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Aurora Borealis Rhinestone The "classic" aurora borealis rhinestone which displays colors of the rainbow! Photo courtesy of: rumor_has_it |
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Aurora Borealis Rhinestone - Green Photo courtesy of: rumor_has_it |
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Aurora Borealis Rhinestone - Red Photo courtesy of: rumor_has_it |
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Aurora Borealis Rhinestone - Yellow Coated with an iridescent layer for multi-color "shimmer" like the northern Aurora Borealis. Photo courtesy of: rumor_has_it |
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Rhinestone - 8 Point Star Notice the 8 point star shape in this rootbeer colored rhinestone. Photo courtesy of: timesgonebyl |
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Flat Top Rhinestone Most unusual flat top black rhinestone set in a Weiss piece. Photo courtesy of: somerville33 |
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Foiled and Unfoiled Rhinestones - Front Here's the front of a brooch containing both foiled and unfoiled rhinestones. Photo courtesy of: momtoahsey |
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Margarita Rhinestone - Example 1 Margarita Swarovski crystals. They have the scalloped edges and are not pointed (like rivolis are). They look more like a flower. Photo courtesy of: twinkling-rose |
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Margarita Rhinestone - Example 2 They generally have a hole in the center and are set with a wire or a rhinestone tipped wire. Photo courtesy of: twinkling-rose |
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Rivoli - Front This style of a round rhinestone that comes to a point is called a Rivoli cut. Photo courtesy of: timesgonebyl |
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Rivoli - Side View Photo courtesy of: timesgonebyl |
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Rivoli - Front Photo courtesy of: timesgonebyl |
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Rivoli - Side View Photo courtesy of: timesgonebyl |
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Foiled and Unfoiled Rhinestones - Back Here's the back of the brooch containing both foiled and unfoiled rhinestones. Notice the "gold covering" on the stones - these are called "foiled" rhinestones. Notice how the green rhinestone has no foil - that is called an unfoiled rhinestone. Photo courtesy of: momtoahsey |
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Setting - Pie Crust A "pie crust" metal setting. Named so due to its resemblance to the outer, wavy edge of a pie crust. Photo courtesy of: momtoahsey |
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Setting - Pie Crust - Closeup Photo courtesy of: momtoahsey |
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Setting - Prong Prongs are like little "claws" that come up and over the edges of a stone to help secure it in its setting. There can be 4 (or more) prongs in a prong setting. Photo courtesy of: momtoahsey |
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Setting - Open Back Open back metal setting (a "bun" setting). Photo courtesy of: timesgonebyl |
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Setting - Saw Tooth Bezel Setting Example of a "saw tooth" bezel setting. Photo courtesy of: rumor_has_it |
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Watermellon Rhinestone Named "watermellon" due to colors resembling that of a watermellon. Photo courtesy of: rumor_has_it |