Making Jewelry by Semi Precious Beads

Semi Precious Beads are the most beautiful and amazing beads which give a gorgeous look on the faces of women. Semi precious beads are a kind of gemstone. A gemstone or gem, also called a precious or semi-precious stone, is a piece of attractive mineral, which when cut and polished is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However certain rocks, and organic materials are not minerals, but are still used for jewelry, and are therefore often considered to be gemstones as well. Most gemstones are hard, but some soft minerals are used in jewelry because of their lustre or other physical properties that have aesthetic value. Rarity is another characteristic that lends value to a gemstone.

Gemstones are divided into different categories, types and varieties. For example, is a ruby corundum of various types, while the rest of the color of sapphire is corundum. Emerald (green), aquamarine (blue), bixbite (red), goshenite (colorless), heliodor (yellow) and Morganite (pink) are all varieties of minerals types of beryl.



Gemstones are characterized by the refractive index, dispersion, the specific weight, hardness, cleavage, fracture, and the gloss. It may occur pleochroism or double refraction. You can change the luminescence and absorption is distinctive frequencies.

Material or flaws within a stone may be present as inclusions. The gem may occur in certain locations, called the “occurrence.”

Semi Precious beads consisting of Amethyst, Ametrine, Apatite, Blue Topaz, Carneline, Chalcedony, Chrysoprase, Citrine, Crystal, GARNET, Gold, Stone, HessoniteIolite, Jade (Aventurine), Jasper (Red), Labradorite, Lapis, Lemon, Quartz, Mahogany, Obsidian, Melachite, Moonstone, Multi, Color, Stone, Onyx, Peridot, Picture, Jasper, Rainbow, Moonstone, Rose, Quartz, Rutilated, Smoky, Snowflack, Obsidian, Sodalite, Sun Stone, Tiger, Eye, Tourmaline, Unakite beads and many more.

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