Gemstones and Birthstones used for fashion Israeli jewelry

Israel is very famous for its lovely handmade, handcrafted jewelry.
Aviram Toledo is one of  Israel's top fashion jewelry distributors and designers that spread that love to the American market.

Jewelry designer company, Aviram Toledo have big plans for the American market, hoping to take advantage of what appears to be an increasing interest in unique handmade, handcrafted fashion jewelry.
 
Israeli fashion jewelry by Aviram Toledo has moved beyond tourist gift shops in Israel and solidly into the American mainstream, filling jewelry boxes and adorning women nationwide.

Sterling Silver jewelry combines gold elements, semi precious gemstones and unique handcrafted decorations. Each and every piece of jewelry produced in Aviram Toledo is carefully inspected for quality assurance.

Aviram Toledo Jewelry brand is well established and present worldwide.

Israeli jewelry , by Aviram Toledo take a special pride for the unique and exceptional line of handcrafted jewelry we creates with Sterling Silver 925 and gold, which are distributed by many prestigious department stores and galleries.

Israeli jewelry designs orient constantly to leading fashion trends, integrating uniquely color stones with sterling silver 925.

Many precious and semiprecious stones are used for fashion jewellery.
Among them are:

Amber: Amber, an ancient organic gemstone, is composed of tree resin that has hardened over time. The stone must be at least 1 million years old to be classified as amber, and some amber can be up to 120 million years old.

Amethyst: Amethyst has historically been the most prized gemstone in the quartz family. It is treasured for its purple hue, which can range in tone from light to dark.

Emerald: Emeralds are one of the three main precious gemstones (along with rubies and sapphires) and are known for their fine green to bluish green colour.

Jade: Jade is most commonly associated with the colour green, but can come in a number of other colours as well. Jade is closely linked to Asian culture, history, and tradition, and is sometimes referred to as the “stone of heaven.”

Jasper: Jasper is a gemstone of the chalcedony family that comes in a variety of colours. Often, jasper will feature unique and interesting patterns within the coloured stone. Picture jasper is a type of jasper known for the colours (often beiges and browns) and swirls in the stone’s pattern.

Quartz: Quartz refers to a family of crystalline gemstones of various colours and sizes. Among the well-known types of quartz are rose quartz (which has a delicate pink colour), and smoky quartz (which comes in a variety of shades of translucent brown). A number of other gemstones — like Amethyst and Citrine — are also part of the quartz family. Rutilated quartz is a popular type of quartz containing needle-like inclusions.

Ruby: Rubies are known for their intense red colour, and are among the most highly valued precious gemstones. Rubies have been treasured for millennia. In Sanskrit, the word for ruby is means “king of precious stones.”

Sapphire: The most popular form of sapphire is blue sapphire, which is known for its medium to deep blue colour and strong saturation. Fancy coloured sapphires in various colours are also available. In the United States, blue sapphire tends to be the most popular and most affordable of the three major precious gemstones (emerald, ruby, and sapphire).

Turquoise: Turquoise is found in only a few places on earth, and the world’s largest turquoise producing region is the southwest United States. Turquoise is prized for its attractive colour — most often an intense medium blue or a greenish blue — and its ancient heritage. Turquoise is used in a great variety of jewellery styles. It is perhaps most closely associated with southwest and Native American jewellery, but it is also used in many sleek, modern styles. Some turquoise contains a matrix of dark brown markings, which provides an interesting contrast to the gemstone’s bright blue colour.

Some gemstones (like pearls, coral, and amber) are classified as organic, meaning that they are produced by living organisms. Others are inorganic, meaning that they are generally composed of and arise from minerals.

Some gemstones, like amethyst, have become less valued as methods of extracting and importing them have progressed. Some man-made gems can serve in place of natural gems, an example is the cubic zirconia, used in place of the diamond.