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Understanding How To Care For Your Jewelry

Jewelry shopping can be fun and stressful if you want an expensive piece. Jewelry is created from a variety of different materials and there is a vast cost difference between each type. Someone who is not educated on jewelry may end up paying more than they should. Read on if you want some great advice about purchasing jewelry.

When storing your jewelry, be sure that you store it in a place with low humidity and free of open air. Keep your jewelry in a drawstring bag or in a box that is made for jewelry. Being submitted to extreme humidity and temperature can cause your pieces to tarnish. Tarnish can be removed from precious metals like gold and silver, but they cannot be removed from other metals.

When you are shopping, think about the color or type of gem you want to buy. Gems can be natural, imitation or synthetic. …

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