AB Glass Rhinestones Represents Astounding Natural Light Exhibition
'AB' stands for Aurora Borealis, the astounding natural light exhibition in the sky, chiefly in high latitude regions around the Arctic and Antarctic. It was a name Swarovski used in partnership with Dior to define the effect achieved when a fragile layer of gold was vacuum-coated onto the surface of the crystal. The play of this covering's facets, replications, and colors affected AB rhinestones similar to viewing the Aurora Borealis...attractive, sparkling, and rather unearthly. As more companies added technology to their ranges, the term is now widely used. Today, it is reduced to the somewhat less glamorous 'AB' term you see after such colors as Crystal, Emerald, and Rose. It becomes crystal AB rhinestones, Emerald AB, and Rose AB. There are many features that change what you'll see from one crystal to the next. In other words, as different as the Aurora Boreale can be, the AB coating result can also vary. For example, AB glass rhinestones coating applied...