Swarovski Crystal AB

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Swarovski Crystal AB is the most iconic and widely used crystal effect in the Swarovski range. It is available across the complete crystal components collection, including flatbacks, hotfix crystals, beads, pearls, pendants, chatons and fancy stones. The Aurora Borealis coating gives a shifting rainbow iridescence across the crystal surface, mostly in pink, blue and green. The effect changes with every movement and angle of light. Bluestreak Crystals stocks the complete Swarovski Crystal AB range across all product types and sizes as an official Swarovski Authorised Distribution Partner, and most orders ship the same or next working day. Bluestreak Crystals: Authorised Swarovski Distribution Partner Bluestreak Crystals is an official Swarovski Authorised Distribution Partner . We are one of a small number of approved suppliers worldwide allowed to sell genuine Swarovski Crystal AB components. Every crystal is sourced directly and quality-checked. What Is Swarovski Crystal AB? Crystal AB is short for Aurora Borealis, the scientific name for the Northern Lights. The AB coating was first created in 1956, in a collaboration between Swarovski and the legendary fashion designer Christian Dior, who wanted to capture the shifting light of the Northern Lights in crystal form. The effect is made by vacuum-coating a very thin layer of metallic material onto the crystal surface. That produces a rainbow iridescence that shifts between pink, blue, green and gold, depending on the viewing angle and the light source. The result is a crystal effect unlike any other in the range. Standard coloured crystals give a consistent, defined colour. Crystal AB gives a continuously shifting, multi-tonal iridescence that catches and scatters light differently from every angle. The AB coating is applied to the top surface of flatbacks and fancy stones, and to one half of beads and pendants. That lets the base crystal colour show through from some angles, while the iridescent coating takes over f