? So after thousands of years of evolution, what changes have taken place in these jewelry categories? Take the essence and discard the dross. After continuous optimization, smart people finally decided to classify according to the following points:
? One: according to the value of jewelry classification.
? Two: according to whether it is inlaid with precious stones or not.
? Three: according to the materials used to make jewelry.
? Four: Classification according to other factors
? According to these big points, it is subdivided into the following small points:
? According to the value of jewelry.
? High-grade jewelry: such as some big precious diamonds, rubies and emeralds.
? Mid-range jewelry: such as diamond jewelry, emerald jewelry and emerald jewelry with medium quality and weight.
? Low-grade jewelry: such as aquamarine, garnet or crystal jewelry.
? Classified according to whether gems are inlaid or not.
? According to whether jewelry is inlaid with gems, it means that jewelry can be divided into gem-inlaid jewelry, pure decorative gem jewelry and plain gold jewelry. Among pure gold jewelry, it can also be divided into thousands of pure gold jewelry (99.9%), pure gold jewelry (99%), K gold jewelry, platinum jewelry and pure silver jewelry. Compared with inlaid gems, the value of this kind of jewelry is determined by the type and content of metal used, design style and manufacturing technology.
? According to the materials used to make jewelry.
? The main component of gold jewelry is gold, and the content and composition of gold reflect the value of gold jewelry. There are thousands of gold ornaments (99.9%), pure gold ornaments (99%), K gold, gold plating (gilding) and other categories.
? Platinum jewelry contains platinum group elements such as platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), nail (Ru), osmium (Os), rhodium (Rh) and iridium (Ir). The most common main platinum jewelry is positive platinum (PT999.5), full platinum (Pt990) and platinum (Pt950, Pt900 and Pt850) jewelry with platinum as the main component.
? Silver jewelry, mainly composed of silver Ag, is often used for gem setting, such as 800S, jewelry silver 925S or 950S (where S is the abbreviation of English Silver, and 800S indicates that the purity of silver is 80%; 925S and 950S, indicating that the purity of silver is 92.5% and 95% respectively).
? Ordinary metal jewelry, made of various alloys of stainless steel, copper and aluminum, is mainly used for fashion jewelry or avant-garde jewelry.
? Jewelry made of other materials mainly refers to all kinds of jewelry made of leather, plastic and wood, which are usually only used as handicrafts to reflect the beauty of art.
? Classification according to other factors
? Jewelry can be divided into headdress, nose ornament, ear ornament, neck ornament, hand ornament, anklet, waist ornament, clothing and so on according to different wearing parts.
? According to the difference of jewelry art design, it can be divided into popular jewelry, classic jewelry and personalized jewelry.