Lava Beads A Natural Jewelry Making Material

Sep 25
12:24

2015

Sanjana Antony

Sanjana Antony

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Lava beads can be in black or brown color. The black beads are originally dark gray in color, and turn black only after treatment. You can buy these beads in brown color also, and you can select from its varying shades.

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The core of the earth is hot. It melts the rock around it into molten form. The high pressure of gases on these molten rocks keeps building and churning it below the surface at all times. The moment a vent is found the molten rock bursts above. This is called a volcanic eruption. It bursts and flows on the cooler surface of the earth. This molten material flowing out on the earth is called Lava.

The Lava slowly cools down to form the basalt rocks on the surface. When these eruptions cool they get air bubbles,Lava Beads A Natural Jewelry Making Material Articles holes and rubbing abrasions on their surface and take up the bead form. These are called lava-beads that are used for making Jewelry.

The lava-beads take up different shapes and colours. The common shapes are round balls, saucer shaped, teardrop discs and oval. The natural colours in which the lava-beads are formed are black, grey, white and brown. But there are several other colours available in the market to make them fit for different designs of jewelry. These are colour-dyed commercial beads.

The lava-beads were recognised as jewelry material by the Italian designers. They used it for making beautiful jewelry for the first time in the 19th century. The most important feature of these beads is their weight. They are very light. It is this quality that has endeared them to the jewelry makers and designers from the beginning. This makes them an ideal natural material for jewelry like other gems and stones but comparatively with lower pricing.

In fact the light weight of the lava beads makes them a favourite material for making heavy looking designer jewelry. Their light weight makes them wearable without any hassle.

The people engaged in the trade have to work hard on the original beads to make them smooth to wear as jewelry. These are polished, waxed and smoothened to remove the abrasive surfaces. Once the technicians have worked the wonder of their craft, the beads become designer-ready material to be used for creating beautifully attractive all- season-jewelry.

The jewelry ready beads are prepared with different sizes of holes from 0.5 to 5mm. This facilitates the use of various kinds of thin to thick materials for stringing the beads. Pins, necklaces, anklets, brooches, bracelets, earrings, and pendants are some types of lava-beads designer pieces available in the market. These beads are also used by the hobbyists for crafting maverick jewelry. The naturalists and modern designers love the lava-beads.

The lava-beads are famous for their mystic powers. People have associated esoteric powers with them. It is said that they heal the wearer of several problems of head and heart.

They are believed to contain an energy field that has calming effect on emotions. They can stabilize the mental turbulence because they have a connection with the very core of the earth. The lava-beads were once used as charms by soldiers going on a war for keeping calm in battle. In short these beads are associated with the ability to help the wearer in controlling desperate situations.