2008-09-03

Mysterious and Beautiful Tibetan Silver Jewelry

For Tibetans, jewelry is a part of everyday life as well as a reflection of their religious beliefs. Tibetan jewelry often represents deities or ritual items, such as dorjes or mantras.


Silver is one of a precious metal with relative low price and are used widely in Tibet jewelry, at the sametime Tibetan people also believe that the shines and colors emitted by silver possessed the capacity of avoiding disaters.

Tibet jewelry used 925 purity silver commonly, for the reason that the 925 silver has a more higher rigidity than 100% pure silver and difficult to deform, more importantly, it is showing a gloss more rich in quality, while the 100% purity silver is too soft to used in Tibet jewelry. And 925 silver are often called "pure silver" in business practices.

- Traditionly Tibet Silver Jewelry




Traditionly Tibetan jewelry is a white copper-made imitation silver jewelry with a small quantity of silver added in, and this kind tibet silver jewelry is very similar to the texture of silver jewelry, furthermore has a more anti-brasive capacity than silver, because this kind of silver material has a certain extensibility, exquisite Kasi products could be produced by using this kind of material.

- General Tibet Silver Jewelry



In fact, Tibet jewelry itself is a business term, initially people called white copper mixed with a little silver as Tibet silver, later called all white copper jewelry as Tibet silver jewelry, businessman nowadays called those jewelry products made of aluminum-alloy as Tibet silver. 

In fact, the traditional Tibetan jewelry are never use aluminum-alloy materials. In recent years as Tibet jewelry culture become popular, a large number of fashion Tibet jewelry imitated with traditional Tibetan jewelry style appeared in market, which often use low-price tin-aluminum alloy materials. Tibet jewelry made of such a kind of material are beyond authentic, but for their ultra-low prices they are still very welcomed by ordinary consumers.



Jewelry has traditionally been an important part of Tibetan daily dress. It is believed, jewels put people in touch with deities, and protect them from the many hazards of life in their rugged and treacherous land. Himalayan jewelry is often oversized and heavy, with elaborate surface design and an exuberance of color.






The value of Tibet jewelry was historically determined by the intensity of color and size of the components, rather than the value in gems or precious metals. Tibetan jewelry collection offers a diverse group of jewelry, ranging from necklaces, bracelets and rings to earrings, there are various beautiful pieces of jewelry that's perfect for everyone.

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