Marcasite has been used in the jewelry world since the ancient Greek time. There are also some evidences of marcasite in the burial grounds of the Inca people in Latin America. The marcasite has been believed to have a power to preserve the beauty of women, no wonder that Cleopatra was also reported to had marcasite as her jewelry collections.
Today, marcasite is popular in used (again) after it was popular in the 18th and 19th century in the Great Britain. In the Queen Victoria era, the queen herself had worn marcasite jewelry as a substitute for her diamonds, and lead many people interested in this stone type. For today, people do interested in its beauty and stunning look that come with the great design and an affordable price. If you are in the group of people who want to go with this marcasite jewelry, you can just go out or look from the online shop and then, place one marcasite jewelry piece for yourself.
The marcasite is normally cut into oval or triangle shape and then set the piece with silver jewelry for the great jewelry look. But the tiny marcasite crystals are most commonly cut in a rose shape. Rose cut is a simple cut for gemstone which has a flatted base, unfaceted and the top is fashioned into one or two rows of triangular facets forrosebud look.
The setting of the stone is the point to consider for your jewelry cleaning. If the stone is set in either prong set, bead set or bezel set, the stone will be tightly hold with the jewelry body. Prong setting is to help the stone by a tiny prong, bead setting is using small metal bead to pushed up for stone securing and bezel setting is a collar of metal setting around the stone to hold in the right place. However, for the cheaper marcasite jewelry, the stone might be attached to the jewelry body by glue only. Therefore, you need to look for the way that marcasite was placed in the setting and then be careful everytime you need to clean your jewelry pieces.
You can just clean your marcasite with soft cotton clothes for the dry or slightly dirt on its piece. For the deep cleaning, go with the mild soap in warm water. After cleaning, gently wiped dry with a soft and non-tarnish cloths before place the piece back in its box. Always keep the jewelry in a clean and dry place. With extra care, you marcasite jewelry will stay with you as long as you want.
