Understanding the Uses of AB Rhinestones
'AB' stands for Aurora Borealis, the amazing natural light display in the sky, mainly in high latitude regions across the Arctic and Antarctic. It was a name Swarovski used in partnership with Dior to portray the effect achieved when a very thin layer of gold was vacuum-coated onto the surface of crystal. The play of facets, colors, and reflections of this coating made an effect similar to viewing the Aurora Borealis..stunning, sparkling and rather unearthly. As more companies added the technology to their ranges, the term became extensively used and today it is shortened to the somewhat less alluring 'AB' term you see after such colors as Emerald, Crystal, Rose. Many factors are there that change what you will see from one crystal to the next. In other words, as varied as the Aurora Boreale can be, the effect of the AB coating can also be very diverse. AB coating applied to light colors produces an effect which is delicate, glowing and soft, similar to the soft color...