Outrage Jewellers Blog

The jewellery offered to you by Outrage jewellers is the result of incredible natural processes that have formed Our Planet.  We try to give our customers a brief insight into the formation and composition of our gemstones and have been asked several times to provide further insight into our gemstones.  Gemstones are minerals which are found in rocks .  We often use the word `rock` but what is a rock?  Rocks are naturally occurring solid masses or aggregates of minerals.  A Mineral is an inorganic solid with a specific chemical composition and crystal structure. A Gemstone is a mineral which...

A great day at Outrage Jewellers with our customers... So, who visited our shop today? A young man buying a gift for a friend, He's visited before, and was looking for a bracelet. So, after a little chat to find out what he wanted, browsing the displays and considering a Labradorite bracelet, he suddenly found a lovely Moss Agate bracelet and that was the one. It turned out he worked at a Spanish tapas bar “El Bareto” in LS 17. Check it out! As my Papillon Chester, was wandering around the shop conversation turned to dogs. It turned out that...

We love to adorn ourselves, but what inspired us to use gemstones as personal decoration? Maybe it's because nature fashions such magnificent natural structures. Nature is awesome! Take the mineral called Pyrite, its crystals naturally form perfect Cubes! How? Well in a variety of complex ways, often slowly cooling from hydrothermal fluids. For really detailed information on its formation please follow this link. The name Pyrite is Greek for fire. If pyrite crystals are struck together, they form sparks, and consequently can light a fire. Pyrite is a lovely golden colour, and so earned the nickname “Fool's Gold”, as it...