Sterling Silver Gemstone Rings

Silver gemstone jewelry is more popular now than ever in the history of man, due in great part to the the wide selection of gemstones on the market and the complete palette of fabric colors that are readily seen fashioned into bright and varied clothing choices. Men and women now have the liberty of matching their jewelry to their clothing as computer enhanced coloring makes any hue, color, or tone possible. The lions share of sterling silver gemstone jewelry, including silver gemstone rings, arise from manufacturing plants in Thailand, and to a lesser extent, Italy, Spain, and the United States.

Criteria for categorization in this family of silver rings includes at least one significant and substantive gemstone and a sterling silver setting. Styles include silver bands, silver cross rings, silver heart rings, men's turquoise rings as well as turquoise wedding bands, shrimp rings and a plethora of other styles. Many gems represented in this conglomeration of rings includes:

Mother of pearl rings- Iridescent mineral formed by shells and their secretions.

Black onyx rings - An opaque black mineral originally used for making plates and dishes by the Romans.

Amethyst rings - A purple variation of the quartz mineral said to assist with issues of over indulgence in alcohol.

Cat's eye rings - A light bluish stone whose reflection and shimmering in direct light models that of the eye of cat under the same circumstances.

Turquoise rings - First mined almost 60 centuries ago, this light blue gemstone has been utilized and made an icon by native americans as well as the Egyptians and Persians.

Pink Mussel rings - Light and medium pink varieties are common for this marine-based mineral that was originally used to make buttons and carvings.

Lapis rings - by-product of the metamorphosis of limestone, this purple-deep blue colored opaque mineral is often known by its alterative name of lapis lazuli.

Malachite rings -With its distinguishing green banded design, malachite's name originated from a greek herb named mallow.

Rhodochrosite rings - A pink and white banded mineral used in jewelry as well as carved figurines.

Tigereye rings - Brown and yellowish version of quartz which displays a specific type of reflection known as chatoyancy.

Jet rings - An alternative stone for black onyx. Jet is synonymous with the mineral lignite which is a type of material compositionally between peat and coal.

Hematite rings - A steel gray metallic mineral whose name refers to the blood-red color of the mineral in its powdered form.

Abalone rings - Iridescent and rainbow colored material from a grouping of snails or gastropods.

A listing of birthstone gems consisting of blue topaz, amethyst, citrine, peridot, ruby, emeralds, sapphire, garment, and opal.

Sterling Silver Cubic Zirconia Rings and Crystal Rings

Crystals are a term which is used to denote the structure, both internal and external, of gem materials. It exists both for natural and man-made stones, however for the purposes of the sterling crystal ring wholesale category, we will use the term crystal to refer to natural stones which are fashioned into jewelry, whose shape is something other than a faceted gemstone. For example, a crystal may be a crystalline quartz piece of solid light green known as aventurine, an amethyst crystal or a rose quartz crystal, or even a crystal bead made out of black onyx. Their shapes and sizes as well as chemical composition are finite and are closely related to the man-made glass beads or crystal beads, in structure, and generally not in composition.

These glass rings are made of amorphous silica or quartz in a laboratory and do not intend to mimic the chemical composition of any gem material. Glass rings, or Austrian crystal rings, in sterling silver may take on a clear appearance, have a color imbued onto it, or impart a specialized visual effect such as a rainbow or color tone upon it.

Cubic zirconia rings are man-made diamond substitutes at a fraction of their cost. They are are produced colorless with the "fire" of real diamonds, and offer the masses an affordable and elegant substitute for a real diamond ring. Sterling silver rings incorporate cubic zirconia into the designs of many styles of rings from wizards and horseshoes, to anniversary rings or silver wedding band, often times adding colors to the stone affording a richer piece of sterling silver jewelry.

Our catalog is host for many styles of cubic zirconia rings and crystal rings, including but not limited to the following styles:


Silver wedding band

Shrimp ring

Cubic zirconia ring

Enamel ring

Eternity ring

Wizard ring

Rose ring

Heart ring

Flower ring

Signet ring...and many more. Please see our catalog for our entire collection of wholesale sterling silver cubic zirconia rings

Plain Sterling Silver Rings

Over 500 wholesale rings comprise the plain sterling silver ring cluster in our catalog. Highly decentralized with several dozens of ring styles to choose from, this series of silver rings consists of men's silver rings, women's silver rings, as well as children's rings available in high polish, diamond-cut, filigree and antiqued styles. There are three representatives below for you to preview, however the extent to which that represents the whole silver ring grouping is minimal, thus we have listed the more distinct types of silver rings here for your convenience:

• Silver snake ring- available in diamond-cut, high polish, and antiqued variations. Some of these "snake" up the fingers while other versions are merely a snake motif on plain silver band.
• Silver band ring-many of these bands reveal sayings, letters, symbols, contemporary or more traditional patterns.
• Bali silver ring-with its classic, tightly curved detail pattern, antiqued design, and adjunct antique beads originally crafted on the island of Bali.
• Filigree rings-sterling silver "lace" style and typically diamond-cut.
• Sterling silver engagement ring-We offer several dozen varieties of silver wedding bands from plan round style to more outlandish contemporary patterns. These are perennial "best sellers" for both men and women and are often sold as thumb rings.
• Celtic rings and celtic wedding bands-Time-honored patterns adorn silver bands with Celtic designs dating back almost 1000 years. An added bonus in this affiliated grouping, is the eternal claddagh ring with heart, crown and hands, symbolizing hope, faith, and love.
• Vermeil ring-or 14k gold over silver rings and vermeil bands comprise a small but substantive portion of the plain sterling ring family.
• Silver cross rings and religious rings are depicted with crosses and crucifixes as well as the quintessential fish symbol and icon revered by Catholics
• Silver puzzle rings which are both a toy and a fashion statement; men also like puzzle rings, not merely women and teens.
• Wire rings which are stackable silver rings made from a thin gauge wire which can be worn singly or as stackables designs include serpentine silver band, silver love knot, silver square knot, hammered band design and more.
• Dome ring-This is a classic type of Thai silver that is typically a single price construction of rolled/etched sterling silver fashioned into a dome shape ring with a flat shank backing. Often available as high polish dome ring or as an engraved silver dome ring.
• Zodiac rings -which are one of our more popular types of zodiac jewelry and we stock all 12 corresponding month's zodiac signs as silver rings.
• Plus many more styles including ladybug rings, poison rings, enamel rings, cat rings, wolf jewelry, and other unique silver rings.

Marcasite Sterling Silver Rings

STERLING SILVER GENUINE ONYX SIDE OVAL WITH MARCASITE BORDER ON HIGH POLISH SHANK

Marcasite sterling silver rings reached their pinnacle of popularity around the turn of the 20th century. A direct outgrowth of two previous design periods, the Art Deco marcasite jewelry utilized the opulent and geometric styling of the Art Nouveau and the Edwardian periods. By cultivating free form and spirit, the this styling of marcasite jewelry is is diametrically opposed to the oppressive and conservative nature of the Victorian period which preceded it. Originally made from platinum and the marcasite mineral, which is a gold platy mineral lending itself well to small flakes or chips used in jewelry, today's marcasite is typically made of sterling silver rather than platinum, although the marcasite mineral is still retained as in the original.

We here at CNC Jewelry Store offer wholesale marcasite ring jewelry and rings at affordable and reasonable pricing, all with a styling that closely mimics vintage marcasite fashions. The gemstones incorporated within the sterling ring settings are of significant cut and quality, not unlike the general quality of the overall workmanship. Gemstones represented are amethyst, garnet, mother-of-pearl, citrine, black onyx, blue topaz, and green quartz, however there are several examples of marcasite rings without any gemstones.The shiny and glittery aspects of marcasite sterling silver rings lends this category of sterling rings to women and girls, and generally not for men.

Sterling Silver Rings

In this article we want to talk about Sterling Silver Rings and the different types available. There is a sterling silver ring now for all occasions.
This information comes from Plum Island Silver one of the largest distributors of Sterling Silver Jewelry on the Internet. Thanks Plum Island for providing this information.

A sterling ring is a piece of jewelry worn wrapped around any finger or more recently the thumb. Sterling rings have been worn through the ages, and often imparted significant meaning and even thought to have mystical powers in Biblical times. Sterling silver rings have been a symbol of love, faith, clansmanship and a host of others over the ages. These sterling rings have stood for continuity, strength, perfection, peace, loyalty, faith, eternity, peace, holiness.

Early man fashioned rings out of bones and natural materials, and not until the 8th century were metals such as gold, bronze, iron, and silver used and the social class of the bearer of such a piece of jewelry could be ascertained by the type of metal from which the rings were fashioned. Gemstones became a common adjunct to sterling rings around the 14th century and have continued to escalate in popularity. Throughout the centuries, often times everyone in every social class wore rings, not just the elite classes as rings were an inspiration and possessed meaning such as commitment with wedding rings, clan association as with signet rings and denoting personalized silver rings, specialized groups like the masons, religious and ceremonial significance and the well known commitment offered by a wedding ring.

Sterling rings in the CNC Jewelry catalog are parsed into families based on the appearance of gemstones or the absence, although marcasite rings are classified separately. Our extensive silver ring collections includes a number of rings such as marcasite rings, silver ring bands, silver cross rings, silver puzzle rings, silver engagement rings and silver rings for men, too. Many of the styles of silver rings can be worn by both men and women and those styles are stocked with sizes to reflect this. Men's silver rings generally are sized from 8 through 13 while women's typically range from 3 through 9.

Using EBid Online Auctions

This article is from by Kewtonia
At http://kewtonia.blogspot.com/

If you sell on eBay and getting tired of the excessive high fees you have been paying then check out this Online Auction. At the present you can pay $49.95 for a lifetime membership. That means no listing fees and you can have up to five stores. There are extras you can apply for a fee but most of us use the gallery to show one picture and it is 2% after the item sells. Bad part is that business is still slow for now but hopefully it will pick up soon.
What I did was sell the most popular selling items on eBay and listed the other items on eBid. On eBay listing fees would eat up if it did not sell after 3 or 4 listing.

Before you start listing - Setting Defaults

At the moment the only way to bulk upload your items is by spreadsheet, although a new Ninja Lister is in the pipeline it's not available yet. Most users list online one item at a time, although it sounds time consuming there are ways of speeding it up.

eBid uses a one page listing format.

Before you start listing your items I suggest you go into My eBid - My Defaults & choose the type of editor you wish to use, the choices are Plain HTML, Simple WYSIWYG, or Advanced WYSIWYG then click on Save General Defaults.
From that page you can also set up your auction defaults, in fact you can set up 25 different sets if so wish.Give the set of defaults a name.

The ONE section I suggest you make sure you do set, is Section 4 Featured & Extras, in that section you get to choose the auction type, make sure Featured isn't selected, unless you want to end up with a big bill.
You can still run featured auctions even if you have set it not to in My Defaults, but only if you choose to, not by accident.
You can also set up any other things you use regularly, countries available to, postage options things like that. Save your defaults then make sure you tick the "Use this set for new auctions" checkbox.
Posted by Kewtonia
http://kewtonia.blogspot.com/

Disclaimer,
This blog is NOT an official "how to" or "FAQ" as published by the owners of eBid on their site, but is my own work.

You can find the official eBid help pages here.
Half-Price Membership Offer Extended

The half price Seller + membership offer on eBid has been extended, there has been no announcement as to how long this deal will run.
RSS Feeds have been added to the site, for your listings, your stores, or even a store category.
The new 'Ninja Lister' is soon to be launched, (Turbo Lister Equivalent).
Three more countries are due to be added to the site although we don't know which ones yet.

Auction types available on eBid

Auction Formats Exclusive to eBid, include '60 Minute' & 'Happy Hour' Auctions, both of these auctions types are featured on the frontpage of eBid.
'60 Minute' Auctions', were stopped 20th February 2008, to make way for a new frontpage feature.

'Happy Hour' Auctions', run for four hours every day, they start at 6pm & end at 10pm, the starting price of the item MUST be $10.00, & you CANNOT set a reserve price. There are 20 slots available every day & 'Happy Hour' Auctions are displayed on the front page from when you list them until bidding ends at 10pm. Depending on when you book a 'Happy Hour Auction' has a listing fee varying from $2.00 to $4.00,you do not pay a gallery or final value fee.
'YDC Charity Auctions' are exclusive to eBid UK, & are run by the members. 'YDC' runs the last weekend of every month, currently listing starts at 6pm on the Friday & ends at Midnight on the Sunday. Each month a designated charity/good cause is chosen by the person whose item made the most money the previous month, although you don't have to support that charity you can choose your own.

Current YDC Rules; All entries in YDC have to be for a charity or good cause. They must be posted between the stated lising times. They MUST be Auctions with no reserve & no BuyNow. They must run for 7 days. You can list as many items as you like. Items must not break eBid's listing rules. The expected value of the item must be less than $20.00. The auction title must include YDC plus the YDC number (Aug 2007 was YDC47). The item description must include, "This Auction is an entry in YDC, money raised will go to... (then the name of the charity or good cause)".

Auction types available on eBid

If you have bought or sold on ebay you are probably used to the terms 'Buy it Now','Dutch Auction' & 'Shop Inventory Format'.eBid does things a little differently.I explained 'Standard', 'Free', 'Gallery' & 'Platinum Auctions' in the last blog, this one is about some of the other Auction types available.

Most online auctions start counting down from the minute they are posted,on eBid the time they are listed for can vary from as few as three days, to as many as ninety days, & they can be set to repost automatically up to ten times, but Seller+ sellers also have the option to add 'Auto Extend' to their auctions. This means that it is more like a real life auction, as any bids made within the last 60 seconds of the auction will extend its life by 60 seconds.

You can also post an 'On first Bid Auction', with this option the auction does not start to count down until the first bid is made (you still get to set the time 3 - 90 days). Regardless of the time you set, On first bid auctions only run for 180 days, it just takes a tick in a box top relist them.
Seller+ sellers can also post 'BuyNow Only' auctions (no bidding involved) & set the time to "Run til Sold", this means the auction runs indefinitely until the item (or all the items) are sold. This is the equivalent of Shop Inventory Format,but without the need to relist, or the listing fees.

Featured Auctions, do cost to list, (& to repost), currently the cost is $1.00. For this your item is placed above all the non-featured auctions on search results, they are also shown at the top of your chosen category & subcategory when listings are browsed. You get a gallery thumbnail at no extra cost & you do not pay a final value fee. If you opt for an 'On First Bid' Featured Auction, your item will be posted as featured for 60 days, before it reverts to a normal listing.

Frontpage Auctions, also cost to list, (& relist) currently the price is $2.50, for this your item is featured on the frontpage of eBid for one day, after this it becomes a featured auction, so you do not pay a gallery or final value fee.

More to come!

STORING SILVER JEWELRY

While silver jewelry is quite sturdy and does not spoil easily, the right care and proper precautions will ensure that your silver jewelry shines brighter and has a longer and lustrous life. Caring for silver jewelry is much easier and here are a few do’s and don’ts about storing sterling silver.

Do’s

If you wear your jewelry often, it would be good to know that it will not spoil easily. This happens because body oils help to keep tarnishing down and cleaning at a minimum.
When you are not wearing your silver ornaments, keep them in an airtight bag which is made of tarnish proof material. Plastic zip lock bags made of Mylar (turkey cooking bags) or polyethylene bags may be a good option. These bags also protect your jewelry from scratches.
As silver is not scratch proof, store it away from articles that may rub up against them. Keep them secured in a drawer inside a specific jewelry box with a soft cotton lining. Do not store them loose as they may rub against other items and tarnish or scratch easily.
Clean your sterling silver jewelry with a soft 100% cotton cloth that is nub free. Flannel cloths are a good option too for this purpose.

Don’ts

Never store your sterling silver jewelry in open air and do not expose it to much humidity or sunshine. Over an extended period of time these factors can cause your jewelry to tarnish quickly. The effect of tarnish would first come through in the form of a golden hue that slowly turns to a shade of black.
While plastic bags may be a good option for storing jewelry to protect it from humidity, avoid polyvinyl plastic bags. Also avoid plastic bags that contain sulfur compounds which can cause your jewelry to tarnish faster or stain.
Do not store your sterling silver jewelry directly on wood surfaces. This is because wood usually contains acids that can mar the finish of your silver. Oak is seen to be the worst in this category. Also, avoid storing your sterling silver with other metals, like pennies, and rubber, as these items too can cause silver to tarnish and damage.
Paper, polyester, and coarse fabrics also often contain wood fibers or synthetics that can cause tiny scratches in the surface of fine sterling silver jewelry. Dirt left over from previous cleanings can scratch the surface as well.