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 Pearl & Emerald
are the most delicate. Even the Dry air or dust can damage their sheen
& shine.
Most often we use
hand lotions or creams, without any second thought of this having bad for
our precious stones. Remove your rings before applying them! This will
help prevent heavy buildup of dirt and oil around your
gemstones.
Be cautious about
the use of ultrasonic cleaners. Some stones are subject to internal stress
-- tanzanite, opal, emerald, organic gems (e.g. pearl & coral). These
should not be exposed to ultrasound too.
Mobile, Grease &
edible oils like mustard oil does heavily acidic affect on your stones.
Especially if you wear a treated one.
 It is to advise that
you must remove your rings if going to handle a heavy electrical tool like
cutter, driller or any mechanical tools like hammer etc.
Opal, Turquoise and
Malachite are porous gems and prone to discoloration if deep into
dirty water, high-concentrated detergent or oils.
Pearl, Coral should
be keep away from heat. If you have to spent time more than a hour near
stove on average, better to wear pendant instead of ring.
When cleaning
nonporous gemstones, washing gently with a weak solution of ammonia,
rinsing with clean lukewarm water, and drying with a soft lintfree cloth
is quite effective and safe.
Always insist on
Bezel
settings of gemstones
in your ring. Though 4 or 6 prongs are also comfortable.
Beneath setting is the safest practice of mounting
stones. Though it is costlier & requires great skillset &
experience craftsmanship.
Sharp corners, such
as the tips of pearshapes and
marquise cut stones, are especially susceptible to breakage and should be
protected by the setting. Also, faceted stones with shallow crown angles
(30 degrees or less), and thin or uneven girdles are particularly prone to
chipping and need extra protection.
Buying the right
stone is the only half thing you do. Mounting them into collate requires
great artisan work & every next jewellers are not skilled enough to do
that. Therefore, you have to find the "Collating expert" not just the
jeweller. Some Gems dealer offer this service. It is the best idea to
leave the collating work to them if so.
Emerald, Opel,
Suelmani Hakik, Marium are such soft stones that often gets break into
pieces if handle by a naive craftsman.
Every ring of
gemstones should be deposit separately. Each should be embraced in a
velvet cloth or lint paper separately. Otherwise the metal of one ring
might leave scratches on the other stones & vice-versa.
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