Common Sense in Jewelry Accessories

We people may could know nothing about some common sense in jewelry if we never touch it, but when we start to learn, we will find the deep knowledge are very interesting and extremely good for us when identify a jewelry.

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What is electroplating? Plating is a chemical process. It is a process of oxidation reaction between anode and cathode two electrodes through two conductors under the influence of outside direct current hit. As the entire reaction process is carried out in the plating, it is also known as "water plating".

What is "18KGP"? The electroplating platinum jewelry which regard copper as the substrate material are called "18KRGP" that was "18KGP" before by the modern industry. All the 18KGP jewelry will be engraved in 18KGP or 18KRGP on their surface. This kind of jewelry has the advantages of low price and styles update quickly. However, electroplating 18KGP jewelry in general use may be maintained color-fast for one year, but they are afraid of water and sweat.

What is crystal? It actually cuts the man-made crystal into diamond faceted jewelry. This material is very popular among people for its more economic and strong visual effect. Crystal is usually used in the mid-grade jewelry. As the world of man-made crystal manufactures mainly locates in the north and south of Rhine, it is also called rhinestones. Produced in the north of Rhine called the Austrian Swarovski which have a good gloss because of sufficient sunlight; while produced in the south that called Czech crystal, its luster is not as well as Swarovski for insufficient sunlight. So most of the products are Swarovski and less are Czech crystal.

The crystal can be divided into white crystal and colored crystal, such as pink, red, blue and so on from colors; it can be divided ordinary crystal, special-shaped crystal like rhombus crystal, trapezoid crystal, satellite stone and others. There are eight cut faces of crystal, the more cutting faces, the better brightness.

What is alloy? There is a kind of alloy hairpin which uses the tin-lead alloy with zinc alloy as alloy material. Its characters are low melting point, easy to shape, hardness and lasting. So it is the best material to make hairpin.

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