We repeatedly get asked about cleaning Jewelry, so here are some helpful hints about cleaning your Natural Gemstone and Sterling Silver Jewelry.
When in doubt about the authenticity or treatments applied to any gemstone, please take your piece to a Professional Jeweler!
1) Silver Tarnishes to a black substance called Silver Sulfide and it can get on your hands, your clothes, etc. So prepare
a work area for yourself before you begin to clean.
2) We recommend a Sunshine ® Polishing Cloth to brighten up your Jewelry. Silver is quite soft and can be easily scratched
with a fingernail, so be sure to remove any dust or dirt and clean your piece gently!.
3) How can you prevent the Silver from Tarnishing? All of our jewelry is sent in little Ziploc Baggies. Keep your Sterling
Silver Jewelry bright between wearings by keeping it stored in the baggie.
Quite durable, Topaz has a hardness of 8 on a scale of 10, however, as with
most very hard gemstones, they are brittle, so can be chipped with rough handling.
Rare. The best grade is Imperial Topaz (a golden color). Often irradiated to
improve the coloration, beware of very bright colorations if you're looking for a natural gemstone.
Rare geologically. This gemstone has come onto the market from China and is
artificially inexpensive. We believe a nice, high grade piece of this is likely to appreciate in value.
Somewhat fragile and porous, Turquoise will eventually dry out and turn
green. Often treated with a fine resin (stabilized) to keep it from drying out, turning green and crumbling. Keep
from heat and direct sunlight which will dry out and fade the gemstone. Most Turquoise will eventually turn green,
but you can delay it by keeping it in a cool dark place
between wearings.
Rare and getting rarer, especially from the Southwest US mines (of which only
about 25% are still open). One of the most faked of all gemstones! If you're not paying alot for Turquoise, you
can bet it's either another stone dyed to look like Turquoise (they'll usually say things like "don't wear it in the shower",
knowing the dye will wash off!) OR it may be Chalk Turquoise, or Turquoise ground up, mixed with dye and
reconstituted into a bead. It generally has the appearance of a very evenly colored, high grade of Turquoise. It's
definately the best fake, but buyer beware! If it's not wickedly expensive, it's likely NOT the naturally occuring
stuff.
Disclaimer: Newage Enterprises makes no claims as to the healing properties of this gemstone. We provide information on legends surrounding this stone's mystical and healing properties which allow the informed user to make their own decision.
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