Riddle: who are girls' best friends (and these are not diamonds)? Right! Ornamental stones! The main trend is jewelry with turquoise, jade, onyx, malachite, lapis lazuli ...
Ornamental stones are used mainly in jewelry or to create piece art products. For example, the famous carvings and various accessories (key rings, cigarette cases) from Faberge are made from these stones: Agatha, jasper, chalcedony, jade. Some stones are held in high esteem by ancient cultures. So, jade is extremely popular in China, and rare samples of this stone, as well as jewelry made from it, often cost more than gold and diamond jewelry.
However, this season the fashion for ornamental stones has become widespread. Jewelers use them both for creating basic collections and for expensive jewelry of the Fine Jewelry rank, high jewelry art. Fashion traditionally came from the catwalk: jewelry from onyx, agates, chalcedony, charoite and other ornamental stones have appeared in the collections of many fashion brands. From the provocateurs of Dolce & Gabbana to the Parisian chic of Chanel, necklaces, earrings and rings with a spectacularly beaten stone are found in almost all the looks of the collection.
Well-known jewelry houses are not afraid to cross semi-precious stones and jewelry, for example, framing chalcedony in platinum (one of the most expensive metals) or surrounding a solo semi-precious stone with a scattering of diamonds. Jewelers often use both beautifully shaped raw samples and polished cuts and beads, which become the center of the composition or are strung into a bracelet.
Depending on the hardness, which means the strength of the stone, you can create complex images. For this, for example, the same nephritis... Even Swiss watchmakers became interested in ornamental stones: women's watches with dials made of aventurine (deep green color with a shimmering effect) and mysterious blue lapis lazuli are the hit of the season.
Jewelry with such stones is a great option for every day. Bracelets made of beads of several different stones (carnelian, jasper) can be combined with leather or metal ones, because layering is in fashion.
Also take a look at natural crystal pendant chains and trendy chunky choker necklaces adorned with ornamental stones. Again, they can be complemented with metal chains of different lengths to create a stylish composition in several tiers.
Separate stones of a beautiful texture in a complex setting will be an excellent component of an evening look. For example, you can wear a ring with chrysoprase (an ocean-colored stone near exotic islands), a long necklace, a sautoir with large malachite or a choker made of charoite beads, complemented by a gold chain with a diamond pendant a length lower.
Many ornamental stones are credited with protective properties, which means that such an ornament can serve as both a talisman and a talisman. Aventurine, the stone of Fortune, the ancient patroness of the enterprising and gambling, brings good luck. Turquoise should protect from evil spirits and promote good luck in love affairs. Many people know the properties of hematite that strengthen the spirit and body, an indispensable stone in the arsenal of shamans, to whom it reveals the past and the future. And the unusually beautiful, iridescent, complex shades of labrador and rhodonite stones help to achieve what you want!
