Graduated blue, faceted sapphire necklace with Akoya pearl
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£450
Graduated blue, faceted sapphire necklace with pearl
- This necklace is a range of stunning blue sapphires in various shades, perfectly faceted beads have amazing sparkle.
- The Sapphires are all natural origin, natural colour.
- Framed with four 5mm white round Akoya cultured pearl.
- Finest quality pearl graded as AAA, with a lovely deep lustre, perfect surface finish.
- We have a beautiful range of necklace in this style in stock, or to commission
With an overall length of 18.5 inches, the necklace has sterling silver catch. Can be made longer or shorter as desired to order.
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Graduated blue, faceted sapphire necklace with pearl
This necklace is a range of blue to colourless sapphires , perfectly faceted rondel beads have amazing sparkle. Graduating in colour from royal blue at the front, thru baby blue, to colourless, marked with a 5mm white round Akoya pearl with a lovely deep lustre, perfect surface finish the finest quality graded as AAA. Pearls are technically an organic substance produced by shelled molluscs with concentric layers of calcium carbonate.
Pearls, a timeless treasure in the jewellery world, are a marvel of nature. They are not, as commonly believed, formed around a grain of sand but are a product of oysters protecting themselves from a parasitic irritant. This process has fascinated humans for centuries.
Until the early 20th century, the only way to find pearls was to dive to the ocean floor.
Most pearls that we see today are cultured. Cultured pearls are, to all intentions, the same material as natural pearls, but the irritant is placed in the molluscs rather than by chance in nature.
The Sapphires are all natural origin, natural colour, perfectly faceted at 3.5mm. Graduating from royal blue to colourless 4 times around the necklace.
The name Sapphire name is somewhat misleading as it’s from the Greek, sappheiros, meaning blue stone’ .
When pure, sapphire is colourless, its colour derived from transitional elements caught within the crystal structure. Blue is caused by iron & titanium, orange by iron & chromium, purple by vanadium, yellow and green by iron only. Pink is caused by chromium only, becoming red with a greater concentration of chromium, then being called ruby.
Discover more about Sapphires in our blog
With an overall length of 18 1/2 inches, the necklace has sterling silver catch. Can be made longer or shorter as desired to order.
