Rhinestones
Sunday, October 26th, 2008[caption id="attachment_14" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Wiess demi Parure"][/caption] Rhinestones, diamantes, or paste are diamond simulants used in costumes, contume jewellery and increasingy for home decoration. Originally, rhinestones were rock crystals gathered from the river Rhine, hand cut and set with silver or coloured foil behind to give colour and sparkle. In 1775, George Frederic ...