| Although a lot of the focus in many of the magazine | | | | modern jewelers now take for granted. It is also |
| and fashion shows is on glitzy gems and bright, | | | | important to remember that many different types of |
| sparkling diamonds there is also a lot of emphasis on | | | | jewelry are made by pouring molten metals into molds |
| the beauty of different metals themselves. There has | | | | which are then cooled and removed, leaving the raw |
| historically as well as currently been a large following | | | | jewelry item for finishing, detailing and polishing. As |
| of people that love the beauty of the various metals, | | | | technology advanced different metals such as |
| without the addition of gems, jewels and all those | | | | platinum, palladium, titanium, tungsten carbide and even |
| extras. | | | | the gold and metal mixture of white gold was created |
| All metal jewelry is likely the historical basis of every | | | | and became more popular. |
| type of jewelry. Early Greeks and Romans, Egyptians | | | | Completely metal jewelry can be decorative however |
| and Asians all used basic metals to create beautiful | | | | it is not just a bare, plain surface. Many pieces of metal |
| and lasting jewelry that still forms the basis of many of | | | | jewelry are very elaborately crafted and shaped, |
| the styles that are now considered to be the classics. | | | | leading to intricate patterns and designs either by |
| This is seen in modern jewelry as the plain or | | | | adding additional metals to the surface or by detailing |
| elaborate band rings, cuff style bracelets, chains and | | | | the surface to make it look carved. A great example |
| even the many different all metal styles of jewelry. | | | | of this is the silver jewelry that is seen in both Bali and |
| Chandelier style earrings, many which are still designed | | | | Indonesia, highly detailed and designed in patterns that |
| with all metal features and pieces, are very similar to | | | | look like weaving and in filigree styles. Two tone or |
| the ancient earrings unearthed in archaeological digs in | | | | even three tone all metal types of jewelry are very |
| different places in the world. Early art work and | | | | popular both for wedding bands, bracelets, pendants, |
| sculptures from Egyptian, Roman and Greek | | | | watches and almost every other type of jewelry |
| civilizations clearly show the importance of jewelry in | | | | imaginable. There is a unique type of jewelry known |
| these early times and for these people, both as status | | | | as Black Hills Gold that is actually a style of jewelry |
| symbols as well as beautiful pieces. | | | | that includes different colors ranging from yellow, green |
| Traditionally metals used in jewelry were silver and | | | | and rose gold. Typical patterns found in traditional Black |
| gold, typically because they were the easiest to mine | | | | Hills gold pieces include grape leaves, vines and |
| and collect plus they were very easy to work with. | | | | patterns found in nature. Only pieces made in the Black |
| Keep in mind that early jewelers really had to do | | | | Hills of South Dakota can be marketed as Black Hills |
| everything by hand without temperature controlled | | | | gold. |
| melting vats and other instruments and equipment that | | | | |