Blue John
One of the world’s rarest minerals is only found in the village of Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire. Each piece in our exclusive silver collection is unique, hand made in Mexico using sterling silver mounts.
Whitby Jet
Undoubtedly one of the earliest gemstones used in the making of jewellery, its darkness and smoothness combined with lustrous sterling silver have seduced generations. Stylish and elegant pieces brought to you from the wild cliffs of North Yorkshire.
Labradorite
Labradorite was discovered in Labrador, Canada in 1770 and has been found more recently in other places including Madagascar and Australia. It has an intense blue schiller so unique to the stone it is called Labradorescence.
Rainbow Moonstone
Rainbow Moonstone is a name given to a variety of Labradorite that shows a milky blue schiller. Along with Labradorite, it is a member of the Feldspar group of minerals which make up approximately 60% of the Earth’s crust.
In white or colourless diamonds, colour is universally graded using an alphabetical scale from D to z with D being the highest grade.
Diamonds and other gemstones are weighed in metric carats. One carat is 0.2 grams and a carat is split further into 100 points (a diamond weighing 50 points is a half carat diamond).
The quality of the cut of a diamond is important, because it dictates a diamond’s fire, sparkle and brilliance. A standard round brilliant cut will have 57 facets and how these facets relate to each other will determine how the light will pass through the diamond. The scale for the quality of the cut goes through Excellent, being the highest grade, Very good, Good, Fair or Poor.
Diamonds are formed under extreme heat and pressure deep inside the earth and often display internal inclusions or external blemishes.