Jewellery

Know more about the Materials used to create your unique piece of Jewellery.

Semi Precious Stones.......... some facts and beliefs

At Spangles we are very keen to ensure that we portray our products as accurately as

possible. With variations of colours which occur in a natural semi precious stone and

the difficulty relating to lighting when photographing the items for publication on the web

site, it is sometimes difficult to give an accurate view of the finished item.

The page below will allow you to see better views of the individual semi precious stones

used by Glynis to create your personal individual item of unique jewellery. Beside the semi precious stone we have included information relation to the powers the stones are

supposed to poses.

This area of the web site will also be useful to you for selecting the items you may wish

to be included into your special piece of jewellery if you are commissioning Glynis to make you an item to specific colour or size requirements.

"Some (or all) metaphysical and healing properties lore information provided by

Robyn A Harton Creative CrystalsAndJewelry.com.

Used with permission." http://www.crystalsandjewelry.com

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Amethyst
Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz and is a popular gemstone. If it were not for its widespread availability, amethyst would be very expensive.

Aventurine
Aventurine is often referred to as the all-purpose healer. This means not only that it is considered by many to be good for physical disorders, but that it is healing on all levels. Green is the color of healing, and aventurine, as a member of the quartz family, has a concentrated ability to dissolve blockages.

Black Onyx
Black onyx is believed to be one of the most powerful protection stones. Its way of protecting is to absorb and transform negative energy. Because of this quality. people find it helpful in relieving stress and for emotional stability.

Blue Lace Agate
Blue lace agate is a gentle, calming stone that engenders tranquility. Blue lace agate brings with this calm and tranquility a lessening of anger, even deep anger issues, and a calming of nervousness.

Topaz
Topaz is a powerful stone in the way that quartz is. It is a balancing and calming stone that balances emotions, releases tension, and can bring joy. Topaz is also believed to bring success and good fortune, and synchronicity. It is also used for protection, particularly protection from the evil eye and greed. It also is said to bring creativity, individuality, true love, and hope. Spiritually it brings in spiritual love and peace.

Carnelian
is an agate class of chalcedony that is a stone of creativity, individuality and courage. Like all agates, it has protection energies. It can aid memory, including recall of past lives. It can assist one in finding the right mate. It is also a stone of protection in general and from anger, jealousy and fear. In addition it can help with manifestation of one's desires, and brings good luck. Carnelian can help ease or remove sorrows. It also helps stabilize energies in the home

Chinese Jade

is a name that was applied to ornamental stones that were being brought to Europe from China and Central America. It wasn't until 1863 that it was realized that Jade was being applied to two different minerals. The two minerals are both exquisite for the purposes that jade is put to task and are hard to distinguish from each other. So what to do? Leave it alone and call them both Jade!

The toughness of jade is remarkable. It has a strength greater than steel and was put to work by many early civilizations for axes, knives and weapons. It was later that jade became a symbolic stone used in ornaments and other religious artefacts during the eons.

Today jade is still valued for its beauty. Its many colours are appreciated, but it’s the emerald green colour that jadeite produces so well, that is highly sought after by artwork collectors. This emerald green jade called "Imperial Jade" is coloured by chromium. Other colours are influenced by iron (green and brown) and manganese is thought to produce the violet colours. Nephrite is usually only green and creamy white, while jadeite can have the full range of jade's colours.