Mens wedding bands can be had in gold or sterling silver. Personal preferences and budget limitations will decide which wedding band you finally choose. However before you actually make that decision, it is necessary to understand your options when buying a men's wedding band ring. For example, the metal option can allow you to choose between gold and sterling silver. The same metal option also gives you a choice between 18k and 14k wedding band rings for men, but you need to know that 14k is harder and therefore much stronger than 18k. The metal option between a yellow and white gold mens wedding band is quite easy to handle but, gold and silver choice is not. This is mainly because almost no jeweler offers the same quality of gems, design and craftsmanship for gold and silver mens wedding bands. Kaisilver is the only custom jewelry provider to have always welcomed both gold and silver jewelry orders. This has been so since our online inception since 2001 and not just recently when gold prices went sky high.

The gemstone choice is another area that needs understanding. If you choose a 14k or 18k mens wedding band with an emerald, you will need to be educated regarding the durability issues concerning an emerald. Most jewelers fear to disclose these facts as they feel that, it will lessen your desire to own the gemstone. Walk into a jewelry house and tell them that you prefer to have a blue gem for your silver or gold mens wedding band. They will surely try to push a blue sapphire at you. This is so very rampant that most jewelry buyers think that the only blue gemstone worth owning is a blue sapphire. Nothing wrong with that but, you should also informed that other options like blue topaz, blue tourmaline and blue lapis exist. On this issue, Kaisilver once again is at the buyer's side. Our price table for every jewel give a wide range of gemstone options. We even promise to procure and custom cut any gem stone that is not in the list for you. With preferential access to over 200 million carats of gems, it is unlikely that we will not be able to fulfill your gemstone desire.

The possibility of customizaion offered by custom mens wedding bands is another advantage that you should grab. For example, a mens wedding band design in 18k white gold can also be made in sterling silver with a simple and affordable citrine gemstone. You could choose the basic shape of a wedding band ring and then have something etched on the ring or inside the band for you. Etchings add not only beauty but also meaning to a jewel. The Kaisilver section on mens wedding bands will educate you better on what to expect and accept when it comes to mens wedding band rings, take a look at http://www.kaisilver.com/wedding-band-set-all-ks-01.htm

Gemstone Color, Interesting And Useful Information.

Gemstone jewelry is made attractive by the gem stone colors in the jewels. A gem or jewelry buyer very often chooses gemstones only based on the color. Despite the popularity of colored gems, not many people are aware of important issues concerning gem stone colors. In this short write-up we try to bring the most important issues related to gem stone colors to your knowledge. The information is kept as simple and non-technical as possible.

Natural and treated colors: When you see the gem colors in your gem stone jewelry you should note that not all the gems have natural colors. Gemstone experts have devised methods to treat gemstones. The idea is to either change or enhance the natural color of the gem stone. The gorgeous violet-blue tanzanite gemstone begins life as a dull brown gemstone. Heat treatment brings out the exciting color that is finally seen in the cut gemstone. Similarly the dark uniform color of many blue lapis gems that you come across is derived by dyeing the gem stone. Natural color blue lapis will always show white patches and specks.

Different gems same color: In cases where you are interested in a particular gem color rather than a particular gemstone type, there are good options for you. Most casual gem buyers think only of blue sapphire when wanting a blue color gem stone. Similarly all that they know is emerald when it comes to selecting a green gem stone. However the fact is that, there are more blue and green gems that are equally good and cost much less. The gemstone or jewelry seller will obviously be interested in pushing the most expensive gems, blue sapphire and emerald suits his plan too. Blue gems can include all shades of blue topaz, blue sapphire, blue zircon, aquamarine and blue apatite. When it comes to stones with green color consider peridot, emerald, chrome diopside (rather soft stone), green tourmaline, moldavite and even green jade.

Color stability: This is another area where gem providers love to keep buyers in the dark, it makes it easy to make a sale! Dyed gems like blue lapis should not be soaked in water or made to come in contact with strong detergents. Wax treated turquoise can also change color when exposed to heat or chemicals. All Kunzite fades in color after time, this is irrespective of the gemstone color being natural or treated. Emeralds with their oil treatment seem to have better color and lustre, oiling is done for all emeralds. However if anything happens that causes the oils to dry up, the color of the gem could become less attractive.

As the gems and jewelry industry gets increasingly commercialized, profit margins take importance over ethics. New treatment methods are not as stable as conventional heating or radiation. Junk quality rubies are treated throug a glass fissure fill process. This gives them a gorgeous appearance, but they are no where as durable as rubies put through the conventional heating process. Such gems can sell for around 3 to 5 dollars a carat. Similar looking rubies with heat treatment can cost around 500 U.S$ to 1,000 U.S$ per carat. Gem sellers take advantage of this and often push glass filled rubies for over 10 U.S$ to 20 U.S$ per carat ! Some even fool innocent buyers by selling glass filled rubies at the same price as heated rubies.

The above information is extracted from the Directstones report on gemstone color. The resource is maintained by Kaisilver, the world's leading online custom jewelry provider. The objective is to take care of small gem buyers by educating them. Custom cut gems are also made available for small gemstone buyers. You can even order one single gem of your choice from Directstones. The website has valuable information regarding gems, information that most gemstone manufacturers fail to disclose. You can access the gem color report at http://www.directstones.com/gemstone-colors-01.htm

Kunzite Color Fade, Choosing A Pink Gemstone Ring

If you wanted to get a pink gem stone ring, a few gem options come to mind. Pink quartz, pink topaz, pink tourmaline, Kunzite, morganite and ofcourse Pink sapphires. If you were working on a very tight budget, you might go for pink quartz (rose quartz) or pink topaz. When it comes to pink topaz gems you should know that 99% of the pink topaz used in jewelry these days, is infact white topaz that has been surface treated for a pink color. Most jewelers do not reveal this information, the big jewelry houses and television sales channels somehow get away with all these gimmicks.

Pink tourmaline is a modestly priced option for a pink gem ring and so is Kunzite. Pink tourmaline can be had in pale pink colors or more prominent reddish pink colors too. When pink tourmaline has a saturated reddish color tone, it is referred to as rubelite. The gem should not be confused with ruby. Kunzite is a gemstone with a purplish-pink color shade, the purple can sometimes be quite subdued and sometimes very visible. The sad part about Kunzite is that the gem actually fades it's color over time. So unless you have some very specific like for Kunzite, the color fade property should keep you away from this pink gem stone.

Another interesting gem for your pink gem stone ring is morganite, this gem belongs to the beryl group of gems. Good hardness and clarity are it's impressive features. It is cheaper than pink sapphire but be prepared to get a very pale pink morganite gem. Good saturated colors are hard to find and if the gem is small, almost no pink color might be visible. Morganite named after the financial expert J.P Morgan does have a fairly big demand.

You will then need to consider pink sapphire, a gem that is hard and durable. Good cutting can ensure nice lustre too. But expect to pay a bit for this pink gem stone. This is especially true if you are looking for gems with good clarity and large size. A good design and competent gem stone procurement can ensure a modestly priced pink sapphire ring. The gem size has been limited to 5mm to 6mm, the design is modern and classic at the same time. Good jewel toughness is ensured by providing sufficient metal weight. Scooping of metal inside the band has also been eliminated, this makes the pink sapphire ring more comfortable to wear and also more durable. If you have ever thought of getting a good pink sapphire gem stone ring at an attractive price, this is the ring that you should consider. Get full details at http://www.gemstonejewelry.kaijewels.com/pink-sapphire-white-gold-ring-kj-rg233.htm

Antique Opal Ring, Asian Princess Rings

The RG109 was one of the major developments in the high end jewelry sector. Kaisilver experts spent many months to analyze and understand the history and meaning of this amazing jewel. After studying various historical records, it became clear that the ring was infact an ancient Asian princess ring. The jewel was supposed to have been worn by an Asian princess many decades ago. This jewel is also a good example of an antique opal ring. Our experts noticed a similarity between many antique opal rings, most of these jewels used white opal as opposed to other opal types like fire opal or black opal.

One of the possible reasons for the popularity of white opal in antique jewels is the color of the gemstone. White is always associated with something that is clean and pure. It is also possible that the origin of the white opal influenced it's use in Asia. White opal is mined in Australia but fire opal is mined very far away in Mexico. The fact that Kaisilver offers such antique jewelry in custom made format provides some very good advantages to the buyer. You can choose the metal for your antique princess ring. Both gold and jewelry rings are available with the same quality gems and craftsmanship. The white opal antique ring is shown here in yellow gold but it could be ordered in white gold too. Gemstone options ensure that each of the gems in this antique ring can be chosen according to your choice. For example, the row of white opals can be replaced with any other gemstone, you can also combine gems in any of the rows. You would know that 14k antique jewelry would generally be stronger than 18k jewelry because, 14k gold is harder than 18k gold.

Get more details on the amazing RG109 antique opal ring at http://www.princess.kaijewels.com/ If you have interest in opal jewelry, you should not miss seeing the Kaisilver exclusive collection of opal gem stone rings at http://www.jewelry.kaijewels.com/opal-ring-all-kj.htm