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The history of crystal dates back thousands of years to the
Mesopotamian times. Lead oxide was used to enhance the brilliance of glass
as used today, but applied in differently.
This was an alternate to the popular rock crystal which was
more expensive, harder to cut and less refractive.
In the year 1676, George Ravenscroft revolutionized the
methods of adding the lead oxide, which brought lead crystal a major step closer
to it’s mass production of today.
In 1892, Daniel Swarovski invented a machine to cut jewelry stones perfectly. In 1895,
he moved his company, known as Swarovski, from Bohemia to the Wattens, Austria
where he used the Rhine River as a source of energy to run the company’s
machinery.
From here the name “Rhinestone” was born. Today the
word “rhinestone” is used for leaded crystal coming from any country
though.
Swarovski is the highest quality
crystal stone manufacturer in the world
today. Stones are made in many other countries other than Austria as well,
most notably Czechoslovakia, Germany, China, Israel and
others.
http://www.rhinestonejewelry.com
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Jeffrey Levy -
http://www.rhinestonejewelry.com
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