Genuine Denim Lapis Sterling Silver Bench Bead Necklace & Earrings Jewelry Set

This Genuine Denim Lapis Sterling Silver Bench Bead Necklace & Earrings Jewelry Set is full of natural beauty. This necklace features impressive cabochons of genuine Denim Lapis. Each Denim Lapis stone delivers its natural dark blue hues and its natural dazzling matrix to this necklace. This Denim Lapis appears in brilliant hand made settings of shimmering Sterling Silver. The necklace has been hand strung with high quality Sterling Silver bench beads. Denim Lapis and Silver, you can't go wrong with that. This Denim Lapis Necklace is 18-1/4" long. You can order an extension chain at $5 an inch in the comment box. The French hook earrings are 1-3/8" long. Stamped Sterling. Signed by the jewelry artist. The matrix of the Denim Lapis may vary slightly. The photo is an excellent representation of the one of a kind piece of hand made Denim Lapis jewelry you will receive.

Lapis lazuli is a beautiful opaque stone ranging in color from a deep blue to denim. Lapis lazuli can be made of several minerals besides lazurite, namely sodalite, hauyne, calcite (white streaks), and pyrite (metallic streaks or flecks). Stones that are deep blue with small patches of pyrite and calcite are considered the most valuable. The ancients believed that divine favor and success came to those wearing lapis. It was largely reserved for royalty. Claims to origins of lapis lazuli range from Afghanistan and ancient Babylon to Peru and the Inca civilization. Regardless, those who wore lapis claimed that "power amulets" were formed when this beautiful stone was shaped into the form of an eye and ornamented with gold.