Rock Candy Natural Gemstone 14k Yellow Gold Connectors for Permanent Jewelry

Amethyst is the purple variety of quartz. Its color can be uneven within a crystal, with lighter and darker zones, so the cutter’s choices influence how a finished stone looks from the front. It is a different material from purple sapphire or purple spinel, even when photographs show a similar shade.

Care: Use lukewarm water, a little mild soap, and gentle cleaning with a soft cloth or very soft brush if the setting permits. Rinse carefully and dry with a lint-free cloth. Avoid steam, high heat, sudden temperature changes, and extended intense light, which can affect some amethyst colors. Leave ultrasonic cleaning to a jeweler who has checked the stone and setting.

Apatite is a group of phosphate minerals; fluorapatite is a common member. Gem material can occur in several colors, including blue, green, and yellow. The name covers a mineral family, so it should not be treated as a guarantee of one shade or one source.

Care: Use a soft cloth for routine wiping. If the exact construction permits, a brief gentle clean with lukewarm mild soapy water can be followed by prompt drying. Avoid soaking, ultrasonic and steam cleaners, heat, acids, solvents, abrasive cloths, and hard impacts. Ask for specific advice where treatment or condition is uncertain.

Aquamarine is the greenish blue to blue variety of beryl, the same mineral family that includes emerald. Its usual pastel palette is different from the saturated color people often associate with blue sapphire or blue apatite. Pale color is not, by itself, evidence of a false stone.

Care: A gentle hand clean with lukewarm mild soapy water is a sensible starting point for an intact, suitable setting. Rinse and dry carefully. Avoid harsh chemicals, high heat, and abrupt temperature changes. Do not use an ultrasonic or steam cleaner at home when inclusions, treatments, or setting condition are unknown; ask a jeweler to assess the piece first.

Spinel is a gem mineral distinct from ruby, sapphire, garnet, and onyx. It occurs in several colors, including red, pink, blue, and black. A red spinel can resemble ruby, but their mineral identities differ. Black spinel is chosen for its dark appearance and reflected surface light rather than transparent body color.

Care: Use gentle lukewarm mild-soap hand cleaning when suitable for the setting, then rinse and dry with a soft cloth. Avoid high heat, abrasive chemicals, and hard impacts. If fractures or filling are present, ask a jeweler for care specific to that stone. Professional assessment should come before ultrasonic or steam cleaning.

Chrysoprase is a green variety of chalcedony, a fine-grained form of quartz. Its characteristic apple-green color is associated with nickel. Because the crystals are extremely small, the material does not look like a single transparent faceted quartz crystal. See the product details for this piece’s stone, setting, and any disclosed treatments.

Care: Use a soft cloth for everyday wiping. When suitable for the full construction, clean briefly with lukewarm mild soapy water, rinse, and dry carefully. Avoid high heat, extended intense sunlight, harsh chemicals, prolonged soaking, and abrasive methods. With uncertain treatments or fractures, leave ultrasonic and steam cleaning out of the routine.

Citrine is the yellow to orange variety of quartz. It is related to purple amethyst, but it is not topaz. Their historic association and their shared November birthstone role can make the names confusing. A listing should identify the actual material rather than use golden color as a stand-in for mineral identity.

Care: Use lukewarm water with a small amount of mild soap, then rinse and dry gently when the setting allows. Avoid steam, high heat, sudden temperature changes, and extended intense light. A jeweler should check the stone and setting before any ultrasonic cleaning, especially if fractures or filling are possible.

Emerald is the green to bluish green variety of beryl. Aquamarine belongs to the same mineral family, but its blue palette and typical appearance are different. Very light green beryl may be described as green beryl rather than emerald; the boundary is a gemological classification question, not something a photograph alone can settle.

Care: For routine care, wipe gently with a soft cloth. When the piece’s instructions permit, clean briefly with lukewarm mild soapy water and a very soft brush, then rinse and dry carefully. Avoid prolonged soaking, steam, ultrasonic cleaning, solvents, and high heat, especially when filling or fracture condition is unknown.

Labradorite belongs to the plagioclase feldspar series. Its characteristic directional color effect is called labradorescence. The flash is related to internal structure, rather than a coating that must always be present on the surface. That general description does not rule out treatments or imitations in an individual item.

Care: Use a soft cloth for routine wiping. If appropriate for the mounting, gently hand clean with lukewarm mild soapy water, rinse, and dry promptly. Avoid steam, ultrasonic cleaning, high heat, sudden temperature changes, harsh chemicals, and hard knocks. Be cautious with any stone that has visible fractures.

Moonstone is a feldspar gem prized for adularescence, the billowing light produced by its internal structure. Classic moonstone contains fine intergrown feldspar layers. As the viewing angle changes, the sheen appears to move. This is an optical effect in reflected light, not a gem that generates its own light in the dark.

Care: Clean gently by hand with lukewarm mild soapy water when the setting permits, then rinse and dry with a soft cloth. Do not use ultrasonic or steam cleaners. Avoid high heat, rapid temperature changes, abrasive cleaners, and hard knocks. Moonstone’s moderate hardness does not protect it from breaking along a cleavage direction.

Peridot is the gem variety of olivine. Its familiar palette is green, ranging from yellowish green to olive or brownish green. It is a different material from emerald, green tourmaline, and chrysoprase, even when a photograph makes their shades look similar.

Care: Use a gentle hand clean with lukewarm mild soapy water if appropriate to the complete piece, then rinse and dry carefully. Avoid ultrasonic and steam cleaners, high heat, sudden temperature changes, acids, and household cleaning products. Wipe away perspiration after wear and do not leave jewelry on for exercise or swimming.

Pearls form in mollusks. Natural pearls develop without human assistance; cultured pearls grow after a process initiated and managed by people. A cultured pearl is a pearl, not an imitation. Imitation pearls are made to resemble pearls using other materials and should be described accordingly.

Care: Wipe pearls with a very soft clean cloth after wear. Put them on after perfume, hair products, and cosmetics, and take them off before swimming, showering, exercise, or household cleaning. Avoid steam, ultrasonic cleaners, abrasive cloths, acids, and chemical dips.

Pyrite is an iron sulfide mineral, commonly known as fool’s gold because its brassy color has been mistaken for gold. Natural crystals often have cubic or related geometric forms. In jewelry, the same material may be polished or cut into small beads rather than displayed as a raw cube.

Care: Use a soft dry cloth for routine wiping. Avoid soaking, swimming, showering, steam, ultrasonic cleaners, chemical dips, acids, and abrasive methods. If a mark will not lift, ask a jeweler for advice rather than escalating to a wet or chemical home treatment.

Garnet is a group of related minerals with a shared crystal structure and differing chemistry. Common jewelry names include red pyrope and almandine, purple-red rhodolite, orange spessartine, and green tsavorite or demantoid. Many stones contain a mixture of garnet components, so the group is more varied than a single color chart suggests.

Care: For most intact garnet jewelry, a gentle hand clean with lukewarm mild soapy water is suitable if the complete setting permits. Rinse and dry carefully. Avoid steam, harsh chemicals, rough brushing, and hard impacts. If fractures or filling are present, ask for care specific to that stone; leave ultrasonic cleaning to a professional who has assessed it.

Rhodochrosite is manganese carbonate. It occurs in pink to rose-red material, sometimes with visible banding, and can also form transparent crystals. Jewelry beads often emphasize the patterned material rather than the appearance of a rare transparent crystal. See the product details for this piece’s stone, setting, and any disclosed treatments.

Care: Use a very soft dry cloth for routine wiping. If the exact construction allows and a small area needs attention, a lightly damp cloth followed by immediate drying is a conservative approach. Avoid soaking, steam, ultrasonic cleaners, acids, household chemicals, abrasive cloths, high heat, and hard impacts.

Ruby is the red variety of corundum. Sapphire belongs to the same mineral family, while red spinel and red garnet are different materials. Similar color does not make them equivalent. The line between pink sapphire and ruby can also depend on gemological color assessment rather than a simple screen image.

Care: For a ruby whose condition and treatment allow it, use lukewarm mild soapy water and gentle hand cleaning, then rinse and dry carefully. If filling, dye, or composite construction is present or uncertain, use a soft damp cloth and ask for specific care instructions. Avoid acids, harsh chemicals, and chemical testing at home.

Sapphire is gem corundum in colors other than the red classified as ruby. Blue is the familiar choice, but fancy-color sapphires broaden the palette. A pink sapphire is not simply a pink version of any other gem; it is a member of the corundum family with its own appearance.

Care: For intact sapphire in a suitable mounting, gentle lukewarm mild-soap hand cleaning is a useful routine. Rinse and dry carefully. If the stone is filled, dyed, composite, or of uncertain treatment, use a soft damp cloth and ask for specific instructions. Avoid chemical dips, acids, and abrasive methods.

Tourmaline is a group of related minerals that appears in a broad range of gem colors. Some crystals contain more than one color, and a cutter may preserve that zoning in a single stone. A multicolor jewel can also combine separate stones of different colors; those are two different design approaches.

Care: Use gentle lukewarm mild-soap hand cleaning when appropriate to the full piece, followed by careful rinsing and drying. Avoid ultrasonic and steam cleaners, high heat, and sudden temperature changes. Treatment and internal features may call for additional care, so ask before using stronger methods.

Turquoise is a hydrated copper-aluminum phosphate mineral. Its color ranges from blue to green, and some material includes contrasting host-rock patterns known as matrix. Matrix is part of the appearance of an individual piece, not automatic proof of authenticity or a particular mine.

Care: Wipe with a soft cloth after wear. When the exact piece permits, use brief gentle cleaning with lukewarm mild soapy water and dry promptly; avoid prolonged soaking. Never use steam or ultrasonic cleaners. Keep turquoise away from perfume, cosmetics, oils, solvents, household chemicals, and high heat, all of which can affect the stone or its treatment.

Topaz is its own mineral, not a kind of quartz. Citrine is quartz; aquamarine is beryl. Similar yellow or blue colors do not make these materials identical. White topaz is colorless topaz, not diamond, and should be described by its own name rather than only as a white stone.

Care: Clean gently by hand with lukewarm mild soapy water if the mounting permits, then rinse and dry carefully. Avoid ultrasonic and steam cleaners, high heat, sudden temperature changes, and hard impacts. For coated stones, avoid abrasive rubbing and polishing that could damage the surface layer.