Rhinestone is a common name. It is mainly crystal glass, which is a kind of jewelry accessory obtained by cutting artificial crystal glass into diamond facets. This material is more economical, and at the same time, it has a diamond-like eye-catching visual effect.
Therefore, it is very popular, and rhinestones are generally used in mid-range jewelry design. Because the current global man-made crystal glass manufacturing base is located on the north and south banks of the Rhine River, it is also called Rhinestone. The most produced in the north coast is the Austrian Swarovski diamond, referred to as the Austrian diamond.
It attracts plenty of sunlight and has a good gloss. The one on the south bank is called Czech diamond. The sunlight absorbed is not very sufficient, and the luster is not as good as Austrian diamond.
Most of our products are Austrian diamonds, and a small part are Czech diamonds. Now some pirate manufacturers use domestic kilogram diamonds, which are made of glass and negotiate prices by kilogram. Classification of rhinestones: According to the color, it can be divided into: white diamonds, colored diamonds (such as pink, red, blue, etc.), colored diamonds (also AB diamonds), colored AB diamonds (such as red AB, blue AB, etc.). According to the shape, it can be divided into: ordinary drill, special-shaped drill, and special-shaped drill can be divided into diamond-shaped drill (marine stone), trapezoidal drill, satellite stone, and bottomless drill.
Facets of rhinestones: General rhinestones have eight facets, and the back of the rhinestones is coated with a layer of mercury skin. Through the concentrating of the facets, it has a good brightness. The more facets, the better the brightness. Swarovski was the first person to discover the facets of crystal glass.
The main component of zircon is zirconium silicate, and zircon is divided into high-type zircon and low-type zircon according to the origin. Those with pure quality are colorless, those with impurities are red, yellow, blue, purple, brown, etc., and the best colors are colorless and transparent red and blue. Diamond luster, transparent to translucent, with white streaks.
According to the color, the high-type zircon can be further divided into: colorless, blue, red, brown, yellow, green zircon and so on. Due to its strong luster, high dispersion and high hardness, zircon is often used to make diamond substitutes. It has become the leader of middle and low grade gemstones. How zircon differs from similar gemstones. Zircon is easily mixed with diamond, sphene and artificial rutile.
The difference between them is: diamond is a homogeneous body, dark in the polarizer, and has high hardness; the birefringence and dispersion of sphene and artificial rutile are higher than that of zircon, and often appear "fire".
Zircon evaluation and selection. The main factors are color, clarity, cut style and weight. The most popular colors of zircon are colorless and blue, and the blue ones are of higher value.
Colorless zircon: it is the highest quality gem-grade zircon, because of its high dispersion, transparent and colorless, it is often used as a substitute for diamonds.
Blue zircon: It is a high-quality variety of zircon with the highest value. It is very popular for its bright blue, transparent and flawless and high dispersion.
Zircon is brittle and much lower in hardness than diamonds, so care must be taken when wearing it as jewelry.
