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The Pendant and What It Really Means

A pendant is a hanging object that is generally attached to a necklace or an earring. During the Victorian time, the presence of pendant in a bracelet was slowly adapted to make it a dangling band around the wrist. The function of a pendant aside from being a body ornament is self identification or self affirmation in which the bearer can put his or her initials in it. It is also believed to protect the bearer from bad spirits mainly of religious beliefs.

The first known figure of a pendant is way back when an African man wore a necklace with a pendant made of bone. The pendant was not immediately embraced by the people until decades past and the existent of tooth pendant and other wild animal body parts were taken and used to ward off evil spirits.

Pendants can either be a simple piece of carved wood attached to a string, a piece of shell that symbolizes marriage and romanticism or the greatness of special gemstone or pearl locked and secured in a miniature cage of iron gold or silver. Only during the medieval period that people start to wear the gold cross pendant. This type of pendant has been regarded greatly as it can come with any of their simplest costumes.

In the wake of the Victorian period, pendants made of special gemstones are finally valued and considered as part of their fashion style. During this time, the use of gold and silver lockets have not ceased instead, they were combined with special beads and valuable gemstones to give beauty and elegance in it.

In ancient times, the pendant is just merely an accessory that is believed to protect the bearer from negative things. Today, the pendant existed in is used in various acknowledgement and fashion statements in sports, friendship, marriage and even birth.

Other pendants came in the shape of tears or snowflakes. These types of pedants were developed in the modern time and have not greatly symbolized beliefs but mainly as a fashion statement. Today, pendants come in different forms and design, and their colors vary in many unique designs. Gold, silver, bronze and copper are the just the few metals in which the pendant originated.

What You Need to Know About Garnet

The name garnet is derived from the Latin word “granatus” which means seed. When garnet was first discovered, they resembled the form of seeds. Garnet is also used to describe different colors of gemstones and it is indeed the gemstone you often see in antique stores. The most popular color of the gemstone garnet is the deep warm red unfortunately this is what most people know about the color of this gem, what most people don’t know is that the garnet has series of colors making it the gemstone with most variety of colors.

He only color the garnet does not offer is the color blue, whereas it possesses the color of all the hues of colors red and green and also yellow and orange. Garnet is abundant and it occurs in many places though only certain locations have specific color of garnet.

There are many colors the gemstone garnet offers however, few are favored by its consumer such as the color of red, purple, green, orange and even those that are colorless. Garnet can be cut in several shapes and sizes to name pear shape, oval, hearts, trillion and square. This faceted gemstone also cuts in rose cuts and even fashion beads.

Garnet’s hardness ranges from 6.5 to 7.5 which make it reasonably durable but not as durable as the amethyst, diamond, cubic zirconia and citrine. Do not however underestimate the hardness of garnet as it can chip if struck hard. Garnet cannot withstand prolonged boiling but can do good with steam soaked in ultrasonic cleaner.

Garnet is known to be the bearer of loyalty and devotion and takes away the sadness of the heart. It is also known to cure illness and helps calm emotions and tend to physical pain. It also helps the bearer be more energetic at work and wards of laziness. Overall, garnet has this encouraging effect on the wearer.

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