Malachite bracelet
Such a popular malachite bracelet is one of the most refined and elegant jewelry. Thanks to skillful processing, this decoration is very popular and is presented on the market in many variants of execution and design. It is comfortable to wear. Its pebbles pleasantly warm the skin of the hands. These decorations are light and durable at the same time.
The magic of green
Malachite is a unique natural gem. It is a variety of greenish shades: from delicate turquoise to dark green. This stone is very popular with jewelers. Jewelry is represented by a wide variety of elements and forms. When choosing a malachite product, attention is paid not only to its unusually rich natural beauty, but also to its qualities. The healing and magical properties of this beautiful mineral are well known.
The magic of natural beauty
An amazing and mysterious green stone attracts with its unique appeal and originality. Malachite is a natural material that contains copper. Bright color conveys all shades of green. Its name can be translated from Greek into Russian as "mallow". This is due to the fact that the color of the stone is very similar to the color of the leaves of this plant. There is another translation option: “soft”.The first option is associated with the color of the stone, the second is a characteristic of its physical properties.
Frame options
The mineral is framed by various materials that serve as its basis and complement it, enhance its natural radiance and the unique beauty of its shades.
The setting for a bracelet made of this stone is made from such materials and substances as:
- gold (white, red, combined);
- silver (blackened, oxidized, pure, and other varieties);
- copper with gilding;
- steel;
- leather;
- fabrics;
- thread weaving.
Made in metal, such an original gem looks especially great. Different shades of setting allow the stone to appear differently depending on the color of the material with which it is decorated.
- Malachite bracelet set in red gold. The color of this type of metal goes well with the bright green stone, giving it a soft, cozy and warm look. The price criteria for such a product is quite high.
- Jewelry from a gem framed in white gold. The accessory, framed in white gold, gives a new unusual shade to the gem. This decoration has a high price. A frame made of this material enhances the emerald color of the mineral, making it especially beautiful.
- From combined gold. This is such an unusual exquisite decoration for people with refined taste. The unique combination of white and red gold makes it unlike anything else and unique in its kind.
- Silver products are no less refined and beautiful. Silver is the color of the moon and represents the feminine. Blackened silver goes especially well with stones of a lighter shade. The gem looks good with pure silver and with its other varieties.
- Copper with gilding. The cheapest version.
- Steel. Fine jewelry with malachite inserts is unusual and original.
- Leather frame. This accessory looks original and will suit creative individuals. It is a lightweight, pleasant to wear item.
- Fabric accessories. Such products are worn on the arm by people with creativity. These little things are distinguished by a low price.
- Thread weaving. Unusual will be an ethnic-style bracelet made of braids, thick ropes, with malachite beads strung on them or braiding them.
Variety of forms
A malachite bracelet is an adornment that offers many options for execution.
- From beads - a short ribbon of light or dark veins of beads iridescent with entertaining patterns, strung on the base, of different sizes and different shapes, complemented by an elegant silver clasp. Bracelets made of several strands of broken beads or malachite beads are especially beautiful. The beads can be framed with a thin lace of gold threads and connected with a gold or silver chain.
- Gold (silver, copper) chain in Pandora style. As a variant of the accessory, a chain is possible with short, smaller chains hanging from its elements with tiny links, studded with pebbles of various bizarre shapes: square, oval, round, in the form of leaves of various plants, complemented by inclusions of silver and gold, or decorated with figures of gold on top. stone. They may have several threads soldered together or hanging freely.
- Jewelry in the form of an open ring. This bracelet does not have a clasp. A malachite bead or plate can be worn around its edges. Particularly beautiful are things made of floral filigree with a gem in the middle.
- A little thing in the form of a closed ring with a single, but bizarre stone or several stones with a clasp. As an option - a rim, decoration without a fastener.
- snake. Metal hand decoration in the form of a curved snake with a gemstone interspersed.
The variety of forms depends on the imagination and skill of the jeweler who creates it.
Kinds
There are several types of malachite bracelets. Widespread:
- Flat bangles - consist of plates or flat beads.
- Volumetric jewelry is made in the style of Pandora; chains, open rings.
- Rigid - metal bracelets with malachite inserts.
- Soft decorations - a variety of bracelets, decorated with chains, on hinges. For example, Zhadi - the bracelet covers both the wrist and the back of the hand. Made from small malachite beads.
Decoration selection criteria
Jewelry made from this unusual material is endowed with healing properties. This unusual, beautiful gem is known as a healing mineral. It is believed that products made from it absorb bad energy and create balance in the body. Since ancient times, the gem has been considered the stone of healers.
To make sure that the product really consists of natural stone, you need:
- Wipe the surface lightly with alcohol. If we have the original in front of us, then the cotton wool with alcohol will turn blue.
- Bring a lit match to the malachite. A real stone will be covered with dark dust.
- A real gem is cool.
- Does not contain air bubbles.
What to wear and how to care
Jewelry from this mineral is worn with a variety of clothes: with open dresses and sundresses, blouses with short sleeves.
In order for the decoration to serve and please for a long time, it needs proper care.In this case, there really isn't much to worry about. Products are simply washed with warm water and wiped dry with a cloth.