Yellow Sapphire, Mandarin Garnet and Pink Tourmaline Bracelet with a Tanzanite Center Stone and Fine Silver Karen 2024 Hill Tribe Beads
This bracelet features Pink Tourmaline faceted rondelles, Yellow Sapphire faceted rondelles and Mandarin Garnet faceted rondelles with a faceted Tanzanite center stone, fine silver Karen Hill Tribe beads and sterling silver findings.
*Mandarin Spessartine Garnet is a rare form of orange garnet often referred to as Mandarin Garnet for its vivid orange color.
These gems actually occur in a range of colors from yellowish orange to reddish orange and orange-red.
Garnet is the birthstone for the month of January and is the 2nd wedding anniversary stone.
The combination of vivid color and garnet's very high refractive index make spessartite garnet one of the most brilliant stones n the world of colored gems.
Spessartite garnet deposits are found in Burma (Myanmar), Brazil, China, Kenya, Madagascar, Sri Lanka (Ceylon), Tanzania and the USA. The most desirable gemstones come from Namibia and are known as "mandarin spessartite".
These Mandarin Garnet beads were mined in Madagascar.
*Tourmaline is a birthstone for October, along with opal. Tourmaline is also the gem of the 8th anniversary.
Tourmaline exhibits strong pleochroism, which means its crystals can exhibit different colors depending on the angle from which they are viewed.
Rubellite is a trade name for pink, red, purplish red, orangy red, or brownish red tourmaline.
Pink Tourmalines can be found in the United States, Brazil, Madagascar, Nigeria , Thailand, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
These particular Pink Tourmaline briolettes were mined in Nigeria.
*Sapphire is the birthstone for September and the gem of the 5th and 45th anniversaries.
Besides blue sapphire and ruby, the corundum family also includes so-called “fancy sapphires.” They come in violet, green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and intermediate hues.
Yellow Sapphire has become a favorite in jewelry because it is available in so many color nuances, ranging from a light lemon yellow to a fully saturated vivid yellow to a deep orangey-yellow.
Yellow Sapphires are found in Madagascar, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Ceylon, Myanmar, Australia, India, Kenya, Tanzania, U.S.A.
These Yellow Sapphires were mined in Kenya.
* Tanzanite is a 2024 birthstone for those born in December and the gemstone of the 24th wedding anniversary.
Tanzanite is the violet blue to blue violet variety of the mineral zoisite. It is mined commercially only in one area of the world: the Merelani Hills of Tanzania, which is where it gets its name.
Top-quality tanzanite can be violetish blue --similar to a fine sapphire color --or a unique, predominately violet hue all its own. Some stones might also appear more purplish depending on how the cutter chooses to orient the fashioned gem. Both the violet and blue pleochroic colors are readily visible in a fashioned stone when it is gently rocked and tilted.