A Crash Course in Crystals
Shimmer
Aurora Borealis (AB)
Aurora Borealis (AB)
Shimmer coatings can make a darker crystal, like Emerald, have a very obvious metallic-blue sheen. On lighter crystals, like Citrine, the blue sheen is there, but it is much more subtle.
Aurora Borealis (AB)
Aurora Borealis (AB)
Aurora Borealis (AB)
These are discontinued but many of the colours are still readily available. The AB coating can make the heart of a crystal look like a glowing coal, with purple, orange, and pink sparkles.
Opal
Aurora Borealis (AB)
Lacquers
Opal crystals are subtle. They are slightly more opaque than regular crystals and have a beautiful, deep sparkle. They can add a different texture to your design.
Lacquers
Colour Shifters
Lacquers
These crystals are actually clear, with a lacquered coating on the base providing the colour. This allows for a very true, intense colour, but with the most subtle sparkle of all the different types of crystals. Delite crystals are Lacquers with an extra top coating.
Delite
Colour Shifters
Colour Shifters
This surface finish can drastically change the colour of a crystal, almost completely obscuring the base colour, unless tiled just right. The darker the base colour, the more sapphire - aqua blue finish you will see, only seeing subtle hints of the colour underneath. Delite crystals are Lacquers.
Colour Shifters
Colour Shifters
Colour Shifters
These magical crystals can have a range of two or three colours, like Vitrail Light, or have all the colours of the rainbow, like Meridian Blue. These crystals add a lot of pop and glitter to a collar and are a great way to tie some unrelated colours together.