SEDA  JEWELERY

LAPIS AND OPAL PENDANT

This is a pendant direct from our factory with natural Australian doublet and a natural lapis which was  hand cut in Afghanistan.

Lenght of pendant 45 mm app

Total weigh 33.40 cts app

Amount of silver used 3.28 grams app

Size of lapis stone 19 x 14 cts app

mohs scale of lapis 4.5 TO 5

The workmanship and quality is excellent.

Sterling silver

Stamped 925

Our jewelery manafacturing is contracted out to one factory in asia where i supply  both the silver and stones to be set.This gives me control of  the quality of both the silver and stones.

Lapis lazuli has been mined in the Badakhshan  province of  Afghanistan for 6,500 years.The finest color is intense blue, lightly dusted with small flecks of golden pyrite. There should be no white calcite veins and the pyrite inclusions should be small. Stones that contain much calcite at all or too much pyrite are not as valuable. Patches of pyrite are an important help in identifying the stone as genuine and do not detract from its value.

WHAT IS A DOUBLET ?

Doublets consist of two layers adhered together with glue:

1. A thin slice of opal (normally transparent crystal ). The thickness of the opal in a doublet can vary, however it is generally thicker than the opal found in a triplet.
2. A black backing which is made of either black  glass, natural black potch (common opal), hard plastic or natural brown ironstone