><u><span style="font-size: large;">Folklore & the Mystic:</span></u></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Garnets are the traditional birthstone for January and the anniversary stone for the 2nd year of marriage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">During midieval times, garnets were believed to cure depression, relieve liver diseases and protect against nightmares. The Bible refers to Noah's use of a glowing garnet to illuminate the ark, as well as garnet being one of the twelve gems in Aaron's breastplate. The Koran holds that the garnet illuminates the Fourth Heaven of the Moslems. Greeks believed it guarded children from drowning as well as being a potent against poisons. Greek mythology references garnet as a gift of love and associated with eternity.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Some carried a garnet as a protective talisman, as it was said to warn the wearer of danger, and if the garnet loses is luster, it is a sign of a coming disaster.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">There are also beliefs of "garnet blood magjc" with ancient connections to feminine life forces, and therefore believed that only women should wear them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><i>www.jewelsforme.com</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">What is the story behind the different color birthstone's attributed to each month? Believed to have certain therapeutic virtues, they first were worn according to the person's affliction rather than their birth month. Many claimed these stones absorbed the earth's energies thus giving them healing and supernatural powers. Religious leaders wore them to summon spiritual guidance, while kings wore them on their breastplates to protect them from harm during battles. The Egyptians put stones in tombs to buy passage to the afterlife.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">A first century historian, Titus Flavius Josephus, proclaimed a connection between the 12 stones on the breastplate of Aaron, a priest and prophet, to the 12 months of the year and their zodiac signs. Taking from Josephus, St. Jerome said the Foundation Stones were of the New Jerusalem and appropriate for Christians to wear. However, in the eighth and ninth century, religious treaties were specifically written to match a particular stone with an apostle. The practice became to keep twelve stones and wear one a month. Modern authorities claim that wearing a single birthstone is only a few centuries old. George Frederick Kunz, an American mineralogist, places the custom in 18th century Poland, while the Gemological Institute of America states it began in Germany in the 1560s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The National Association of Jewelers met in Kansas in 1912 to create a standard for birthstones. In 1952, the Jewelry Industry Council of America updated the list; however, the most recent change happened in October 2002 with <span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1">tanzanite</span> being added as a December birthstone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Lapis lazuli is classified as a rock whose most important mineral component is lazurite (a formula comprised of sulfate, sulfur and chloride.) Along with other constituents, most lapis also contains calcite (white), sodalite (blue) and pyrite (metallic yellow). Its intense blue color is due to the presence of the radical anion (a charged, free radical) whose molecularity creates a very intense absorption line. Lapis lazuli usually occurs in crystalline marble as a result of contact metamorphism, a result of the temperature increase caused by the intrusion of magma into cooler country rock. Simply put, Lapis is a rock consisting mainly of diopside and lazurite and came into being millions of years ago during the metamorphosis of lime to marble.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Lapis </i>is the Latin word for <i>stone </i>and <i>lazuli </i>is of Medievel Latin, taken from Arabic and formerly the Persian word <i>lazaward</i>, which is the name of the stone in Persian and also of the place where lapis lazuli was mined. The English word <i>azur </i>comes from the name and color of lapis lazuli. In many cases a color is associated with the naming of the stone, but not with lapis. The name of the stone instead came to be associated with its color.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This deep blue stone ( usually abbreviated to just <i>lapis</i>) has a record of being mined in northeastern Afghanistan as early as the 7th millennium BC. However, beads have been found at 4th millennium BC settlements, and a dagger with a lapis handle, a bowl, amulets, beads and inlays have been found in the Royal Tombs of Ur dating back to the 3rd millennium BC. The eyebrows of King Tutankhamun (shown right) are made of lapis. Another interesting fact is that powdered lapis was used as eyeshadow by Cleopatra. As lapis began to be exported into Europe, it was ground into powder and made into the finest and most expensive of all blue pigments. It was used by artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods often reserved for the clothing of the central figure of the painting, like the Virgin Mary. Afghanistan is still a major source of lapis, however other notable mines include Lake Baikal in Russia and the Andes Mountains in Chile. Small mines include those in Italy, Canada, Mongolia and the United States.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">On the Moh's scale of hardness, it sits at 5 to 5.5 and when cutting or polishing the stone, it must be handled gently and not given too much pressure. It normally has a dull finish, but most lapis is sealed with a colorless wax or synthetic resin extending and improving the stone's wearing qualities and retaining its ability to be re-polished. It is said that many a cutter "turns up his nose" when cutting lapis as it gives off a notable smell when it comes in contact with the cutting device.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Lapis is regarded as the stone of friendship and truth. Said to encourage relationship harmony, it helps its wearer to be authentic, wise and open. It is also purported to be a powerful crystal for achieving a higher state of mind and enhancing one's intellectual ability.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Okay, it's technically not a gemstone. However, technically sea glass is an archaeological piece of the history of human civilization. Since the oceans have served as a dumping grounds for glass since the beginning of time, through the result of shipwrecks, piracy, foul weather, and human trash disposal, sea glass, or as it is also called "beach glass," has become not only a hobby for collectors, but a craft medium for beautiful works-of-art. With its usage in hand-crafted jewelry, we would like to highlight this wonderful creation compliments of nature and man.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sea glass is physically and chemically weathered anthropogenic glass found along bodies of fresh and salt water. In simple terms, glass tossed about in the ocean and washed ashore. Waves and currents toss the glass, breaking it into smaller pieces and smoothing the edges. This weathering process gives the glass a frosted and smooth appearance. Sea glass origins range from discarded Victorian apothecary bottles, vials and perfume bottles, to Mason jars, soda, beer, liquor and ink bottles, fruit jars, windshields, windows and pottery.</span><br />
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<span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1" style="font-size: large;">Most common colors are <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">kelly</span> green, brown, white (clear), and purple (clear). Less common colors include jade, amber (from whiskey, medicine and early bleach bottles), lime green (soda bottles from 1960s), forest green, and ice or soft-blue. Uncommon colors come from a type of green, which comes from early to <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">mid-1900s</span> Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, RC Cola and beer bottles. These colors are found once in every 50 to 100 pieces. Purple, citron, opaque white (from milk glass), cobalt, cornflower and aqua are very uncommon and are found once for every 200 to 1,000 pieces of glass found. Extremely rare colors are gray, pink, teal, black, yellow, turquoise, and red. Orange is the least common color, found once in about every 10,000 pieces. Black sea glass is the oldest, originating from thick 18th century bottles.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">It is possible to find sea glass on just about every beach around the world, but there are certain areas that are famous for their bounty. The best times to look are during spring tides and during the first low tide after a storm.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">You don't have to scout the beach the get sea glass. You can buy authentic sea glass, but you need learn the difference between the real deal and the wanna-bes. The authentic glass is becoming harder to find due to more people searching for it, glass items being replaced by plastic, and the fact that littering is increasingly discouraged. This leads some crafters to create "craft glass" from ordinary pieces of glass using a rock tumbler <em>(see image below left)</em>. This craft glass lacks not only the authentic etched surface by means of long-term exposure to water conditions, but may also have rough edges, a lack of frosted appearance and the small "C" patterns that emerge on the surface of real sea glass.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sunday night people around the world celebrated New Year’s Eve with fireworks, music, and the dropping of a lit ball or numerals from a pole towering above on a skyscraper building to ring in the newest year. While they gather below in the streets to dance and party to music. Others watched unevents unfold in the warmth of their homes or at someone's party.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> In Germany people, drop melted lead in a bucket of water and try to interpret what it means. Or in Ireland people take bread and bang it on doors and walls to drive out bad luck and bring in good spirits. They also may light a candle at dusk to burn throughout the night. There are many other traditions such as eating lentils as they do in Brazil or in Southern America or Europe consuming as many leafy greens as possible to increase prosperity and health. Each and every one of us as our tradition(s) for celebrating New Year’s Eve into New Year’s day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I hope you all had a good start to this New Year and that 2018 treats you well.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8272897308237094106.post-48645931037299814252017-12-15T13:02:00.003-06:002017-12-15T13:02:40.783-06:00A Little History of the Czech or Bohemian Glass Beads <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beads of all types have been made for centuries mostly in
what is now Western and <st1:place w:st="on">Eastern Europe</st1:place>. Specifically, the focus of this article is on
Czech beads or by their other name Bohemian Glass Beads. They got their name from <st1:state w:st="on">Bohemia</st1:state>,
a region in central <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> that occupied
two-thirds of the lands that was a kingdom in the Holy Empire, and later the
Austrian Empire.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The manufacturing of beads in <st1:state w:st="on">Bohemia</st1:state> began after 400 A.D. and by 900 A.D.
locally made beads were placed in tombs.
Three hundred years later glass factories were turning out a variety of
glass products, mostly household wares.<o:p></o:p></div>
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By the 19<sup>th</sup> century there was a change in the
political face of Europe when <st1:state w:st="on">Bohemia</st1:state> and <st1:city w:st="on">Venice</st1:city> added the Austrian
Empire. All three regions competed with
each other prior to coming together as one and continued to compete afterwards
thanks to Czech “sample men”. They were
what we call today craftsmen and salesmen. They traveled world wide asking
people what beads they wanted made then would sketch the beads and write
descriptions underneath those sketches before returning to <st1:place w:st="on">Bohemia</st1:place> to make them a reality. At the same time there was an industrial
innovation that produced new machines that pressed molten glass into heated
molds and resulted in mass production of identical beads.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Moving into modern history, Czech glass bead production is
closely allied to the impact of both World Wars and later the Cold War. The center of bead production was <st1:place w:st="on">North Bohemia</st1:place>. It
has been the center of bead production since the 13<sup>th</sup> century. The area was a rich resource of potash and Quartz
needed for glass making. The three
cities that produced all the glass beads in the area were Jablonec, Stanovsko
and Bedricho (the last city is now called Reichenberg) known for making
rosaries. In the second half the 16<sup>th</sup>
century it became fashionable to produce costume jewelry.<o:p></o:p></div>
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beads</a>, you can see the individual homes where beads were made to supply
large companies.<o:p></o:p></div>
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After WWI North Bohemia became part of Czechoslovakia and
initially bead production was doing well, and in fact, the region became the largest
bead exporter. When the Depression and
then WWII occurred bead production was greatly affected, and subsequently it was
dealt an even heavier blow when the communist government decided glass making
was not an approved industry. The Czech
government did not change its mind about bead production in <st1:country-region w:st="on">Czechoslovakia</st1:country-region>
until the 1950s. Prior to this time many
North Bohemians left the area for <st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region> where they resettled and
restarted their businesses.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Decades later in 1989, communist control ended and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Czechoslovakia</st1:country-region> split into two countries: <st1:placename w:st="on">Czech</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Republic</st1:placetype>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on">Slovakia</st1:country-region>. (The <st1:placename w:st="on">Czech</st1:placename>
<st1:placetype w:st="on">Republic</st1:placetype> is now where <st1:place w:st="on">North Bohemia</st1:place> now lies.)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1">Topaz is the chameleon
of gemstones. It is naturally colorless but when iron and chromium
impurities get into it, the resulting topaz come in an array of colors.
These colors include yellow, orange, <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">red</span>-brown,
light blue, pink to red, violet, and light green. This can lead to a
miss identification of topaz as another gemstone. There are
characteristics of topaz that combined differentiate it from other
gemstones. For instance topaz has an orthorhombic structure which as
defined by the Oxford dictionary as – “of or denoting a crystal system
or three-dimensional geometric arrangement having three unequal axis at
right angles. Topaz also has a weak fluorescence and has perfect
cleavage just like a diamond. It also exhibits <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">pleochroism</span>
(shows several colors in a single stone) depending on the angle the
gemstone gets seen from. Lastly topaz is transparent with few
inclusions giving it a brilliant appearance and a glassy luster. </span><br />
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Despite topaz's ability to show many different colors it is not uncommon
for this gemstone to go through enhancement to produce even bolder
color. The most popular topaz sold in the US is dark to deep blue. In
nature blue topaz is usually light blue. To create darker shades of
blue, topaz goes through a radiation process called irradiation. What
happens is radiation passes through something else to reach the topaz for indirect contact with the radiation. After that topaz gets a heat
treatment to produce striking shades of blue. To produce a purple-pink
topaz pieces of orange-brown topaz are heat-treated. Both types of
treatments are widely accepted since they result in a permanent color
change. There is natural pink topaz in existence but it is rare, pale
in color, and only found in Pakistan.<br />
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<span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1">Another way topaz can have its color changed is to coat it with titanium dioxide. There are three types: <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">Azotic</span>
topaz: formed by coating undesirable pieces of topaz to produce a
rainbow of color; topaz can also be coated to appear pink; and to turn
topaz, green, clear topaz goes through diffusion treatment to turn it
green. These treatments are not permanent and will fade to show the true
color of the topaz piece. </span><br />
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All gemstones
including topaz can safely be cleaned with warn soapy water with or
without using a tooth-brush. After cleaning the gemstone wipe it with a
soft cloth. Avoid contact of any type of gemstone with household
cleaning chemicals and protect them from extreme heat to prevent
permanent damage to the gemstone.<br />
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Always store
gemstone jewelry inside a fabric lined box or wrap it in a soft cloth
then store it separately from other gemstones.<br />
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<span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1">Cliptomania.com has only one pair of earrings featuring real topaz that is violet in color with 14K Gold <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">Vermeil</span>
hammered tops paired with a rough cut ruby ring and a bracelet with
rough cut ruby, citrine, and garnet gemstones. The hints of pink in the
violet mystic topaz and the pink hints in ruby go very well together
even though they are different gemstones. </span><br />
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The gemstone ruby is a corundum or aluminum oxide whose name comes from the Latin word <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1"><span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">ruber</span> </span></i>which
means red. This gemstone is found in over a dozen countries worldwide
including in the United States. Other varieties of gem quality corundum
known as sapphires. All natural rubies have imperfections in them
including color impurities and inclusions of rutile needles called silk.
Gemologists use rutile needles to distinguish natural rubies from
synthetics, stimulants, or ruby substitutes that lack silk.<br />
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Natural
ruby colors include all shades of red including pink. They also have
primary hues in addition to its natural color these include a vibrant
shade of red called <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">pigeons blood </i>as
well as other colors such as orange, yellow, green, violet, or the
most popular hue blue. And rubies can also have a secondary hue or
color. The possible colors include: orange, purple, violet, or pink.
Determination of a ruby's grade through analysis of their color, cut
clarity and weight. Color is the most important evaluation specifically
from hue, saturation and tone.<br />
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most common cuts for rubies are oval and cushions which hold up best.
However rubies can also be cut circular, triangular, emerald cut, pear,
marquise cuts all of which do not always hold up as well. Generally the
size of a ruby is under a <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">karat</span> to keep cost reasonable any larger and its price will vary greatly.</span><br />
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Rubies
are generally heat-treated to cut down on or eradicate impurities
inside of the natural fractures in the gemstone. Or a rough ruby is only
given a pre-polish and maybe a cleaning with hydrogen fluoride. If
there are fractures in the specimen lead glass fills them in. Or if the
gemstone’s color is lacking a glass powder with copper and another
metal oxide like sodium or calcium are given a try to enhance the
natural color of the ruby. Otherwise rubies are left as natural as
possible.<br />
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<span class="mceItemHidden" data-mce-bogus="1">Cliptomania.com carries ruby jewelry including rings, bracelets and earrings from designers such as Michelle <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">Pressler</span>, Michal Golan, <span class="hiddenSpellError" data-mce-bogus="1">ThereseMade</span> , and Emilie Shapiro Contemporary Metals.</span><br />
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All
gemstones including ruby can safely be cleaned with warn soapy water
with or without using a tooth-brush. After cleaning the gemstone wipe
it with a soft cloth. Avoid contact of any type of gemstone with
household cleaning chemicals and protect them from extreme heat to
prevent permanent damage to the gemstone.<br />
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Always
store gemstone jewelry inside a fabric lined box or wrap it in a soft
cloth then store it separately from other gemstones.<br />
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These beauties come in Watermelon Pickel (left) and Mardi Gras (right) and symbolize celebration and fun!<br />
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These clip on earrings make me think of the flowers that bloom in the spring season<br />
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See these and other earrings at cliptomania.com in a section called <a href="https://cliptomania.com/product-category/fancy/specialty/flowers/" target="_blank">My Favorite Color. </a><br />
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