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Looking to fill your jewelry box with some of the hottest fashion trends to hit the streets as of late? Want the look of exotic jewelry like ruby and emerald without the price tag? If so look no further then cubic zirconia. While most people hear cubic zirconia and think of the diamond look – alike there is a fully line of colored CZ available for purchase too!

Creating the colored CZ is a process not unlike making the traditional clear gem. As the cooking process comes to a end, various oxides are added to the mix to change the color. Adding Cerium makes red, orange, and yellow CZ. Adding Chromium makes green, neodymium makes purple, erbium makes pink, and titanium added to the mix makes brown. This is just the tip of the ice berg in regards to color options. There is a full range of common colors in addition to custom colors available, all depending on the combination of metal oxides added to the mix.

If the traditional diamond look alike CZ is for you, but you want something with a little more fire then a ring coated in DLC is for you. DLC, or diamond like crust is applied in a process that involves covering the finished CZ with a thin layer of DLC. This gives the gem a more diamond like quality overall. It becomes stronger and shows more diamond features under some testing conditions.

Another, technique traditionally used on topaz and quartz is to vacuum sputter a thin layer of an oxide such as gold or silver over the surface of the gem. This will create a iridescent effect and can usually be found marked as “mystic” by most retailers.

To really make your cubic zirconia rings stand out you can choose a precious metal band. A wide range of expensive and inexpensive metals can be used in the jewelry. Some of the more common choices are gold,silver,sterling silver, white gold, and stainless steel. In recent years another more exotic metal, platinum has become widely accepted as a precious metal signifying luxury and wealth. Two more options for a person who always wants to wear their ring but works in a field that is very hands on would be titanium and tungsten carbide. Both look beautiful as a band and they are extremely durable and will survive a environment that gold and silver can not.

For more helpful information like this, and links to hundreds of cubic zirconia retailers please check out our homepage @ http://www.mycubiczirconiarings.com

If you are looking for a gift for a young or teenage girl, it is very hard to go wrong with a jewelry box. Girls jewelry boxes make great gifts because girls and teenagers often have a lot of jewelry and they don’t always have somewhere to put it all. If they already have a jewelry box, they may have enough jewelry to put yours to use as well or they may even use it to store other accessories like hair elastic, berets and clips. If you buy a decorative box, it can be put on display just as other ornaments are. There is always a use for a jewelry box and some girls even collect them so don’t worry about buying a girl or teenager something that you think they may already own.