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Loved and Cherished for Centuries: Catholic Jewelry

When kings and other nobles controlled most of the land throughout Europe, they often made a point of wearing some type of Catholic jewelry. Later, as they became less powerful, members of the general public acquired enough resources to purchase such lovely accessories. Today, Roman Catholics continue to display the strength of their religious beliefs by wearing accessories with Catholic symbols. The crucifix has to be viewed as one of the most important symbols in the Roman Catholic Church. Each structure in which Roman Catholics gather to worship is supposed to display the thirteen Stations of the Cross. When the crucifix becomes part of a pendant, it can contain some of the most unique materials. For example, it might be a silver crucifix inlaid with olive wood, or a silver Jesus on an olive wood cross. Whenever a simple cross has been used as a pendant, it might display the work of a skillful artisan. For example, it could have engraved or etched symbols on its surface. It

Korloff Jewelry Designs

Among all of the Korloff Jewelry Designs , a jewelry reviewer would find it next to impossible to select the one collection that displayed the single most distinctive feature. All of the Korloff jewelry collections show an element of uniqueness in their design. In the collection called “Elements of Silver,” the combination of gold and silver contributes to the uniqueness of each piece of jewelry. One combination of gold and silver has become the focus of the “button earrings.” Another combination of gold and silver surrounds a triangular stone, a stone which is also part of the “Elements of Silver” collection. The Cancun and Volupte collections contain pieces of jewelry with dazzling diamonds. In some pieces, those diamonds have been lined-up in a channel. That channel of diamonds might appear in a metal loop, in a circle around a gemstone or even abutting a second channel of diamonds. The pieces in the Transparence collection take full advantage of the richness of light. Tho

The Many Meanings Of Gemstone Pendants

When people are looking for a piece of jewelry that has personal and emotional meaning to them many turn to family heirlooms like rings or bracelets but there are also many gemstone pendants that offer a sentimental value as well and are as cherished as any other piece of jewelry. Gemstones have many different meanings and gemstone pendants can be used to represent so many different milestones in life or just a significant life event in general. Many people put many different meanings behind certain pieces of jewelry and the use of precious stones in pendants is one way to commemorate a milestone. There are many meanings behind many precious gems and throughout the years precious gems have been attached to many different life milestones and that makes them easier to give as gifts or as family heirlooms. For example a diamond is considered the birth stone for the month of April so many people that are born in April will commemorate that by wearing a gemstone pendant that is mad