When people hear the name Swarovski, they think of beauty, pleasure and ambiance. Jewelry made of Swarovski Crystal uses a wide range of elements from the Dorado coated crystals to the stunning rainbow spectrum of Auroria Borealis crystals, whose clarity and optical precision are stunning. One of the most striking uses of Swarovski’s crystals is in pave jewelry. In pave pieces, the stones are set very closely together with no metal showing. The more faceted surfaces there are in the pave surface, the more brilliantly the surface glows. Considering that some pieces of pave have as many as 1500 tiny crystals, the spectral brilliance is stunning. In pave settings, the precision location of the stones is accomplished by the use of a bur to cut the seat for each stone in the already shaped surface of the jewelry. Once these seats are drilled, the surface of the metal in each seat is rhodium plated to give each crystal it’s ultimate brilliance. The shimmering elegance of pave jewelry, once the mark of only the rich and famous, is now very affordable through designs using Swarovski crystals. Green Sunburst DanglesSwarovski also produces a number of other jewelry components including dangles. I’m showing a couple of pictures here to demonstrate the versatility of these elements. The first picture is a sunburst dangle in green. From this the jeweler can create a number of jewelry pieces such as the earrings shown or the pendant. Another example is the gold angel dangles shown in the next picture. The Swarovski elements utilized in these earrings use a clear crystal for the angel's face and Gold crystal for the angel's body. The elements are set in gold plated brass which are integrated into gold plated earwires. The dangles also make nice pendants. The last example is a set of teardrop shaped Swarovski elements in Swarovski Pink Dangleslight pink crystals as shown. These elegant pink Swarovski elements are in the shape of teardrops. Bails were added to provide a means for connecting the earrings to earwires and for hanging the pendant. Swarovski elements can be assembled into a wide array of jewelry