Moonstone & Freshwater Pearl Bracelet

8" long, champagne freshwater Pearls, faceted 3mm peach Moonstone, sterling silver clasp.

Moonstone was named after it’s blue-white sheen (called adularescence) which is similar to moonshine. It has been used in jewelry for thousands of years; the Romans admired it and believed it to be solidified rays of the Moon, Greeks associated it with their lunar deities and it had a surge of popularity in the Art Nouveau period. There are deposits all over the world, including the Austrian Alps, Mexico, Norway, Poland, India, and the USA. It is the Florida state gemstone, despite not occurring naturally in the state, to commemorate the Moon landings.

Pearls come in many colors, usually depending on mollusk and water that it grew in, and are usually found in oysters. They are built up mother-of-pearl (calcium carbonate) and though the beads used in jewelry are typically small, they are extraordinarily compact which makes it very hard to crush them