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Special Date Jewellery
Brighton Gem n Bead Fair Report
Chrysoprase & Chrysocolla – Spring Golden Leaks
Diamonds For April
Cubic Ziconia
Quartz Crystal – Alternate Stone For April
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Drive up excitement before you release these styles, so the anticipation creates demand. Design jewellery themed for these special dates. Use specific colours, like green for St Patrick – or shapes, like heart for Valentine. Stretch your imagination. Little starfish spacers for summer jewellery, leaf beads for autumn, Union Jack earrings for St George’s Day.
Dates for 2022 in the UK:
April 15th: Good Friday – Start of Easter
April 23rd: St George’s Day
May 24th: Chelsea Flower Show
June 1st: Pride Day
June 19th Father’s Day
June 21st: Summer Solstice
September 23rd: Autumn Equinox
October 4th: Grandparents Day
November 1st: All Saints Day
November 5th: Guy Fawkes Day
November 13th: Remembrance Sunday
December 25th: Christmas Day
January 1st: New Year’s Day
January 25th: Burns Night
February 14th: St Valentine’s Day
March 1st: St David’s Day
March 17th: St Patrick’s Day
March 20th: Spring Equinox
March 27th: Mother’s Day
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The Sunday saved the day, but if we don’t do better in November there, we may cut this one out. The Gem n Bead Fair’s are getting too expensive for the number of visitors.
Chrysoprase was popular in the time of the Greeks and Romans when it was cut into cameos – the Egyptians used it with lapis jewellery and even to decorate beads. In Europe until the middle of the last century it was used lavishly, when deposits mined in Silesia exhausted and it became expensive. The Book of Revelations (21:20) describes the holy city of Jerusalem with its 12 walls decorated with precious gemstones, the tenth being chrysoprase.
According to an 11th Century Byzantine manuscript, chrysoprase strengthens vision and relieves internal pain. Metaphysically, it brings a sense of grace, helping meditative, calmness and acceptance of oneself and others. It is believed to encourage positive outcome, helping to heal a broken heart, the heart itself, the reproductive organs, and fertility. And in the East, Chrysoprase is said to balance yin-yang and encourage the heart chakra bringing energy to the physical body. Astrologically, chrysoprase is associated with the zodiac signs of Gemini and Cancer.
Chrysocolla is very similar to chrysoprase, but usually has more blue colouring. Both stones look great beside turquoise in a necklace or bracelet – giving a bright natural appearance.
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Diamonds are similar to graphite, both crystalline forms of carbon. The difference in their properties is because of the way carbon atoms are bonded together. Graphite atoms are in sheets that easily slide past each other. Diamond crystals, are a tight-fisted network of carbon atoms securely held in four directions. Diamonds were formed over 3-billion years ago deep within the Earth’s crust. The majority are extracted in Africa using extreme labour, with miners paid less than a dollar a day.
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Up until a few years ago De Beers controlled all the worlds diamonds. By stockpiling, they increased the value of a relatively-common crystallized rock. However, we can now artificially grow diamonds, similar to how they’re formed in nature. Using high pressure and temperature in growth chambers, the size of a washing machine.
A sliver of natural diamond is bathed in molten graphite with a catalyst at 1,500 C. Slowly, carbon precipitates onto the diamond seed. A gem-quality, 2.8-carat rough yellow diamond grows within three-and-a-half days. This can then be cut and polished to over 1.5 carats. Chemically these’re identical to mined diamonds – but have different growth patterns and a lack of inclusions that would draw suspicions to a jeweller. However, a lack of inclusions can be a good thing.
When melted at high-temperature with electrical current, the compound crystallizes, forming chunks similar to rough diamonds, which can be cut and polished. Using the naked eye, even a trained jeweller can’t detect the difference between good cubic zirconia, genuine or cultured diamonds. All are faceted, cut and polished the same.
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The Mayans, Druid priests, and Tibetan monks all knew the spiritual power of crystal. The ancients used it to strengthen the sun’s rays to bring heat, and the Chinese science of feng-shui teaches that arranging crystals around the home retains positive energy. Crystals became important to these people because of the belief in their capacity to store and amplify any power source fed into them – physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual.
Today’s crystal therapists say that the stones’ ability to work as a conductor allows energy to be focused via a person’s thoughts to stimulate healing. Many people use crystal to focus attention on what they want. With a little imagination, you too can use crystal’s energy to access a higher level of consciousness and turn a desire into reality.
All types of crystal have this magical power, but individual colour crystal is believed to have other uses too. Rose quartz, the stone of unconditional love, is great for emotional healing. Red, yellow, and orange stones are said to produce energy; clear and aquamarine stones are healers; and lavender and blue-violet are calming stones.
Pure rock crystal is clear, but usually quart comes in a variety of opacity. Rutilated quartz has tiny inclusions inside the rock.Milky quartz is cloudy because of fluid embodied in the crystal – creating an attractive effect of a crystal within a crystal, giving the interior a ghostly appearance. Smoky Quartz is caused by natural radiation from nearby granite rocks.
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Next Bead Fairs:
Sunday 3rd April: Norwich Bead Fair, George Best Western Hotel, Arlington Lane, Norwich NR2 2DA
Weekend 9th-10th April: Newark Gem n Bead Fair, Newark Showground, Winthorpe, Notts NG24 2NY
Sunday 24th April: Cambridge Bead Fair, Harston Village Hall, 20 High Street, Harston CB22 7PX
Saturday 7th May: >Luton Bead Fair, Stockwood Hotel, Castle Street, Luton LU1 3SS – just 1/2-hour up the M1 & only 5-mins from M1 J10.
Sunday 8th May: Essex MrBead Bead Fair, Great Bromley Village Hall, Gt Bromley CO7 7JA
Sunday 22nd May: Beads Up North, Haydock Racecourse, Newton-Le-Willow WA12 0HQ
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