Lustrous Beauty - The naturally intense color and distinctive luster of gold combined to give this precious metal its unique and lasting beauty.
Lustrous: A reference to the brightness of an object that shines with reflected light rather than producing its own.
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Lustrous platinum still ruled the roost, and the new cubist influence demanded fashionable cuts in the ever-popular diamond, such as baguette, emerald, triangle, shield, pear and marquise.
The lustrous red color in a ruby is acquired after the stone undergoes heat treatment. It is only after rubies undergo heat treatment that they evolve into such breathtakingly beautiful stones.
Ah, the lustrous, sparkling mysterious opal! Few other stones can claim the distinction of being both the luckiest and the unluckiest stone known.
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A dense, lustrous concretion, formed within the shell of certain molluscs, that is used as a gemstone and classified with precious stones.
A smooth, lustrous, variously-colored deposit formed around a grain of sand in the shell of a certain mollusk. Pearls may be formed naturally or "cultured" through an artificial implanting process.
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Zinc is a lustrous bluish-white metal from the magnesium-cadmium group and generally alloyed with other precious metals. This metal is also used for coating iron and steel to protect against rust. The chemical symbol for zinc is Zn.
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Silver is a lustrous, soft transition metal that is number 47 on the periodic table of chemical elements. Silver has the highest electrical conductivity of any element, and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal.
Cobalt A lustrous, magnetic, silvery-white metal with a blue tint. Cobalt has been detected in Egyptian sculpture and Persian jewelry dating all the way back to third millennium BC, and in Chinese artifacts dated as early as AD 607.
A pearl is a lustrous, organic gem produced by saltwater oysters, freshwater mussels, and occasionally by some shellfish. Pearls exhibit a range of colors from white to pink, silver, cream, peach, gold, green, blue, purple, brown, and black.
Titanium is a lustrous, silver-gray, metallic element and jewelry created using this high silhouette metal is absolutely awesome.
Hematite is a lustrous, opaque, blue-black to silvery gray mineral that almost looks like metal. It is often used in jewelry as beads, faceted, carved or cut as a cabochon. Hardness=6.5, S.G.=4.95 to 5.16.
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Hematite
A lustrous, opaque, blue-black to silvery gray mineral often used in jewelry. Hematite is iron oxide (Fe2O3) and is found in England, Mexico, Australia, Brazil, and the Lake Superior region of North America.
A lustrous, hard brittle, steel-blue metallic element, resistant to corrosion and tarnishing. It is used in the hardening of steel alloys and the production of stainless steels, in corrosion-resistant decorative platings, and as a pigment in glass.
obsidian
A lustrous compund of silica found in volcanic lava flows that is usually black, but can be found in grey, red, brown and green varieties. Obsidian has a hardness of 5 on the Mohs Scale ...
Chatoyancy is the lustrous, cat's eye effect seen in some cabochon stones, like cat's eye, tiger's eye (pictured above), and sometimes in other stones, like aquamarine. In chatoyancy, light is reflected in thin bands within the stone.
Cobalt
Cobalt is a lustrous, magnetic, silvery-white metal with a blue tint that is rarely used in jewellery making. However, the term cobalt is commonly used to describe the deep, lustrous blue colour of beads made from other materials ...
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A shiny, lustrous appearance.
millgrain edge
A look which is knurled, or has the look of small beads or ridges, such as the edge of a coin.
Zinc - An abundant, lustrous, bluish-white, metallic element of the magnesium-cadmium group; brittle at room temperature but malleable when heated. Used to form a wide variety of alloys.
Distinctive types of agate include Moss Agate, known for its mossy green striping, and Iris Agate, with its lustrous, iridescent sheen. The porous stone has a soft, waxy, translucent appearance and a moderate 6.5 to 7 rating on the Mohs Scale.
Anodized metal has a lustrous sheen; the anodizing process can produce colorful surfaces.
Some garnets used as gemstones include pyrope (the deep red garnet), almandine, spessartine, grossular, the iron-aluminum dark red garnet (also known as the carbuncle stone), Uvarovite (rare), and the lustrous Andradite (which includes the valuable ...
The oyster does the rest and creates its lustrous masterpiece.
Types of Pearls
~Akoya - This is the most familiar type of pearl sold in necklaces.
The October birthstone is one of the most lustrous and radiant of gems - an ever-changing depth of fiery iridescence - ever refracting, ever reflecting, always giving wonder and delight.
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This lustrous gemstone is one of the June birthstones. It acquired its name from the ancient Romans, who wore elongated pearls as ear pendants that they called pirla, a slang diminutive of pira ("pear").
The children, on an indefinite holiday, were often as fortunate as their elders and brought up many lustrous, beautiful gems. It was as though the Stock Exchange had suddenly, one fine morning, decided to open on the river.
Diamonds are precious, lustrous gemstones made of highly-compressed carbon. Diamonds are one of the hardest materials known. Diamonds have a hardness of 10, a specific gravity of 3.5, and a refractive index of 2.417 - 2.419.
A lustrous substance, called nacre, is secreted around the object to protect the soft internal surface of the mollusk. As layer upon layer of nacre coats the irritant, a pearl is formed.
The rare perfect sphere of natural pearls, lustrous as silk and round as a full moon, has for many centuries been a prized possession and signifier of wealth.
Akoya Cultured: The most lustrous of all pearls, they have historically been grown in Japan, though China is now producing quality pearls of this type in sizes below 8mm (at considerably lower cost).
The mollusk secretes nacre, a lustrous substance that coats the intruding object. As thousands of layers of nacre coat the intruder, a pearl is formed; this process takes up to seven or eight years (an oyster's useful life span).
What we commonly call pearls are irritant-induced secretions of mollusks which are covered with lustrous nacre (a combination of aragonite or calcite and conchiolin protein).
It is a hard, lightweight lustrous black stone that was used in mourning jewelry during the Victorian era (especially after Queen Victoria's husband died in 1861 and she went into long period of mourning, greatly affecting jewelry fashion).
Their exotic, lustrous skin, smooth and silky to hand and eye, embodies all that is feminine. Being a true gift of the sea, Akoya Pearls are what people typically imagine when they think of a pearl. They grow between 2.0 and 9.
Obsidian is a naturally occurring lustrous volcanic glass
Considered a rock, not a mineral
Hardness: 5 to 5.5
Transparency: Transparent to opaque
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Silver has a lustrous white color but needs polishing occasionally because silver reacts with Sulfur in the air to cause tarnishing.
Silver is a soft, white, lustrous precious metal that has been revered since its discovery over 6,000 years ago.
Zircon (zircon silicate) is a lustrous gemstone that comes in colors ranging from golden brown to red to violet to blue. Pure zircon is colorless, but most zircon stones are brown.
A soft white, lustrous metal. It has the highest electrical conductivity of any metal, and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal. Silver is a natural antiseptic and has antimicrobial uses.
A Mediterranean bivalve that makes lustrous pearls that deteriorate rapidly because of their unusual crystalline structure and high water content. Also sought for its edible flesh.
The best way to care for pearls is to wear them often as the body's natural oils keep pearls lustrous. However, it's important to keep them away from household chemicals including perfume, makeup and hairspray.
It shows irridescent color (labradorescence) in lustrous metallic tints, often blue and green, though rare specimens with the complete spectrum are very valuable.
Pearls are organic gems grown within oysters and several other mollusks, which are most valued and sought after when perfectly round and very lustrous. Pearls form as a result of an irritant, which makes its way into the oyster or mollusk shell.
Salts can appear to be clear and transparent (sodium chloride), opaque, and even metallic and lustrous (iron disulfide). In many cases the apparent opacity or transparency are only related to the difference in size of the individual monocrystals.
Akoya cultured pearls are white lustrous pearls with usually cream or rosé colored overtones. These are the classic pearls most often used in pearl strands.
The prehnite occurs as lustrous, pale greenish micro-crystal crusts as well as stalactitic growths.
A wardrobe classic, these lustrous white strands are still produced in Japan today but they are much more rare, as ocean pollution and the industrialization of Japan has made it more difficult to farm oysters in the coastal bays.
Topaz is sought after because it is lustrous, has double refraction and a strong hue. It may be found in many colors, such as blue, brown, clear, green, orange, pink, red, yellow, white.
It ages beautifully by developing a lustrous patina- a luster that develops on the surface of the platinum due to daily wear and tiny scratches. Platinum jewelry is very easy to care for.
Iridescent: A display of lustrous rainbow-like colors. The colors seen in an oil slick or mother of pearl are good examples of iridescence
Ivory: A hard, smooth yellowish-white substance made from the tusks of elephants and walruses.
In lighter hues it is important that the light that enters the gem should reflect back evenly across the face of the gemstone, making it vivacious and more lustrous. The darker gemstones look good in all shapes and cuts.
They are the most lustrous of all pearls found anywhere in the world. In recent years, China has been successful in producing Akoya pearls within their own waters.
A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal.
Herkimer diamonds are clear, lustrous, doubly terminated crystals of quartz - they are not true diamonds. These brilliant stones are also called "Middleville Diamonds" or "Little Falls Diamonds." Herkimer diamonds have a hardness of 7.
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Titanium is a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant transition metal with a white-silvery-metallic colour.
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