Description
Lollipop pendant.
Sterling silver 925, platinum-plated.
45 cm waxed cord in pink.
Handmade silver pendant with amethyst, from the Lollipop series.
-Amethyst is a violet variety (purple or mauve in colour) of the mineral quartz and is used as a precious stone for decorative purposes.
-It begins life as clear quartz, but when it ends up in parts of the Earth’s mantle where high temperatures and pressures develop, it turns purple. Depending on the variety of the stone, the purple can come close to black, while with a different cut the stone can look completely colourless.
-Its name comes from the Greek privative “a” (not) and the verb “methyo” (to be drunk), as in antiquity people believed that this gem protected its owner from drunkenness!
In antiquity it was one of the rarest and most precious stones, and its price often matched or even exceeded that of diamond! Its value fell when huge deposits of it were discovered in South America.
-Amethyst is said to be the stone of meditation.
*All our jewellery comes with a certificate of quality and authenticity for the metal and the precious or semi-precious stones.
*All our jewellery is nickel free.
