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Starfish Necklace With Peridot and Blue Topaz
Starfish necklace from Michou’s “Poseidon’s Treasure” collection. The sterling silver and 22 karat vermeil wire earrings consist of bezel set peridot and a pear shaped blue topaz dangling from the starfish. The silver is plated with anti-tarnish material.
Out of stock
Starfish Necklace With Peridot and Blue Topaz
Starfish necklace from Michou’s “Poseidon’s Treasure” collection. The sterling silver and 22 karat vermeil wire earrings consist of bezel set peridot and a pear shaped blue topaz dangling from the starfish. The silver is plated with anti-tarnish material. One Year Warranty. Matches 20201051.
The yellow is vermeil (pronounced ver-may) or washed in gold. Vermeil is material that is composed of a thick layer of gold over solid sterling silver. While industry standards dictate that the gold portion must be 10 karats or above and 2 microns thick for a piece to be considered vermeil in the U.S., Michou uses 22 karat gold that is 3 or more microns thick.
Playful images of seahorse, starfish, and sand dollar are carved in perfect detail amid stones of blue labradorite, blue topaz, and white pearl. They dance on fanciful pendants and bracelets, captured in draping strands necklaces and ornate cuffs, or hung in singular pieces as simple drop earrings and curious charms.
Each whimsical piece of Poseidon’s Treasure is uniquely shaped and textured by hand, and each magical creature chiseled in relief onto silver, then further refined with hundreds of tiny gleaming granules set into the images like a thousand grains of sand melted into place over the ages.
Imagine each piece reflecting the colors of the ocean when lit by shafts of sunlight from above. Wear the pieces of Poseidon’s Treasure to connect to your own inner goddess; feel the call of the deep from the vast spirit that still lives here in the temple of the sea.
Blue, once the rarest color of topaz, is now the most common, due to an enhancement process that turns colorless topaz blue. After the raw topaz is extracted from the earth and cut, it is irradiated to brown and then heated to sky blue. This enhancement process is permanent.
Peridot’s apple-green hue has been treasured for over 4,000 years. The Ancient Egyptians so adored Peridot that the location of its fog-shrouded volcanic mines were a closely guarded secret. The Romans dubbed it “evening’s emerald” because unlike the deep-green emerald, Peridot’s citrus tones remain constant even by candlelight. In the Middle Ages, Europeans adorned cathedrals with fine Peridot stones.
Today, the largest sources of the August Birthstone are the United States, Myanmar, Pakistan, and the Himalayas.
Trace amounts of Peridot have also been found in Hawaii. Tiny grains of Peridot line the beaches, mixed with sand, and are too small to cut. To Hawaiians, they symbolize the tears of Pele, the goddess of fire.
