This amazing specimen of Lone Eagle mine variscite is hand mined, cut and polished by Richard and Helen Shull in Dyer, NV. It is a rare gem and this one, a true beauty. Set in 22k gold with 22k gold bars on the sides and fused 14k gold all around. Size 9.
Variscite is more rare and precious than turquoise.
People have created jewelry from variscites since Neolithic times, more than 6,000 years ago. Neolithic beads carved from variscite discovered in Brittany, France were called callaïs or callaina, after a gemstone described by the Classical Roman scholar Pliny the Elder. Although first believed to be turquoise from the Far East, it became evident this material wasn’t turquoise but variscite.
Lone Eagle Mine Variscite Ring
$1,600
Description
This amazing specimen of Lone Eagle mine variscite is hand mined, cut and polished by Richard and Helen Shull in Dyer, NV. It is a rare gem and this one, a true beauty. Set in 22k gold with 22k gold bars on the sides and fused 14k gold all around. Size 9.
Variscite is more rare and precious than turquoise.
People have created jewelry from variscites since Neolithic times, more than 6,000 years ago. Neolithic beads carved from variscite discovered in Brittany, France were called callaïs or callaina, after a gemstone described by the Classical Roman scholar Pliny the Elder. Although first believed to be turquoise from the Far East, it became evident this material wasn’t turquoise but variscite.
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