Custom Made Jewerly to your specifications

Are you looking for a custom, designer, one of a kind piece of jewelry made to your specifications? Elizabeta Jewelry can help! We have big name designers that can create the perfect piece for you. If you have an idea, we will run with it. And you would have the opportunity to see a "proof" before we actually produce the final piece, letting you make changes if you would like.

A case history was a client looking for a mother's pendant but she didn't want the usual (yet lovely) mother's pendant that we often see. She was looking for something modern and contemporary. So using the appropriate birthstones, a jewelry designer came up with the piece that is pictured. It uses palladium metal with a ruby, garnet, and aquamarine.

If you are looking for something unique and that reflects your sense of style, please contact us at elizabeta@charter.net and we can put something together. You get all of the convenience of shopping from home but the service and personalization of a designer jewelry store.

Gemstones - Background and Lore - Aquamarine

Aquamarine's clear sea blue is reflected in its name, which is Latin for "sea water". Sages from times ago thought water touched by aquamarine would heal afflictions of the eyes and lungs. It was also believed that the wearer of aquamarine was given foresight and heightened insight.

Aquamarine crystals can grow to be quite large. They tend to have very good clarity too. The color ranges from greenish blue to blue green in light tones. The color tends to be more intense in larger stones.

Brazil supplies most of the aquamarine these days, but it also originates in Australia, China, Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan, US, and Zambia.

Aquamarine is the March birthstone. It is also known as the stone of courage. It accelerated the intellectual reasoning process and makes one unstoppable through learning - not only of the teachings of the past and present, but of oneself. According to legend, it has origin in the treasure chests of mermaids, and is considered good luck for sailors.

Aquamarine has a hardness of 7.5-8 on the Moh's Scale of Hardness, and it has good toughness. It is not recommended to expose the aquamarine to heat, but it is stable when exposed to light. Aquamarine does not tolerate exposure to hydrofluoric acid.

Aquamarines are routinely heat treated to remove yellow, resulting in a purer blue color.

To clean your aquamarine, ultrasonic cleaning and steam cleaning are usually safe as long as there are no feathers or liquid inclusions in the stone. The safest way to clean the stone is with warm, soapy water.

Some alternatives to aquamarine are blue topaz, sapphire, spinel, tanzanite, and tourmaline.

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What's going on in May at Elizabeta Jewelry

Elizabeta Jewelry is gearing up for some major changes to our website. We hope that by the time summer is in full swing, we will be finished. In the meantime, everything will continue to function normally.

Ok, now that I have gotten that out of the way, here are some ideas we wanted to share for May... Blue is the color we are featuring this month. Blue represents trust, loyalty, and balance. Some blue gemstones include sapphire, blue zircon, blue topaz, aquamaring, iolite, and some tanzanite. If you mention our blog, we will give you 10% off of our already low prices on any blue gemstone - contact us for a price. Deep blue sapphires are a great alternative to diamonds for a center stone in an engagement ring as they are durable as well as stunning. Here is a little bit more information on the symbology of the sapphire:

Sapphire means blue in Greek. The blue goes from dark blue almost black to pale blue. The finest blue sapphires are a strong blue. The star sapphire is very valued. Sapphires of colors other than blue are always referred to with the color. There are pink sapphires, yellow sapphires, violet sapphires, green sapphires and clear sapphires. Today most sapphires are mined in Australia.
It is said a necklace of sapphires will cure a sore throat.
The sapphire was called the "Stone of Destiny". Sapphires contribute to mental clarity and perception. They can promote financial rewards.
The sapphire is the symbol of heaven and joyful devotion to God.
Sapphire is associated with Aquarius, Virgo, Libra and Capricorn. It is the birthstone of September and has been the birthstone of April. Sapphire is the symbol of Saturn (dark blue) and Venus (light blue).