Lapis Sterling Silver Tear Drop Pendant and Earrings 1680-NK
Lapis Sterling Silver Tear Drop Pendant and Earrings.
What a work of art! This is an elegant and fashionable piece of hand crafted Sterling Silver jewelry. This gorgeous pendant features a dazzling and traditional southwestern style tear drop design in Sterling Silver. The center of this Sterling Silver pendant has been artfully adorned with a hand cut cabochon of genuine Lapis. Non Indian made. This pendant is suspended on a four strand 15-1/4" long nylon rope chain with a 2-1/4" long extension chain. The matching French hook earrings are 1-5/8" long. Stamped Sterling.
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. |