When you hear the word 'crystal' what does it remind you? It reminds me of the popular old reality game show of our times - 'crystal maze'! But when my wife hears the word 'crystal', I can see her face beaming. No points for guessing that, women just love crystal jewellery. And specially when there are so many designs and colours to choose from, they can not be blamed if they go mad about crystal jewellery.

The exciting range of crystal jewellery include pendants, earrings, rings, bracelets and now there are anklets and armlets too that have crystal embedded. Not just embedded, crystal make excellent pendants that hang beautifully from necklaces, neck chains, bracelets and soft ankles look so pretty and beautiful when small crystal pendants hang from the anklets.

Even accessories like belts, shoes, purses and bags are also not left untouched by the glory and mystifying beauty of crystal. Blue, red, green, there are options galore to select from. And you can add them or stud them on your accessories to make them look cool and trendy. This will also distinguish you amidst the crowd. And not just women, even men love to experiment with their looks and styles and crystal plays an important part in such endeavours. Crystal is also worn by men. They wear it in rings and some also wear it in a pendant. Sometimes they wear it for fashion and sometimes for faith (crystal is believed to have healing powers).

Besides that, is popular mostly because of its beauty and shine. There are different kinds of crystal available, like amethyst etc. They look very cool and beautiful when worn in jewellery. There are different kinds of crystal that suits different occasions. Also a lot depends upon the design of the jewellery. So the next time you wish to gift your wife a crystal jewellery, make sure you know what suits the occasion.