Description
If you are looking for a pendant that will turn headsthis is the one! The ammolite: This is a 14x10mm beauty of the much admired ammolite rainbow type. Colors change with every move of the pendanta spectacular color show. The setting. An elegant design with integral bail at top & a sapphire at bottom. Plated with Rhodium against tarnish. A thoughtful jewelry gift for wife? wife's birthday gift?anniversary gift for wife? or pamper yourself? Not likely any one in your circle will have anything like this or even be able to identify the gemAmmolite is that rare-many have yet to see it! It is often seen as cruise ship jewelry at astonishingly high prices especially on the Caribbean,Mexico & Alaskan runs. Canadian Ammolite from Alberta in good quality is one of the rarest gems in the world.It has been compared favourably for its brilliant colors with black opal from Australiaand at a far more reasonable price point too. It is found only in one small area in Alberta Canada & is widely recognized as the most colorful of Canadian gemstones. Only a small percentage is top gem quality.No other useful deposits of gem grade ammolite is known to existso when supplies are exhausted there will be no morewhich is why demand & prices are increasingin fact they have doubled in the last five years for top quality ammolites & show no signs of slowing down. Each ammolite gemstone is like a finger print. As unique as its owner.They often come with marks of 80 million years underground in the way of stress fissures in the gem material which simply add to their uniqueness. Ammolite Triplet: As ammolite is a soft organic substance that exists as a very thin gem deposit on stone it is necessary to protect it for use in jewelry.This is a labour extensive process done properly only by experts. A triplet is created by skilled ammolite artisans by creating a sandwich with stone at the bottom, ammolite gem in the middle & a cap of quartz on top.This process protects the ammolite for use in jewelry.Without it there is the risk of chipping or breaking the gem material.Most of our jewelry uses this method as do the best producers of ammolite. Edward Kui Ming Li, prominent Feng Shui Master calls Ammolite 'The Most Influential Stone of the Millennium'. Practitioners of the ancient practice of Feng Shui call ammolite the "Seven Color Prosperity Stone" & the most important stone discovered in centuries.They believe that health & prosperity are transferred from ammolite to its owner/wearer. Ammmolite Feng Shui is believed to be especially beneficial. Native peoples have called it "Iniskim" or the "Buffalo Stone" for its believed ability to point the hunter to the buffalo herd. Our advantage: I have had the good fortune to have lived for years in South Alberta near Lethbridge where top grade ammolite is mined & am able to hand select the very best stones right off the cutter/miners tables before they fill orders to the general public.This is why the quality of gems offered in this shop
