Wicked Rosarita Collection in Sterling Silver
These edgy "stones" is a super cool specimen of Rosarita. Rosarita is an increasingly rare and pricey by-product of gold smelting up until the 70's. Here is a small description, but Google it for more info.
"Rosarita is a by-product of gold smelting. Smelting gold is the process of extracting gold from an ore it is combined with. Essentially, when an ore that is gold-bearing gets heated to high temperatures, gold sinks down to the bottom and the non-metals solidify into boulders of red and orange." - and occasionally yellow!
Usually this material comes in reds and oranges, but these 2 yellow stones have stripes & swirls of yellow, black & clear. Set by hand in a mix of fine silver and recycled sterling silver.
All necklaces hang from an 18" bright 2.2mm sterling rolo chain, with lobster clasp closure.
Ring is a size 9
More rosarita like this can be found here:
