rhinestone
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thumb|Historic rhinestone copy of the Florentine Diamond, made in 1865 in Paris by the L. Saemann company thumb|Rhinestones on a tiara thumb|Rowenta enamel rhinestone compact
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- decoration
- Subclass of
- material
- Named after
- Georg Friedrich Strass
- Image
- Musée Boyadjian MRAH 20 11 2011 Ex-voto 09.jpg
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- Commons category
- Rhinestones
- discoverer or inventor
- Georg Friedrich Strass
- different from
- rock crystal
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Origins
- Compositions
- In popular culture
- Sizing guide
- Hot-fix rhinestones
- References
- External links
thumb|Historic rhinestone copy of the Florentine Diamond, made in 1865 in Paris by the L. Saemann company thumb|Rhinestones on a tiara thumb|Rowenta enamel rhinestone compact
A rhinestone, paste or diamanté ( , ) is a diamond simulant originally made from rock crystal but since the 19th century from crystal glass or polymers such as acrylic.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “rhinestone” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.