Jewellery glitters! The mention of jewellery puts a smile on your face. A jewel is the best accessory a person can wear. While the real gems and metals have their grip on the market, there is an alternate segment. Welcome to the world of fake jewellery. The use of word fake might be a bit controversial, but lets read on to understand the concept of artificial jewellery and imitation jewellery.
What is artificial jewellery
Artificial jewellery is made using inexpensive stones and metals. This category of jewellery is very popular today because of its low cost and ease of use. The range of raw material used for making artificial jewellery is huge. The other words used to describe is costume jewellery or fashion jewellery. It can be used for everyday occasion.
What is imitation jewellery
Imitation as the word suggests is designed to look as close as possible to real jewellery. Real jewels or precious metals are pearls, diamonds, gold, silver, platinum, ruby, sapphire and so on. Imitation jewellery is exact replica of the original. It is intentional to take a list of less costly material and work on it to make it look like real jewellery. Imitation jewellery besides being less expensive, it also needs less maintenance. It can also be rented for special occasions.
Difference between artificial and imitation jewellery
Technically there is no difference between them. But imitation jewellery is a part of artificial jewellery. Both are made with cheaper metals and a variety of inexpensive gems and stones. Imitation jewellery is designed to look like the real one. So for example there can be real pearls and fake pearls. So fake pearls will come under the category of imitation jewellery. The point to remember at the same time here is that if you are using sea shells for jewellery, that is not fake. Just that sea shells are inexpensive. So a jewellery made using sea shells is artificial jewellery. Now that you are done through the technical, lets look at the commercial side.
Market for artificial jewellery
There is a huge and every growing market for this category of jewellery. Being inexpensive, people buy it without hesitation. Making artificial jewellery is also easy and it can be churned out in lots by expert craftsmen. It can also be made at home. Raw material for making this jewellery is easily available. Even if you want to use exotic material is also easy to make eye catching designs.
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