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Precious metals such as Gold and Silver have played a part in our lives since the dawn of civilization. Often associated with the gods and immortality, these unique materials have been symbols of wealth and status as well as having more modern industrial uses.
The number of setting styles today are innumerable, but these below three types of settings have remained popular over the years and commonly used the world over.
Pearls have been a symbol of elegance and wealth for hundreds of years and in nearly every culture. Natural pearls are accidentally formed in the interior of a mollusc without human intervention.
Read more: Pearls: Timeless Elegance & Fashionable Statements
The internet is rife with ineffective or bogus tests that claim to help you identify real and fake gemstones, but the truth about gemstone setting is more complicated...
Once you can identify stones, the next question is what to do with them: see our complete guide to every type of jewellery, with pictures and the names designers use.
Designing rings? Our see our complete guide to ring size guide — how sizes work across Hong Kong, US, UK and Japanese systems.
The history of Indian jewellery is fascinating: no other culture has such intense reverece for jewellery. From the great Maharajas of the Mogul period to today’s elaborate wedding extravaganzas, India’s treasure trove of jewels have been well preserved.