I am Proud to Offer You this Contemporary "Gifts from the Sea"™ Line of Exclusive Designs Created by Hawaiian Jewelry Artist Marta Howell®. Contemporary and Bold, Not for the Timid. Ever Know That Feeling When You See Something at a Moment's Glance and You do a Double-take Second Look...
I am Proud to Offer You this Contemporary "Gifts from the Sea"™ Line of Exclusive Designs Created by Hawaiian Jewelry Artist Marta Howell®. Contemporary and Bold, Not for the Timid. Ever Know That Feeling When You See Something at a Moment's Glance and You do a Double-take Second Look, Because Your Eyes Just Didn't Believe What they Saw. This Was the Exact Effect Felt When I Came Across Marta's Gorgeous Collection of Unique and Superbly Crafted Art Pieces! Exquisitely Beautiful, Each and Every Piece is a Show Stopper! From Her Heart to Yours Comes this Beautiful Gift from the Sea Set! I truly apologize to her as my pictures do not best reflect the true appearance and beauty of her wonderful treasures as a gifted artist. All of Marta's Shell Pieces are Geographically-Selected as She Possesses a Keen Understanding of How Each Region's Shell Can Display Certain Qualities With Respect to Their Luster, Colors and Iridescent Characteristics. All of Marta's Calibrated and Uniform-Sized Semi-Precious Gemstones are "A+" Grade or Better as She Pursues to Achieve the Highest Quality of Standards in Each of Her Art Pieces Made.
A gentle, soft, sky blue Caribbean stone found in only one unique location in the entire world, the Dominican Republic. Can you just appreciate the beautiful Caribbean Sea color found within this Larimar Set. What makes these Larimar Stones even more special is that each piece of jewelry will have its own unique signature and personality! This is because there are no two pieces of stone that will be the same...ever! They are all unique in their own way. You can find Larimar Stones with higher blue tones, some with a green tone and most will have a white shade like that of the clouds reflecting off the Caribbean Sea. Truly a Caribbean treasure...just gorgeous! Its blue charm and rare quality will make an everlasting impression on you and having this jewel will forever remind you of the turquoise waters of this far away paradise. The Stone is excellent for jewelry use, it is equal in hardness to Quartz and Amethyst, and it will not scratch easily since it is quite durable. The combined materials in these Art Pieces Create a Signature Design Set.
NOTES: Items Are Much Better Than Pictured and Does Not Reflect the True Beauty of the Brilliant Mother of Pearl Shell's Iridescent Hues, Shades, and Color Reflections or Gemstones Luster. Please State Your Optional Choice From One of Three Necklace Lengths (16", 18" or 20") in an Email or With a Note in Your Payment, Otherwise You Will Be Shipped the 18" Long Necklace as the Default Size. This Set Includes Matching French Hook Wire Earrings, Pendant, Necklace, and an Adjustable Toggle Bracelet. Brand New, Never Used Hawaiian-Designed Silver and Mother of Pearl Shells With Gemstone Set. 100% Solid .925 Sterling Silver (Not Plated, Not Bonded, Not Filled) With Natural (Untreated) Australian Black-Lip Oyster's Mother of Pearl Shells and Dominican Republic Larimar Gemstones. Design: Contemporary Tri-Oval Cut Shells With Round, Cabochon-Cut Larimar Gems (Set #2); Cutout, Raised Gemstone Design, Hand-Cut and Hand-Shaped, Rolling Concave and Convex-Shaped Shells, Natural Shells (Not Treated), Round Larimar, Extra High Polished Iridescent Shells, Adjustable Toggle Bracelet, Hand-Shaped Wire Hook Earrings, Smooth Silver High Polish Finish, Choice of Leather Cord Necklace Lengths; Measures: Tri-Oval Framed Shell Earrings Are Approx. 3/4" Widest) X 1 1/8" Long (1 3/4" Long Incl. Hook Wires); Tri-Oval Framed Shell Slide Pendant is Approx. 1 3/8" Widest) X 2 3/16" Long incl. Bail, 6mm Wide X 10.5mm Long Bail Opening; Tri-Oval Framed Shell Bracelet is Approx. 7/8" - 15/16" Widest X 1 5/16" Long; Round Cabochon-Cut Larimar Earring's Gemstones Are Approx Just Under 1/4" Wide X Just Under 1/4" Long X 1/8" Deep Each, Round Cabochon-Cut Larimar Bracelet's Gemstones Are Approx. Just Over 1/4" Wide X Just Over 1/4" Long X Just Under 3/16" Deep, Round Cabochon-Cut Larimar Pendant's Gemstone is Approx. Just Over 3/8" Wide X Just Over 3/8" Long X Just Under 3/16" Deep; Bracelet Size: Approx. 8.0" Long, and Downsize Adjustable to 7.0" Long as Desired; Necklace Size: 18" Long (Default), Optional Lengths in 16" or 20" Also Available Upon Request. Weight: 68.6 grams Total (Including Necklace Cord); Gem Carat Weight: 9.64 Carats Total of All Larimar Gemstones ~ 0.57 Cts on Each Round Larimar Earring (1.14 Cts Total Larimar on Earrings); 1.09 Cts on Each Round Larimar Bracelet Link (5.46 Cts Total Larimar on Bracelet); 3.04 Cts Total Round Larimar on Pendant; Larimar Grade: Very Good (See Below on Grading Larimar). Features: In Hawaiian, the Words "Piha pono" Means "Detailed", "Nani makamae" Means "Exquisite", "Nani e makahehi 'ia ai" Means "Alluring", "Ho`ohiluhilu" Means "Elegant" and "Punono" Means "Gorgeous", All of Which Describe This Exclusive Design Exactly! This Beautiful Hand-made Hawaiian Designed Sterling Silver Earrings, Pendant, and Bracelet Set is Superbly Hand-Crafted With an Extra High Polished Surface Shell Finish and a Smooth, Silver High Polish Finish Background. This Labor-Intensive Design Features Gorgeous Iridescent, Tri-Oval Cut Pieces of Natural (Not Treated, Not Color Enhanced) Australian Black-Lip Oyster's Mother of Pearl Shells. A Tri-Oval is a Shape Which Derives its Name From the Two Other Shapes it Most Resembles, a Triangle and an Oval. Rather Than Meeting at Sharp, Definable Angles as the Sides of a Triangle do, a Tri-Oval's Angles Are Rounded Into Smooth Curves. The Shells Are High Detailed With Enhanced Polishing Techniques to Bring Out the Best Luster, Iridescence and Colors of Each Shell Piece. These Shells Have Mixed, Rolling Concave (Sunken Curve) to Convex (Dome Shape) Surfaces. These Lustrous Shell Pieces Display a Creamy Silver and Light Gray Background Color With Iridescent Flashes of Pink, Rose, Mauve, Green, Lime, Teal, Royal and Navy Blue, Orange, Yellow, Lavender, and Violet Overtones...Just Gorgeous! The Shell's Satin Patina Have a 3-Dimensional Quality, and at Every Turn of These Pieces You See a Rainbow of Colors Traversing Across the Face. The Shells are Encased in a Hand-Shaped Solid .925 Sterling Silver Frame Conforming to the Exact Cut, Shape, and Sides of Each Shell Piece Using a Very Strong 40-Strand Sterling Silver Wire. These Gorgeous Bezel-Set, Sky Blue Larimar Stones Feature Cabochon Dome-Shaped Cuts, Which Best Display the Natural Beauty of These Stones. These Larimar Stones Are Completely Natural (Untreated and Not Enhanced). These Larimar Stones Are High Detailed With Enhanced Polishing Techniques to Bring Out Thier Best Luster, Glossy Surface Patina, Mineral Patterning, and Natural Colors of Each Stone. The Focal Portion of The Pendant is Attached to an Included (Free of Charge) 1.9mm Thick, Black European Leather Cord Necklace Crafted of the Best Quality. The Necklace's Closure Incorporates a Strong, Sterling Silver Lobster-Claw Clasp For Added Security. The Earrings Are Set With Hand-Shaped Sterling Silver Shepard Hook Wires. The Bracelet Features an Adjustable Toggle Closure by Unhooking a Lobster-Claw Clasp Fixed Onto the Toggle Bar and Using the Expansion Rings, as Desired. The Pendant Features a Generous-Sized Bail to Accommodate Several Wide Round and Flat Omega Chains, as Desired. A Unique, One of a Kind Set that Exudes Pride of Ownership! Retails for $1433 and Higher in Fine Waikiki Shops, and Inter-Island Boutiques and Shopping Mall Jewelry Stores.
Grading Larimar: There is No Such Lettering Grades Used for Larimar, the Terms Poor, Fair, Good, Very Good and Fine are Used. Quality grading is according to coloration. White being a low quality, high quality jewelry utilizes stones between sky-blue and volcanic blue. Greenish colorations are not well regarded, unless the green is intense. Red colored inclusions in Larimar indicate traces of iron. There is no one particular factor that determines the grade; it is a combination of factors. With Larimar, perhaps more than with any other gemstone, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Some prefer the very light blues, others prefer stones tending toward green, and while others prefer Larimar with mineral spots, some prefer no patterning at all. The stone you like the most is the stone that's right for you, regardless of its perceived grade and quality. Cutting Larimar is also very costly. There is a tremendous loss of material when specific shapes are created. Therefore, a precisely cut bead or a perfectly shaped cabochon or pendant is more expensive than a freeform one.
These Very Good Quality Larimar Cabochon-Cut Gemstones Are Very Well Cut With Excellent Symmetry and Display a Very Good Surface Polish Shine, Luster, and Hue With Excellent Saturations of Very Beautiful, Light Tone Sky-Blue Color Background With Mineral Patches of Medium-Dark Blue. These Fine Quality Larimar Gems Are 100% Natural (Untreated) With Natural White Streaks and Subtle White and Gray Patches Throughout. These Gorgeous Larimar Stones Were Mined From the Filipinas Larimar Mine in Los Chupaderos, Dominican Republic. These Semi-Precious Gemstones Were Intricately Hand-Cut and Polished in the Dominican Republic Where Expertise of Cutting and Polishing Techniques For Larimar is Best Supported by Local Skilled Craftsman.
Color: Blue Pectolite Larimar (Medium Tone), Sky Blue With White and Gray Mineral Streaks and Darker Tone Blue Patches; VERY GOOD - 4.0.
Shape and Cut Style: Round Dome, Cabochon-Cut; Polish: VERY GOOD - 4.5; Brilliance: GOOD; Window: NONE.
Clarity: NATURAL INCLUSIONS - 4.5 (Visible Only Under 10x Magnification); GIA Type II Clarity Chart: Not Applicable; Symmetry: FINE - 4.
Total Carat Weight: Approx. 9.64 Cts.
Rarity: COMMON TO SOMEWHAT RARE - 4.
OVERALL NUMERICAL GRADE: 7.5 OUT OF 10
About Marta: Staff Writer, Honolulu Advertiser - "A mollusk is not a pretty thing. At least from the outside. They are usually gray and craggy and covered with little craters that look like out-of-control warts. Of all the creatures in the ocean, a mollusk seems unlikely to be the one that would normally inspire art...until its shell is opened. Opening a mollusk can be like prying open a treasure box long hidden in the depths of the ocean. Iridescent colors explode from the shell, from pale gray-blues and soft golden tones to brilliant pinks, purples and greens. Now these gifts from the sea are being used to create one-of-a-kind wearable art by one of Hawai`i's jewelry designers Marta Howell of Kailua, on the Island of Oahu, Hawai`i." She begins with Mother-of-pearl, sometimes combining it with Corals and Semi-precious Stones such as Tourmaline, Peridot, Amethyst, Blue Topaz, Citrine and Garnet, as the muses move Her. David, her husband taught her silversmithing, and she uses silver to bind the pieces together. The effect is often of a silver frame around the shells and stones. Marta stated, "I see art in every piece of shell. It's a never-ending adventure. Taking layers from the shells was like finding a new world within the shell." Howell said the temperature of the ocean, age of the mollusk and algae and seaweed they eat help determine the colors the shells take on. Those from Sumatra have a golden hue; from Norway, blue-pink; and New Zealand's are green-blue. Howell said one of the properties she likes best about working with mother-of-pearl is that there is a shade that works with every skin color. When she is designing, she has six muses in mind, each is based on a woman she has known in real life. They range from a graceful, feminine Hawaiian woman to a businesswoman "with attitude." About Blue Pectolite: The only source of Larimar in entire the world is from the Dominican Republic. Larimar (also lorimar) is a rare blue variety form of pectolite, an acid silicate hydrate of sodium, calcium and manganese. It is a beautiful gemstone with an extraordinary blue-green appearance similar to the color of the tropical Caribbean Sea. Although pectolite is found in many locations, none have the unique blue coloration of Larimar. This blue color, distinct from other pectolites, is the result of cobalt substitution for calcium. Its coloration varies from white, light-blue, sky blue, green-blue to deep blue. The deep blue variant is known as volcanic blue. The unique color makes it a fine semi-precious gemstone, that is much more expensive than other pectolites. It has a Mohs hardness between 4.5-7.0, an average S.G. of 2.7 and is used as an ornamental stone and semi-precious stone for jewelry. This unique gemstone sometimes may be mistaken for turquoise. Its luster is vitreous to silky, it’s transparent to translucent and it normally contains white streaks. This semi-precious stone conquers little by little an important recognition at an international level, because of its peculiarity and the rare beauty of the color it displays. Why is Larimar so expensive? For a very rare and very unique stone, it has beautiful colors and patterning, is excellent for jewelry because of its hardness, and it has very desirable metaphysical properties. The stone is also in high demand due to its rarity. The reason it is expensive is simply due to its very limited supply. It is a single source stone with a deposit in an area of less than one square mile. It is arduously mined in a remote mountain range manually by hand and takes a tremendous amount of effort to find. There are long periods of time when little or no stone is being excavated and more then 90% of the extracted stone is not suitable for Jewelry use. Perhaps the question should be why isn’t it more expensive? Larimar Care and Cleaning Tips: Larimar is a very hard and durable stone however certain chemicals such as those found in some cleaning supplies can "etch" the surface of the stone leaving it looking dull. Your jewelry can be maintained with a non abrasive jewelry cleaner, one that is rated for pearls, which will not damage your Larimar. We recommend purchasing a jewelry polishing cloth, they are quite inexpensive and will last a very long time. You can then buff each piece before you store it, this will remove any dirt and oils from your body, both of which will speed up the tarnishing process. Avoid exposing your Larimar jewelry to household detergents, especially bleach which can discolor the stone and the setting. Perfumes, cosmetics and hairspray can also damage jewelry as can chlorine in a swimming pool or hot tub. Store Larimar carefully, preferably in a separate jewelry compartment, a chamois bag or in tissue. Jewelry Handling: It is Not Recommended to Use Harsh Cleaners, Detergents, Soaps, Shampoos, Jewelry Cloths or Jewelry Liquids, Chemicals, Chlorine, Body or Tanning Lotions, Ultrasonic Cleaners, Tarnish Creams, Showering, Swimming in Pools or Hot Tubs or the Ocean With Natural Sea Shell and Gemstone Adorned Silver Jewelry. About Australian Black Lip Oyster (Pteria Penguin): Pteria is a genus of winged oyster closely related to Pinctata that also produces commercial quantities of pearls. Winged oysters are edible but unpalatable, and seldom produce precious pearls. It is a tropical species, with pearly interiors and long, wing-like projections of the hinge. Winged oysters are found naturally on rocks and coral near channels and capes where the current runs fast and they attach themselves to the ocean bottom and to wharf pilings. Ptaria Penguin is a major source of Mabe Pearl production. Mabe pearls have a characteristic semispherical shape and unique rainbow-like luster and are a cultured half pearl, formed by inserting a half-sphere between the mantle and the shell. Since Mabe pearl oysters do not clump and their population is small, it is difficult to obtain a lot of mother of pearl from these oysters. Pearl culturing using natural oysters was conducted on a small scale. The first established artificial breeding techniques for the Mabe pearl oysters were established in 1970. The Mabe pearl oyster, Pteria Penguin that grows up to 20-30 cm in diameter is also called “the penguin wing oyster” from its shape like a wing. They commonly display a silver color under the oyster muscle with a rich mauve, gold banding towards the black/brown outer-lip. All semispherical “half-pearls” used to be called “Mabe”, however, only pearls come from the Pteria penguin are called “Mabe pearls” now. The Mabe oyster produces a brilliant nacre with a rainbow-like spectrum of hues, and the Mabe pearls are produced from this nacre, which sizes range 12-20mm in diameter, possess a uniquely penetrating brilliance, with hues ranging from light pink through deep rose-red to a "rainbow" pink. Sometimes the pearls have gold-pink or other hues of high rarity. This rich variety of lustrous hues combines with nacreous layers of a rarely seen fineness of texture to give the Mabe pearl its perennial appeal and make it our original, popular product. Habitat distribution can be found from the Red Sea in the east to the western tropical Pacific and from the southern islands of Japan in the north to the southern waters of Australia. Mabe pearl producing countries are Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The Black Lip pearl oyster has been valued by people in the IndoPacific region for centuries. Its shell was used for making jewelry, decorations, and tools, such as fish hooks and knives. The Black Lip Oysters’ “mother of pearl” inner shell has beautiful iridescent qualities. The Mother of Pearl shell is surface polished to display a beautiful shine along with its natural rainbow colored hues and iridescence. Gorgeous and radiant in appearance! Mother of Pearl Care: Use mild soaps and water on mother of pearl to clean it, and avoid storing it with jewelry which may scratch it and wear away the luminous layers of nacre. Purchase Assurance of Quality: As Each of The Peices in This Set Are Intricately Hand-made, With High Attention-to-Detail, Using Mother of Pearl Shells and Semi-Precious Gemstones, Each is a One-of-a-kind, Unique Design That You Will Cherish for Your Very Own! Makes a Great Gift or Treat Yourself to Start or Add to Your Collection of Fine Mixed Shell and Gemstone Jewelry Designs. Stamped .925 with Artist's Hallmark for Assurance Marks of Solid .925 Sterling Silver Purity and Quality Jewelry Art Created by Marta Howell. Hand-made with "aloha". Each Item Piece (Earrings, Pendant and Bracelet) Ships With a Special Marta Howell Gift Bag. Certain High-Value Items Will Have Required Shipping Insurance to Protect Your Order’s Cost Value Against Shipping That is Lost, Stolen or Damaged by Others and Will Already Be Included in the FLAT Rate Shipping Cost. Please Understand We Should Not Be Held Responsible For Delivery Time Once Your Order Has Shipped as We Are Not the Individuals Delivering Your Package. We Ship Twice a Week on Wednesdays and Saturdays; and Daily During Traditional or Honoring Observance Holidays and the Christmas Shopping Season. USPS Express Delivery (2-Days Guaranteed) From Hawai`i for All U.S. Addresses.
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