Jewelry is also known as personal ornament, such as necklace, ring that is made from a gem stone or precious metal or even other materials. It is one of the oldest form of body adornment. The first pieces of the jewelry were usually made from natural materials such as bone, animal teeth, shell wood and carved stone, often made for people with high importance often to show their status and in many cases, they were buried along with it.



It was usually made to adorn almost every part of the body starting from hair to toe rings. High quality was made with gem stones along with precious metals. Certain jewelry were made from a less valuable materials, using anything from base metal wire with rock thumbled stone to precious metal and gemstones. Since the very beginning many cultures also practiced keeping wealth in form of jewelry. It is also used as means of trade. Many items of jewelry also originated as decorative items. It is also a symbolic or group membership or symbol of status.

Wearing certain jewelry also provided protection or ward off evil in certain culture as these may take form of symbols, stones, animals, plants or even body parts or glyphs in many religion. It has been a form of artistic display from the very beginning, but the art began to take primacy over function and wealth continuing its trend in modern times. Gemstones, coins or other precious items are often used in creating jewelry and typically set into precious metal. Alloys of almost every known metal is used in making jewelry starting from bronze to platinum, titanium or silver. Modern jewelry often use gold, silver, white gold or even platinum with precious gem stones or pearls. The purity is often stated in karats with 10 K being the least pure or 41.7% pure gold to 24 K being the most pure or 99.9 % pure gold, often considered too soft for jewelry.

Other form of commonly used materials may include glass or enamel, wood often carved, shells or other natural animal substances including bone, ivory, even clay or sometimes plastics. Beads are also frequently used in jewelry. This form of jewelry commonly encompasses necklaces, bracelets, earrings, belts and even rings. The size of the beads may vary starting from seed beads. Such beads may also be used in embroidery purposes where they are usually sewn onto fabric backings to create a design around collar or bracelets. Such form of embroidery also enjoys modern jewelry making.

Many precious and semiprecious stones are also used in the making of jewelry. Among these are amber, emerald, diamond, jade, jasper even quartz. High polished jewelry is the most common giving the metal the highly-reflective and shiny look, commonly used to accentuate gemstones. Brush finishes gives the jewelry a textured look making it elegant. Certain jewelry may also be plated to give a desired color. Certain costume jewelry may also be plated with gold, silver, or platinum to give it an elegant look. Such form of jewelry are usually considered as fashion jewelry. No matter what form they are but they all are precious adding color and lust to our life.