Medium size Art Deco style necklace with genuine rock crystal orb secured in a hand made sterling silver band and suspended on a sterling silver chain. This one has a rainbow, elements of clarity and some wispy characteristics.
***Please note, all pendants I make in this style are one of a kind and vary slightly each time. You will receive the one pictured in the first photograph.***
I have handmade this necklace by creating in my studio, a silver band using my silver smithing skills to carefully cradle the crystal ball without having to drill it. After I have measured the decorative band and carefully cut and sanded it, I torch solder it with a hand cut twisted jump ring in recycled sterling silver. I fit it tightly around the orb and use my studio tools to prong set the orb in place. Afterwards, it is oxidised, then I burnish and polish the band to a shine so you can wear you crystal ball as a pendant.
It's a medium size at 2.3 cm wide and would certainly be suited a medium or longer necklace length.
The orb featured in this necklace is quite clear with some fogginess, rainbows and a small refractions. There is an interesting quartz formation within which sparkles against the light and look a little like ice or the moon, reflecting in a pool of water. The surface is polished although there are some pits as to be expected from a naturally formed crystal quartz orb. I have fitted a decorative sterling silver band to the orb, which is secured tightly and sits on a recycled sterling silver chain in your choice of length.
NOTES ON BUBBLES: I only use genuine quartz rock supplied by mining companies in my work. It IS POSSIBLE for quartz to contain bubbles and this is often referred to by geologists as static enhydro quartz inclusions. The difference between quartz bubbles and bubbles you might find in glass is that they are often elongated or distorted in quartz owing to the pressure place on the minerals during formation. Bubbles in glass are usually perfectly circular and appear irregularly or swirled in the marble rather than along linear plains of crystal faces.
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Delivered in a rustic hand-stamped recycled paper gift box, so you don't need to re-wrap your item if it is a present. I can also add a FREE hand-written gift card with your special message to the recipient. Please convo me or include your words of wisdom in the message section at checkout.
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