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Abalone:
The Pauashell from the marine Abalone snail is mainly found on Newsealand´s coasts shining in opalizing rainbow colours and thus also called Ocean-Opal or Sea-Opal. Long known in the pacific region as jewelry and a religeous item decorating ceremonies and holy places. In Europe Abalone is also famous for its culinaric value. See all Starborn Jewelry with Abalone
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Agate:
Agate is a cryptocrystallin variety of Quartz (SiO2 ), which shows beautiful concentric pictures when cut and polished. Those structures are based upon rhythmic crystallization in layers of different Chalcedony. Agates are often filled geodes, found in many different varieties like Montana Agate, Crazylace-, Snakeskin- and Fire agate (USA, Botswana, China, Mexico). See all Starborn Jewelry with Agate
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Anazasi-Pottery:
Anazasi-Potery: Original pottery shard from the Anazasi tribes in today’s area of the Midwest USA. Their culture began 700 AD and they vanished before the new world was even discovered, supposedly around 1400 AD. The Anazasi are believed to be not nomadic and they were extremely creative potteryartists, building household goods and furnished houses using the regional red, beige or ockercoloured clay mixtures. See all Starborn Jewelry with Anazasi Pottery
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Ammonite:
Ammonite: Cephalopod which once swam in shallow marine seas and whose different species are long extinct. The closest living relative to the Ammonite is the chambered Nautilus in the Pacific Ocean. Like the chambered Nautilus, the Ammonite’s ability to swim was due to the unique construction of its shell, which contained many air filled chambers. Already in early mankind the fossilized Ammonite served as a cultic talisman and symbolic charm. We are using this Fossil from many sites such as Madagascar (opalized), France (hematitic), Russia (pyrotized) or the older fossils from Morocco. See all Starborn Jewelry with Ammonite
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Amethyst:
Amethyst: The violet-purple form of Quartz (SiO2 ) is called Amethyst. For centuries the stone is famous as a jewel but also as a healing stone. In daylight or heat the Amethyst may loose colour or change to a citrin colour. World-famous are the huge Amethyst geodes from Uruguay, which evolved in porous Lava rock with circulating mineral fluids. Our Amethyst comes from Brazil/Uruguay, India or Tanzania. See all Starborn Jewelry with Amethyst
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Amazonite:
Amazonite: This copper green Feldspar is known since Alexander von Humboldt (1769 – 1859) explored South America and it was believed due to an old native myth to come from Amazonia, the „land of women without men“. We use polished Amazonite from Brazil. See all Starborn Jewelry with Amazonite
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Amber:
Amber: Amber is a very ancient gem and known for thousands of years espcecially around the Baltic Sea. It is proven to be one of the first exporting goods from that area to trade spices, salt and metals. Baltic Amber is composed of pine tree sap that has fossilized 40-50 million years ago. It has been treasured ever since pieces were discovered washed ashore, being freed by ocean currents from sedimentary deposits in the marine sediments. Amber has also been valued for it’s assumed magical and medical properties. The gem was not only thought to protect the living, but also to speed up the journey of the soul after death. In ancient Scandinavia an amber talisman was placed in tombs along with other treasures to protect the soul during it’s journey.
Different ages of fossilized sap from many different treespecies are found around the world. Older finds date 200 million years e.g. smaller specimen from the Swiss Alps. Other good finds, partly with insect and even small lizard inclusions come from the Dominican Republic and Chiapas/Mexico. Sulfur inclusions causing a blue reflection can also be found in the carribean. Copal, more recent Amber (100-1000.000 years) is found mainly in Columbia, Southasia, Africas`s midwest and Madagascar. Copal can be reconstructed by heat and pressure and is today also commonly used in jewelry or reconstructed specimen. For our designs we use polished natural specimen from the Baltic and Chiapas. See all Starborn Jewelry with Amber
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Aquamarine:
Aquamarine: The name of this Beryl comes from Latin for “ocean water”. The mineral was used to produce the first reading-glasses and it is historically worshiped as the stone for clear sight and vision. A six-sided symmetrical crystal formation identifies Aquamarine as well as its green to blue colour variations. We design jewelry with rough Aquamarine crystals as well as polished and faceted Gemstones of this Beryl coming from Afghanistan and Brazil. See all Starborn Jewelry with Aquamarine
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Azurite-Malachite:
Azurite-Malachite: Azurite occurs in association with other minerals (Malachite, Chrysocolla, Calcite). It is pale blue to indic blue, transparent or translucent. Both minerals exist close to copper ore and under certain rare environmental conditions (carbodioxide saturated water running along the border of both mineral layers) Azurite and Malachite fuse to one mineral. Under high pressure Azurite-Malachite can also originate as a reconstruction. In the past it was crushed to produce a colourful pigment. See all Starborn Jewelry with Azurite-Malachite
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