Thing That I Know, That I Want You To Know
Things You (mostly women) Should Know About Your Jewelry
- Pearls should be restrung yearly (especially with frequent wear)
- When you wear your pearls, oils get on the stringing and make it dirty and the pearls reflect poorly off of that
- Pearls are extremely fragile! Protect them in a soft cloth pouch when you store them
- Same with opals
- Your emeralds need to be oiled every year. It helps protect the stone, fill in natural scratches and keep it’s shine
- Never put colored gems in an ultrasonic cleaning machine- and only let them be steamed VERY carefully! (But risk is involved)
- Sapphires come in every color
- Diamond’s can’t be scratched by anything except other diamonds, but they can chip and break! They’re not indestructible.
- Silver tarnishes. All of it. Even sterling. Just polish it!
Things I Know | 
Avah | March 8, 2007
By Anonymous, March 11, 2007 @ 1:54 am
some other stone cold facts:
- diamonds are priced at a 6,000% markup
- the same company that sells damonds to Tiffany’s also sells diamands to Kay Jewlers
- tanzanite, often confused for a sapphire, is the rarest stone on the planet, and it is no longer mined
- silver rings should be taken off to avoid getting wet; this is not necessary with platinum