A pendant is a loose piece of jewellery worn in a hoop with chain or nekclace. It is suspended in the neck alongwith the chain. There are various types of pendant made. The designs for men and women are different. There are geometrical shapes like circular,triangular or any other shapes like heart and cloud shaped etc. The pendants can be made from silver, gold, platinum, diamonds etc. One of the favourite for women is heart shaped gold pendant. Heart is an organ where we say we keep all our emotions. It is the place from where women think. Women are said to be emotional stronger than men always. She sees every aspect of life with the heart only. She feels or sees everyone with it. If she loves someone she loves him from the bottom of her heart. Hence women love heart shaped jewellery.

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There are pendants available in market for men also. They are especially designed for them. There is a major difference between the pendants for men and women. So men cannot wear pendants made for women. But on the contrary, women can wear manly pendants. There are types of pendants as we know. Some are religious pendant, rock band pendants, hip hop pendants, bling- bling, The pendants having the full name or the first letter of the name and the pendants having gemstones like Ruby Pendants, emerald pendants. The pendants which have gemstones in them have a further purpose other than just as hanging piece in the locket. The purpose is astrological. The gemstones carry various meanings. Different stone serve different pupose, like blue sapphire gives prosperity only to whom it suits. Diamonds show romanticism. Topaz gives intelligence etc. These stones are merged with gold and the moonstone pendants can be used with silver for all occasions.

The design religious pendant also has an ulterior motive. They give a person wearing them religious identity. Some religious pendants have designs with om, or image of any hindu god or name of hindu god or allah or muhammed for muslims. There are various designs in cross for christians, there are pendants for the Sikh community as their sacred symbol. Such are the kinds of pendants. There are lockets which can open from the centre. There are heart shaped gold pendant or circular. When they open they have niches in them, in which we can insert pictures and images of our loved ones and here some helpful tips for buying diamond jewellery online.