Amazonite & Labradorite Earrings

1.25" long, faceted Amazonite discs, Labradorite rondelles, sterling silver wire and ear wires. 

The name Amazonite derives from the Amazon River in Brazil and is a mostly opaque green feldspar with irregular color distribution. Deposits are also found in Colorado, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Namibia, and Russia. It is alleged to be the stone the seventh chapter of the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead was engraved on and the third stone in the breastplate of Moses.

Named after the Labrador peninsula in Canada where it was originally found, Labradorite’s bright flashes of color are a result of schiller, or labradorescence. In the 1940s a similar material was found in Finland that exhibited the entire color spectrum, this was nicknamed Spectrolite. Larvikite is a silvery gray Labradorite from Scandinavia. Other deposits are found in Australia, Madagascar, Mexico, Russia and the United States. Labradorite is a stone of magic and protection.