Interpretation on Magical Brilliance of Spodumene

There are a lot of precious colored gems except fancy color. Charm of gem originates in nature which imbues gems with mystery via wonderful methods. It can be regarded that Brilliance of gems witness the magic of nature in some degree. Due to its noble and elegant brilliance, spodumene which has the reputation of night jewelry becomes the beloved gem for designers.The jewelry boxes of Elizabeth Taylor not only contains diamonds, jade, ruby and sapphire, but also something amazing else – you might have find the clear purple Van Cleer & Arpels spodumene necklace and earrings with slightly mystery on some auction. Sent by Richard Burton, the jewelry set is the ninth anniversary wedding gift made especially for her charming purple eyes. From the above introduction you might have got the charm of spodumene, today we are going to talk about the magical stone.What is spodumene? Belongs to one kind of pyroxene, spodumene can be found in California, Minas Gerais of Brazil, Madagascar, Parkistan, Myanmar and Xinjiang of China. It was classified into one kind of gems cause since it was found by Doctor Kunz. Because of the slight difference of contents of trace elements, external colors of spodumene are not all the same. Category of the gemColor of the lavender-like lilac of purple spodumene is due to the containing of manganese. It is also known as Kunz which was found by Doctor Kunz in 1902. Blue-green spodumene was found by a mining worker during his working time in North Carolina, United States. With relatively high value, gem of the kind takes on stable emerald green of blue tone due to its containing of chromium element. Other colors like yellow, green yellow and colorless are all collectively known as spodumene.How to choose the gem?Generally speaking, three factors can be taken into consideration to evaluate the stone.1. ColorSpodumene of light color is common on the market but the disadvantage is that the color is not that stable, once the gem is exposed in string light or high temperature, the color would soon be faded due to the crystal reasons of the stone. It can be conclude from another aspect that if the color of the gem is deeper and the inside is clearer, the spodumene is of higher value of collection and the color is more stable. What’s more, if you might emerald spodumene, it is wise to collect it into your wholesale jewelry boxes in that colors that can be compared with this kind is really rare.2. Cut The gem has characteristics of “three-color” which refer to the fact that you can get different colors from different views when observing the gem. Purple spodumene would appear like purple, pink and clear when viewed from different angles. Thus when cutting and polishing, jewelry cutters would choose the color people in favor of and the precious color of the gem itself to be taken as the producing base. Therefore, spodumene which is pure outside while clear inside and have distinctive perfectalignment on facets is the one of high level.3. WeightGenerally speaking, weight of the gem level is usually more than 1 carat, while it is not unusual to see the weight of spodumene more than 5 carat. Row stone of the kind would generally reach 10 to 30 carat, while weight more than 30 carat worth collection.Collection and maintenance of the gem1. Do not expose the gem in strong UVDue to unstable characteristics of the color, once being touched with UV irradiation and high temperature, the color will be faded. Therefore, when traveling to some places with high temperature or moving at high temperature, take off the gem decoration is a good choose.2. Avoid being collidedImpact from the outside would lead to cleavage along split easily. The so-called cleavage refers to the oriental characteristics of mechanical property because of different direction of crystal. It is better to save the jewelry on boxes to keep it from impact.What’s the most appropriate way to inlay spodumene?1. Spodumene has two sets of cleavage which decide the fragile property of the stone. Thus it is more appropriate to choose bezel setting.2. With noble and mysterious character, purple spodumene is common in the market. Dignifying and generous charm would be reflected perfectly when matched with warm K gold.