Van Cleef & Arpels' four-leaf clover is a lot of people's favorite jewelry, not only means lucky, but the different gemstones used are very popular, one of the green gemstones is very green but not emerald and emerald, but malachite. Not only van Cleef & Arpels is using such a gemstone, but many big names are using this gem as their own inlaid jewelry, and the popularity has soared.
Malachite has a lot of origins such as Zambia, Australia, Russia, Zaire, the United States, China Guangdong Yangchun, etc., the hardness is very low only 3.5-4, and brittle, gems are very squeamish afraid of bumping, but also slightly soluble in water, in fact, is very unsuitable as a gem set, why so big names will choose it?
Malachite is the most special gemstone in nature, its green is unparalleled, dignified and elegant, subtle and shiny silk luster, and the grain in it is very natural and high-grade, because the grain is naturally formed, so the interior of each malachite is different, very interesting taste.
It is also the incomparable beauty of color and texture that makes many big names flock to it.
Westerners have used malachite as jewelry for thousands of years and are regarded as a treasure to avoid bad luck, and it is said that warriors who fight in the battlefield can protect the peace if they wear malachite amulets. In our country, malachite is also a symbol of peace and auspiciousness, and it is made into ornaments and placed in the home to protect auspicious health. Now one of the most popular gemstones of malachite, it is unique in design and production, and it is loved by everyone, so it is also crowded into the ranks of fine jewelry!
So can such a fragile malachite be worn as ordinary jewelry on a daily basis?
Since the fragile malachite is used as modern jewelry, it needs to pass some reasonable technology and technology, although it is not as hard as other gemstones, but it can still meet the daily wearing requirements.
The general malachite will not be used directly to contact the skin to wear, but as a mosaic process appears, usually using the process of bezel setting, in order to allow malachite to avoid the erosion of the skin sweat, although this method can increase the service life of malachite, but in the daily wear still need to pay attention to, especially when bathing can not directly soak malachite jewelry in the water, long-term immersion and acid and alkaline substance erosion will make malachite slowly crushed, so "take a bath on scrap" Although exaggerated, it has some truth.
As long as the inlaid malachite is carefully avoided directly in the water, there will be no problem under normal wearing, or it will release the brilliance for a long time. Everyone will be loved by the unique thick green and dark stripes of malachite, which is really too special, which is why many designers know its weakness but are reluctant to give up using it, and it is also used in the dial of the watch and the center stone of the gemstone and the stone of various gemstones.
Perlée's gold bracelet, with its semicircular curved surface made of malachite, complements the sparkling diamonds, and the color is truly beautiful.
The Lucky Animals hummingbird brooch, using malachite and lapis lazuli as the center stone, this strong contrast effect is really beautiful, the texture of malachite is a good interpretation of the texture of the bird's body, is the most suitable gemstone.
Dior's jewelry Rose des vents gold bracelet is also made of malachite as the center stone, and the impact of white mother-of-pearl color is very designed.
La D de Dior Satine 36mm edition, using malachite as its dial, the texture is like the beauty of natural silk, which makes people shine with a wonderful design.
Bulgari's snake head bag is not only the color of malachite, but also uses malachite as a pair of spirited eyes in the part of the snake's head, which is very cleverly designed.
The most classic fan pendant is also the use of malachite as a design, many people like the style, very classic.
The Earl Possesion jewellery watch, which also uses malachite as a dial, is accompanied by a gold woven strap, and this color is really high-grade.
Piaget Earl possession series pendant is also the use of malachite, the round design is very three-dimensional, people can't help but love.
Now the malachite is so hot or need to pay attention to imitations, the following is about the identification of imitations:
The picture above is natural malachite, so it is beautiful to see the variety of stripes, strong sense of flow, and natural feeling.
The picture above is a plastic cement imitation, the texture is very rigid, there is no sense of curved flow.
In fact, you only need to look closely at the flowing concentric ring belt of malachite and the delicate silk luster of the surface of malachite to be able to distinguish, because imitation plastic malachite does not have such a texture.
What needs to be guarded against is synthetic malachite, the picture above is the malachite synthesized in Russia, the appearance looks very similar to the real malachite, the best identification method is to send it for identification, and the instrument identification will mark the synthetic malachite with the word "synthetic",
How to maintain malachite:
1. It is necessary to avoid collisions during wearing
Malachite is very fragile and the most taboo thing is to hit hard objects, which will cause local damage and damage to the appearance of gloss.
2, need to keep the appearance of malachite dry
Because malachite is slightly soluble in water, it will also cause harm in a humid environment, and it must be removed and placed when swimming and bathing, and if it is easy to sweat in summer, it is also necessary to avoid sweat and wear jewelry outside of clothing.
3. Regular wiping
The hardness of malachite is very low, it is easy to appear fine scratches, if such scratches can be handed over to the store for maintenance.
Although it needs careful care, but such a beautiful gem is still worth it, if the careless girl still do not buy it, it is more convenient to wear it for other easy-to-take gems.