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Artisan Handmade Often associated with loyalty & love, this gem represents eternal romance & friendship Blue topaz symbolizes honesty, clarity of feelings & deep emotional attachment Dichroic glass was originally created by adding trace amounts of gold & silver to a large volume of glass melt The resulting medium partially reflects the light passing through it, causing an observer to see different colors depending on the direction of light •For decades, dichroic glass has been a growing interest What is it, how is it made & where did it come from? •Dichroic ("dye-crow-ick") glass commonly called dichro for short, literally means "two colored" It is derived from the Greek words "di" for two, & "chroma" for color It was thus named because of its fantastic multicolored & reflective properties When you look at this glass, it appears to have more than one color at the same time, especially when viewed with different lighting. •This reflective phenomenon is known as thin-film physics, which is why you see swirling rainbow patterns in a soap bubble, floating colors from oil on water & the dramatic colors of dragonfly wings •We know dichroic glass art has been around since the Roman Empire thanks to the Lycurgus Cup, a 4th Century glass cup that seems to be a different color depending on lighting. •When making dichroic glass jewelry, the type of metallic oxides, order applied & number of layers used will determine the final look of the glass. Once the coating process is completed,