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	<title>Vintage Jewellery Antiques Blog &#187; Materials</title>
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		<title>About Jet Jewellery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 15:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About Jet Jet is a black material which was popular during the Victorian era for making jewellery. Jet is a actually a form of coal which has been formed many thousands of years ago from ancient trees. The most sought after form of jet vintage jewellery is Whitby jet which is made from jet found near Whitby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jade jewellery</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 13:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jade is a lovely gemstone which is not as appreciated here in the west as it is in China and other Asian countries. Jade is a very hard stone and comes in shades of green ranging from emerald green to quite a pale colour. Other colours are occasionally seen including lavender, orange, pink, black, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>About Goldstone Jewellery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 09:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Goldstone is a vintage jewellery material seen mainly in brooches of the later Victorian and Edwardian eras but seems to fade from popularity by 1920 &#8211; it surprises me that Goldstone was not used for longer as it really does sparkle wonderfully. It is actually a type of glass made with thousands of tiny copper [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saphiret glass jewellery</title>
		<link>http://www.antiquesavenue.com/saphiret-glass-jewellery/2011/02/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 12:53:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saphirets are one of the most collectable of all glass costume jewellery stones.  It is thought that Saphirets were first made in Czechoslovakia in the Victorian era when real gold was added to a sapphire blue coloured glass. This mixture resulted in a stones which changes colour through a range of brownish purple blues depending on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Micromosaic jewellery</title>
		<link>http://www.antiquesavenue.com/micromosaic-jewellery/2011/01/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Micromosaics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Micromosaic jewellery ( or is it Micro Mosaic ?) is set with tiny coloured glass pieces to make up pictures and patterns. These tiny glass pieces are known as Tessarae. Micromosaics have been a popular decorative art in Italy at least since the Roman era and have also been made in other countries. Micromosaics were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Green Hardstone Jewellery</title>
		<link>http://www.antiquesavenue.com/green-hardstone-jewellery/2010/11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 19:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Materials]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardstones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ive a collection of pendants all set with green hard stones in front of me. The pendants are very different in age, shape and the materials they are made from.  Before I can sell these pieces of jewellery I need to work out what each is made from . These are not crystal clear like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Marcasite Jewellery</title>
		<link>http://www.antiquesavenue.com/marcasite-jewellery/2010/10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Oct 2010 14:42:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marcasite Jewellery  has been popular since the ancient Greeks who used Iron Sulphide crystal in its white form to add sparkle and shine.  The Georgians set the black form of Marcasite into silver jewels.  More recently, from the Victorian era onwards,  Pyrite or Fools Gold is used as this mineral is hardier than true marcasites. The marcasites normally have a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver gilt jewellery</title>
		<link>http://www.antiquesavenue.com/silver-gilt-jewellery/2010/10/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 15:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Silver Gilt is also known as silver gild, gilded silver, gilt silver or by its French term Vermeil.  What ever term it is know by the jewellery is made of silver and has a think layer of gold over it to give a gold appearance. Silver gilt has been used in jewellery since ancient times however [...]]]></description>
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