Handmade Gemstone Bracelet BB0247

Lava is the molten substance released by volcanoes, and is an Italian word meaning ‘flooding’. The Earth’s crust is largely made up of solidified lava. Lava is often used to make jewelry. In fact, lava and gagate jewelry were also fashionable in the 19th century during the so-called Victorian period.

Coral is the skeleton of many small marine organisms that comprise a colony. These organisms are polyps, each a few millimeters in size. When a new polyp is born, it attaches its skeleton to the colony and thus expands it. In coral colonies, along with the polyps, some single-celled algae coexist, which photosynthesize and supply food to the polyps, and at the same time secrete pigments that color the colonies, i.e. the corals.

Amethyst is a variety of quartz that forms fine pyramidal crystals. Its name is of Greek origin. Its hardness is 7 and its specific gravity 2.65. It crystallizes in the orthorhombic crystallographic system and forms crystals in the shape of hexagonal prisms. It is an impressively beautiful material and meets all specifications to be used for crafting jewelry. However, its price is not very high because it is mined in large quantities. Ancient Greeks believed that amethyst could guard against drunkenness.

Pearls are lustrous and hard organic gems formed within mollusks, mainly in shells, around an original core, which can be either a parasite or a grain of sand. These foreign particles are then coated with layers of calcium carbonate. Pearls are thought to ward off negativism and clarify emotions.