Kyanite, Labradorite & Sterling Silver Earrings

2" long, Kyanite slices, Labradorite rondelles, sterling silver triangle accents, wire, and ear wires.

Kyanite, Greek for ‘blue’, is known to have an unusual and variable hardness quality. It often has irregular streaks making it difficult to cut. Popular colors include blue, green, and black although Kyanite can also be white, pink, or yellow. It occurs in Burma, Brazil, South Africa, Switzerland, Mexico and the US.

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.