Is crystal jewelry a sham?

Many are mystified about the nature crystal jewelry. Some believe it to be genuine, while others deem it fake. I will not keep you in suspense; crystal jewelry is, indeed, made of crystal. Let me relay an event that I witnessed first-hand last week:

My friend David's sister was getting married, and seeing that David has no other friends but yours truly, I was coerced to go (why did I ask him to watch over my two-month-old pooch last weekend when I was out of town? I should have known asking for such a favor would later come back and exact its retribution). At any rate, I couldn't say no. And as it turned out, good thing I couldn't.

The wedding was the most lavish sight I have ever seen; champagne flowing like water (not even mineral, but tap water, that's how much champagne there was), over six hundred guests, all clearly upper-class. The men donned what seemed to me like two-thousand-dollars-worth of tuxedos, and the women….oh, the women. Nobody does a better job at flaunting their upper-class than upper-class women. They wore regal designer-dresses; they smelled of perfume that clearly most of us are too poor to purchase, and, of course, wore their finest jewelry. Such beautiful jewelry I have yet to see, at least not in person. Necklaces that positively cost more than my apartment, earrings in all shapes, sizes and colors. What was the main motif, you might ask yourself? If your answer is "diamonds" (and let's face it, it probably is) - then you are correct.

Diamonds, as it turns out, are not only "a girl's best friend;" they are also the really-old- woman's best friend. And the middle-aged woman's too. As I was enjoying the champagne at my table, I couldn't help overhearing a conversation that went something like this: "what a cute little ring! how many carats?" followed by "I believe it is 1.5, thank you!" I may not know everything, but I know this: not only was the ring not 1.5 carats, it wasn't even real diamond. It was crystal. How do I know this? The proud wearer of the ring was my wife, and the no-so-proud (at that moment) person who bought the ring, was her husband.

You see, dear inquirer, everything can be faked. The gorgeous pieces you've been seeing lately quite possibly are real crystal- but there is a chance that they were faux. People do not only fake crystals, but sometimes they use crystals to fake diamonds. Your question, though, is a valid one, because many people find it hard to believe that the fine crystal jewelry they see is authentic. If you'd like, I can refer you to sources that contain not only the history behind crystal-jewelry, but also ways to make them yourself.

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