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Jewelry Tips
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- Where did your diamond come from?
- Try to guard any jewelry from scratches, sharp blows, harsh chemicals, extreme temperatures and sunlight.
- Store jewelry separately so it doesnt scrape other jewelry.
- When doing household chores such as gardening and cleaning, be certain to remove rings.
- Put your jewelry on after washing and applying any makeup or hair spray.
- Avoid wearing jewelry while swimming in a swimming pool. The chlorine can cause damage to various gemstones and gold. Gemstones may become loose in their settings (and possibly fall out).
- Avoid storing your jewellery next to a heating vent, window-sill or on a car dashboard. Store jewelry away from sunlight as the sun may fade the gemstones.
- Always store bead necklaces flat - such as lapis, pearls, etc, as silk stretches over time.
Be certain that stones mounted in rings are not loose or rattle. The prongs of a ring can wear down. If the prongs wear down too much or break, youve lost the stone. Prongs are easily "retipped" by most jewelers to keep the stone locked in.
- Sterling silver will polish up by rubbing or buffing it with a soft cotton cloth or a Sunshine Cloth. If you store silver in plastic bags with an interlocking seal, it will be less prone to tarnish. (Do not store pearls in plastic bags!)
- Hardness is based on a gem-trade standard called the Mohs scale. The higher the Mohs scale number, the harder the stone is. The highest Mohs scale rating is 10 (diamonds). Anything with a Mohs scale rating of less than 7 is easily scratched (such as coral, lapis lazuli, opal, pearl, and turquoise). Gold, silver, and platinum are only Mohs 2-1/2 to 4. Always carefully store any fine jewelry.
- If you have bead necklaces such as lapis or pearls, store them flat as silk stretches over time.
