SOLITUDE PENDANT NECKLACE

A stylish new range from Honica featuring antiqued & vertigried brass with a beautiful combination of Rutilated Quartz, dyed Agate, Aquamarine, Aventurine, Pearls, Jade, Fluorite, Moonstone, Studio Glass and Swarovski crystals.

Length 20 inches.

Hand made on Vancouver Island by Honica.

Jade is a very ancient stone and has been seen as a good luck charm for thousands of years, especially in the East and when worn as jewellery. Spiritually jade is thought to encourage self-realisation. Lavender jade, formed through the presence of manganese in the mineral, is believed to bestow inner peace on the wearer.

Aquamarine, is a form of beryl and has been valued as a gemstone for thousands of years. It and even appears in the Bible. The double reference to water in the name, which is a compound of the Latin words aqua, for water, and marina, "of the sea" suggests that the ancients connected the stone closely with water. In addition to appearing in settings with other, more precious gems, aquamarine was also highly valued by sailors, who considered it to be a lucky stone. Aquamarine is the birthstone for March and the stone for the zodian sign Scorpio. In the Middle Ages it was thought that aquamarine would reduce the effect of poisons.

Agate obtains its typical banded appearance through the deposition of other quartz substances within the layers. It enjoyed a strong reputation as a protective stone in the ancient world. The tradition still holds today as agate is widely used in spiritual healing. It is believed to balance and harmonise the body and mind.