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$212.00
1 in stock
This is a truly beautiful pendant. The royal blue colouration of the lazurite in this lapis lazuli is breathtakingly beautiful, with the scattering of golden pyrite across the stone like twinkling stars in the night sky.
Look closely at the top right corner, (the pendant’s top left), and you’ll see a white shoulder of calcite underneath the golden spiral.
Surounded by 925 sterling silver, the gold accents at the top of the pendant are formed by 14K gold-filled wire. (Gold-filled wire is 14/20 – a thick layer of 14 karat gold is bonded onto a core, consisting 1/20th – 5% – of the overall weight. As opposed to gold-plated wire with only a thin layer of gold electroplated onto a core, gold-filled wire, with its thick bonded gold layer, is a much more durable option.)
Approximate dimensions: Length 43.5mm Width 23.5mm Depth 5mm
With lapis lazuli widely considered a stone of friendship, this gorgeous pendant would make such an amazing gift for someone dear to your heart, or even for yourself! I recommend you wear it on one of your favourite sterling silver chains.
You’ll receive your gemstone pendant beautifully presented, tied into a classic Kathryn Jane Design jewellery box with silver-coloured thread. If purchasing as a gift, and you’d like the pendant presented on a chain, silver-coloured display chains and sterling silver belcher chains are available. The display chains are for presentation purposes only, (not for wearing the pendant on). The sterling silver chains are generally 45cm and 60cm long, but please feel free to contact me if you’d like a chain made to a unique length. The connector rings at each end are pinched closed with the greatest of care. They are not, however, soldered.
A wee note about the images:
I attempt to take crisp photographs to clearly show pendants’ details. When zooming in on images, the pendants are then being viewed at a significantly larger size than in real life, so details of the stones’ structure often appear exaggerated. Many is the time I’ve viewed a photograph and seen a detail that I simply don’t perceive when viewing the pendant up close with ‘ma naked eyes’.
Multiple photos were taken on my smartphone, both indoors and out, in an effort to best capture the colour of this lapis lazuli. Unfortunately, the stone appeared darker than in real life for the indoor photos, but outdoors, with the sun on it, the richness of the blue finally was captured in a photograph. It might be useful to view the video to get more of an idea of the glossy surface of the lapis lazuli, as the still images appear to have exaggerated the details of the stone’s face to almost make it appear matte, (which is not the case when viewing ‘live’.) Also exaggerated is the appearance of a scratch, which is simply not noticeable with the naked eye.
Also, please be mindful that individual colour settings on monitors or device screens may alter the appearance of the colour of the gemstone/crystal. If you’d like to see further images, please feel free to ask.
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