Grass Garnet Necklace
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$155.00
$135.00
Grass Garnet Necklace
This Grass Garnet cabochon is set in a simple tribal sterling silver pendant, on a long garnet chip necklace. The stone is red, as most garnets, with the green inclusions that give it its name. Think of a lawn of green in the midst of a challenging landscape - an oasis of growth, and strength.
Be thankful that new things are always growing in your life, even after experiences that have left you in need of revitalizing. Kick back into the soft green grass,re-create, and never lose track of your dreams!
- 22" garnet chips necklace
- 1" grass garnet cabochon in primitive sterling silver pendant
- This grass garnet and the bead chips are from India
- Signed with Quest for Space Hallmark
More about Agates
Lithium Crystals anyone? You won't be flying a Starship Enterprise on these, but the major component of Green Tourmaline is Lithium. And, yeah! It makes you feel good.
Tourmaline is a Ring Silicate, or cyclosilicate - that means the molecules form in a circular structure, which terminates in a trigonal crystal.
The colors of tourmaline are varied based on the elements available at the time they crystallize. An abundance of chromium will produce green crystals. Changing conditions create the bi- tri- and "watermelon" type tourmalines which form when the preferred element is depleted during crystallization, and a secondary element creates a new color that overgrows the first.
When sliced crosswise, the crystal displays a unique color-zoning.
When heated or rubbed, tourmaline acquires an electric charge. It's called pyroelectricity - a scientific but very magical property. It was highly prized by alchemists in search of the philosopher's stone.
It is a metamorphic rock, found in pegmatite deposits throughout the world.
Tourmaline was the first commercial gemstone mined in the US, with a discovery at Paris, Maine, very nearby me! Another world famous location is in Newry, Maine, literally just down the road from me. I have collected stones, specimens, and crystals at many locations like these in Western Maine.
The tourmalines used here are from World locations, as Maine crystals have become much sought-after, and extremely expensive.
There are famous tourmalines in the Russian Crown Jewels, which were thought to be rubies. There is also a State of Maine tourmaline necklace, which now resides at the Maine Mineral and Gem Museum in Bethel.