costume jewelry

Jewelry which is made with less valuable materials such as plastic, glass, base metals as brass, copper, etc. which can accompany a specific outfit or style is known as costume jewelry. Today semi-precious stones (chalcedony, quatz, etc.), synthetic (man-made) stones, gold or silver plated brass as base metals are being used instead of plastic, glass and brass. The most popular of synthetic stone in use is CZ; which is also known as "American diamond" and "synthetic cubic zirconia".