Buying Jewelry For Your Business Part 2 Buying Sterling Silver JewelryWritten by Sam Serio
Whether you presently own a retail or web based business and are looking for an additional profit center or you are thinking of starting a business, jewelry is a “no-brainer” choice for a proven product category. The buying public, (particularly women) never tires of jewelry as choices in color, materials, finishes and styles are endless and innovations are continual. Every generation reinvents jewelry for itself in much same way that it reinvents music and fashion. Styles change but basic facts remain same. If you are a seasoned professional, please consider following a refresher course. To new comer, use this information as a foundation for your ongoing jewelry education.The Facts About Sterling Silver Jewelry Sterling silver jewelry is enjoying an unprecedented popularity with today’s fashion conscious public. You know how beautiful sterling silver jewelry is and how brilliantly it shines. Now here is rest of story. Silver has been used since ancient times, but has not survived as well as ancient gold because it tarnishes and decomposes. There have been times, however, when silver was “in”; we are going through such a vogue today.
| | Buying Jewelry For Your Business Part 6 Buying Pearl JewelryWritten by Sam Serio
Whether you presently own a retail or web based business and are looking for an additional profit center or you are thinking of starting a business, jewelry is a “no-brainer” choice for a proven product category. The buying public, (particularly women) never tires of jewelry as choices in color, materials, finishes and styles are endless and innovations are continual. Every generation reinvents jewelry for itself in much same way that it reinvents music and fashion. Styles change but basic facts remain same. If you are a seasoned professional, please consider following a refresher course. To new comer, use this information as a foundation for your ongoing jewelry education.The Facts About Pearl Jewelry Because natural pearls are very rare, most pearls used in jewelry are either cultured or imitation pearls. Cultured pearls, because they are made by oysters or mollusks, usually are more expensive than imitation pears. A cultured pearl’s value is largely based on its size, usually stated in millimeters, and quality of its nacre coating, which give it luster. Jewelers should tell your if pearls are cultured or imitation. Some black, bronze, gold, purple, blue and orange pearls, whether natural or cultured, occur that way in nature; some, however, are dyed through various processes. Jewelers should tell you whether colored pearls are naturally colored, dyed or irradiated. Clams, oysters, mussels and many other mollusks with limy shells are known to produce pearls. But very few kinds yield gem pearls of jeweler's quality. The pearl is an abnormal growth of mother-of-pearl, or nacre, imbedded in soft bodies of these shellfish. It is built up, layer upon layer, in same way as nacre is added to lining of growing shell and always has same color and luster. For example, over country, hundreds of good-sized pearls are found each year in oysters we eat. Unfortunately these have no commercial value regardless of whether they have been cooked or not because they are dull opaque white or purple like shell of parent oyster. In recent times almost all pearls of gem quality come from oriental pearl oyster which has a bright shimmering translucent nacre.
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