What is a Rhinestone? How different from a diamond? What is a Rhinestone Cowboy?
See below dress 214. This top has tiny rhinestones. Even from a distance, when you cannot see the individual stuck-on beads, their sparkle adds an air of glamour to this cotton tee-shirt. But what exactly is a rhinestone? You might recall the American song, Rhinestone Cowboy by Glen Campbell. Rhinestone Cowboy cover picture from Wikipedia article on Rhinestone Cowboy. The song says the singer is 'like a rhinestone cowboy', in a 'star-spangled rodeo'. Rhinestone? Rhinestones, would you believe it, originally came from the Rhine. Let's list the qualities: 1 They were originally found on the Rhine River. 2 They were quartz stone. 3 Nowadays rhinestones can be glass, crystal or plastic. 4 They are cheaper than diamonds. 5 Glass rhinestones are cut by machine. Other types are moulded. 6 They have many flat sides to reflect light and glitter or twinkle. 7 Rhinestones with pointed backs, like cheaper, imitation, clear, fake diamonds, have pointed backs. They can be use...