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Lotus Flower Necklace: Meanings, Materials & How to Choose
Lotus Flower Necklace: Meanings, Materials & How to Choose
Silver, gold plating, vermeil, jade and crystal compared on what happens to each in daily wear, so the material choice stops being a guess. Mehr lesen
Silver Jewelry Guide: How to Choose, Style, and Care for Timeless Pieces
Silver Jewelry Guide: How to Choose, Style, and Care for Timeless Pieces
What 925, 999, 990, plated, filled and oxidized actually mean, how to read a fineness mark before you read a price, why some wearers get a dark mark from sterling,... Mehr lesen
Tiger Eye Jewelry Guide: Meaning, Color, Quality, and Everyday Wear
Tiger Eye Jewelry Guide: Meaning, Color, Quality, and Everyday Wear
How to judge tiger eye by its chatoyant band, what separates the gold, red and blue varieties, why heat treatment and acid lightening are not the same as dyeing, and... Mehr lesen
Jade Necklaces Guide: Meaning, Types, Quality
Jade Necklaces Guide: Meaning, Types, Quality
Jade necklaces differ as much in construction as in stone. This guide compares pendants, bead strands, ping an kou discs and carved pieces, explains the four quality factors of colour,... Mehr lesen
Feng Shui Bracelets: Meanings, Materials, Fit, and Everyday Styling
Feng Shui Bracelets: Meanings, Materials, Fit, and Everyday Styling
Obsidian, red agate, tiger eye, jade and sandalwood each behave differently on a wrist. A materials-first guide to how they look, how they age, and how to style and care... Mehr lesen
Dragon Jewelry Meaning: Symbols, Styles, and How to Choose a Piece
Dragon Jewelry Meaning: Symbols, Styles, and How to Choose a Piece
The collection hub: what the dragon symbol means in East Asian and Western traditions, and how to judge carving, material, size and quality before you buy. Mehr lesen
Buddhist jewelry: mala beads, Buddha pendant and rings arranged on linen
Buddhist Jewelry: Symbols, Materials, and Respectful Ways to Wear It
A practical guide for non-Buddhists: whether you can wear a Buddha pendant, which way it should face, where to take it off and how to behave respectfully in a temple,... Mehr lesen
White Jade: Nephrite, Jadeite, and How to Avoid Look-Alikes
White Jade: Nephrite, Jadeite, and How to Avoid Look-Alikes
White jade properly means pale nephrite, but the label is applied to jadeite, quartz, agate, serpentine and carbonate stones. This buying guide covers how to tell those apart by hardness,... Mehr lesen
Jade Bracelet & Bangle Guide: Fit, Care & Styling
Jade Bracelet & Bangle Guide: Fit, Care & Styling
A jade bangle has to pass over your hand, not just fit your wrist. Learn how to measure palm width, get a bangle on without force, judge tight and loose... Mehr lesen
Avalokitesvara Jewelry: Identifying the Forms and Wearing Them With Respect
Avalokitesvara Jewelry: Identifying the Forms and Wearing Them With Respect
Who Avalokitesvara is across the Sanskrit, Chinese and Tibetan forms of one figure, how to recognize Guanyin, the thousand-armed and four-armed Chenrezig depictions in jewelry, and why a prosperity promise... Mehr lesen
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