I Need Vitamin Sea

Sale Price: $65.00   Retail Price:  $85.00
 
This is a piece that I almost kept for myself.  This 18 ½ inch necklace is made from Amazonite (a newer but limited stone), centered with large, a 22- karats, 1 ½ inch rectangular piece of Aventurine. Silver spacer beads and caps. Finished with a heart-shaped, toggle clasp. 530 carats.
 
 
Amazonite is a trade name used for a green to bluish green to greenish blue gem material that is made into cabochons, beads, and tumbled stones. It is a color variety of microcline, a potassium-rich member of the feldspar mineral group. The gem was first named “Amazon stone”, after the Amazon River - although there are no known occurrences near that river. That name evolved into Amazonite, which sounds more appropriate for a gem or a mineral. Amazonite has been used as a gem for over 2000 years. It has been found in archaeological excavations of ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia (an area that covered portions of present-day Iraq, Kuwait, Syria and Turkey).