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Posted by diamondjim on Friday, 25 December, 2009 @ 3:55 am

If you are the type to collect many pieces of jewellery, then you will need somewhere safe to put these possibly expensive pieces. Your best choice is a jewellery box.

You’ll be able to find many various jewellery boxes to suit any fine jewelry collection, and these are bound to keep your valuables safe.

Jewellery boxes have been utilised ever since jewellery was invented, as a woman has always need a safe place to store precious jewellery when not being worn. It is a really uncommon lady that only possesses enough jewellery to don it constantly, thus purchase a high quality jewellery box to maintain your fine jewellery collection.

If you do not have a very large collection of jewellery, be sure to choose a small box so that you do not misplace anything important. If you choose the right jewellery box, it is sure to accentuate the dresser, or makeup table, particularly if you choose a hand made, old fashioned wood box, which always looks classy and elegant.

Jewellery boxes are fantastic gifts for Christmas and can be passed down to your kids and you kids’ kids and so on.

Our helpful hints for buying jewellery boxes are here.

1# Obviously it will depend on the collection that must be housed, for large collections it might be better to buy a matching set of numerous boxes- as size need should be given attention.

2# An eager salesperson always tries to show more expensive ones than you can afford, there is no point purchasing the most expensive jewellery box in the store if your collection itself is of limited value- so budget should be considered and stick to it before you go shopping.

Although there are numerous types of jewellery boxes, such as small wood boxes, huge fancy boxes, the main function of a jewellery box is to organise the jewellery so it is very easy to locate when needed.

Jewelry boxes make for superb Xmas presents but you need to also consider jewellery for men, which is certain to be popular this winter.

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Posted by diamondjim on Sunday, 6 September, 2009 @ 7:14 am

Pearls are just really lovely, aren’t they?  They are like these small things wound to become something bigger and greater. A s simple as a single pearl, it becomes a rather great jewelry when woven with a number of others.

Pearls will be pearls. Like how classic fairy stories are, South Sea Pearls comes from a story where there are rough bumps in the beginning. They start from being a mere big South Sea oyster, with man making much of nature’s grace and abundance, then aiding the creation of such wonderful treasured  gemstones.    Farmers, with a mother of pearl bead in hand, implant them into oysters that are then irritated with the intrusion and deposit substances in concentric layers, and accordingly become the South Sea Pearl we now know of. Usually, these  farmers are very much hopeful that  what they will be harvesting will be this perfectly shaped pearl as its paragon. Although they usually do not get this and sometimes even getting seemingly deformed shapes as baroque, they usually are still very much happy with the results – given that South Sea Pearls are very much rare. Although chances of this are rarer than South Sea oysters, they usually are happy of their harvests, especially since formation of pearls are rare as they come.  

Similar to other pearl jewelry, they come in different varieties, as they come in varying colors, as white, cream, silver, gold, black and taints of colored ones.  Accordingly, they are known to grow in large sizes. This happens primarily because of the implants of the bead already big. Additionally, the composition of the South Sea Pearl, as its gonad larger, the oyster is able to deposit the nacre around the mother pearl bead at a faster rate, especially when we talk about those warmer waters working on the oyster’s metabolism.

Reportedly, South Sea oysters are among the largest of the oysters around that can get in those mother pearl implants. This, accordingly, is easily the reason why South Sea Pearls grow as large, as well.

Like other freshwater pearls, it takes time to cultivate them.  But as we speak of South Seas, they are known to be well grown and abundant in the countries within the South Asia East Asia Region, as Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Myanmar, Japan and covering as far as Australia, as well.

Like gifts of the oceans, pearls are like wrapped surprises in boxes – only the boxes are the oysters. They are simple creations that, through the ingenuity and creativity of man, they become into something more than just simple. Man giving a hand to how these pearls become what they are, South Sea Pearls is a common example of merging man’s interference with the process of nature. Isn’t that such a beauty?

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Posted by diamondjim on Friday, 4 September, 2009 @ 5:08 pm

An Akoya pearl is considered as one of the most popular types of pearls of today which is basically grown and harvested through akoya oysters. These pearls are often cultured and harvested in the farms of Japan and China. Generally, an Akoya pearl is considered as the most lustrous of all pearls and this significantly elevates the quality of the pearl.

However, the pearl’s luster is only one of the five qualities that are being considered to determine the quality of the pearls. Among the other qualities are the shape, surface, size, and color.

Pearls are of various colors like white, silver, cream, champagne, gold, green, blue, black, and a lot more. Pearls usually have overtones that appear to be very evident from the pearl’s basic color. Akoya pearls are often white or cream in color accentuated with overtones like silver, cream, or rose. It is through the color of the pearl that a person is able to determine the best pearl for her.

The quality of pearl is also greatly influenced by its sheer size. Typically, a pearl with a larger size fairly has a much higher price. This is done by simply measuring the diameter of the pearl in terms of millimeters. But the Akoya pearls are relatively small in sizes as they are grown from the world’s smallest pearl-producing oyster. The average size of Akoya pearls range from 6-8 millimeters which is relatively smaller compared to freshwater, South Sea, and Tahitian pearls. However, the size of the pearls that is often marketed and sold today are that of Akoya’s.

However, the size of the pearls that is often marketed and sold today are that of Akoya’s. Basically, a pearl needs to have no spots, bumps, and discolorations in order for it to have a higher quality. The main advantage of Akoya pearls is that they are most of the time shiny and reflective which in turn provides them with a high quality.

Freshwater pearls also vary in their shapes. In some cases, pearls have ringed shapes, significantly flattened into a disk-like button, tear-drop shapes, and those that are known as baroque pearls. Pearls in baroque shapes are the ones that appear as abstract and asymmetrical. Perfectly round pearls are witnessed once in a while and are considered to be of highest quality. One good example is the Akoya pearl which often comes out to have round or near-round shapes.  These main characteristics of Akoya pearls help elevate their quality. Today, Akoya pearls are the most sought after of pearls and are perfect when made into sets of jewelries.

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