Lava Rock with Gemstone category Red Jasper
Red Jasper is a reddish brown opaque variety of “microcrystalline quartz”.
Red Jasper is found around the world. It has been used by Ancient Civilizations. The Egyptians, Native Americans and the Romans used it in rings, set stones, amulets, seals.
Red Jasper is known as the Stone of Physical Strength, Vitality & Stamina. Red Jasper also symbolizes grounding, stabilty, security.
Jasper itself comes is a wide variety of different types of Jasper. Poppy Jasper, Kiwi Jasper, Red Sesame Jasper, Mookaite Jasper and others.
Lava Rock with Hematite Bracelet
Hematite is an iron oxide mineral and the primary ore of iron essential for steel production. Hematite appears metallic grey or black but has a blood red streak to red brown streak when scraped against a porcelain plate. Called the streak test which verifies it’s authenticity.
Hematites nickname is the Warrior Stone. Hematite is also known as Red Ochre which has been used in cave paintings and as Red war paint on Native Americans.
Hematite symbolizes grounding, protection from negative energies, mental clarity, courage, endurance, vitality and emotional balance.
Lava Rock with Howlite bracelet
Lava Rock with Lapis Lazuli bracelet
Lapis Lazuli is one of the oldest semi precious gemstones used by ancient civilizations, dating back 6,500 years of it being mined. The ancient Egyptians, Sumerians and Babylonians used a lot of Lapis Lazuli.
It is created in the earth via contact metamorphosis. Lapis occurs in a deep blue with calcite and pyrite inclusions. Nicknamed the Stone of Kings or the Stone of Wisdom.
Legend says this stone is symbolic for helping to speak clearly and conscisely.
The photo of the bracket next to the ruler is the truest capture of the blue. It’s hard to photograph some of the stones and get a good color result.
Lava Rock with Picasso Jasper
Picasso Jasper is a metamorphic limestone known for a white to grey base with black or red dendritic lines and it is not a true Jasper. Primarily sourced in Utah the striking patterns remind us of art hence the name.
Picasso Jasper symbolizes grounding, calming and creativity.
Lava Rock with Ruby Zoisite
Ruby Zoisite is a metamorphic rock that forms with Ruby crystals and black spots of Hornblend aka Pargasite and is found only in Tanzania.
It is known as a Stone of Passion or Stone of Patience.
And symbolizes increasing vitality.
Lava Rock with Sodalite
Blue Sodalite is royal blue mottled with white calcite veins. It forms in sodium rich igneous rocks. It fluoresces bright orange under longwave UV light and faint green under shortwave UV light.
Having pointed this out please don’t panic if your Sodalite doesn’t fluoresce not all Sodalite will because it’s the impurities that are in the stone that causes it so if those are absent or if it has iron then it won’t fluoresce as much or at all.
Sodalite is known as the Thinkers Stone or the Poets Stone. Sodalite symbolizes clarity, self expression, self trust, emotional balance, enhance intuition.
Lava Rock with Speckled Teal Green Jasper
African turquoise is not a true turquoise, it is a speckled pale teal jasper that has been mined exclusively in central parts of Africa for thousands of years. It has hints of copper and iron webbing or spots. It is often color treated.
Speckled teal jasper symbolizes necessary change, opening your eyes to new ideas and your true purpose, good luck, prosperity. I would imagine it’s nickname to be African Turquoise. Since that’s how most laymen know it.
Lava Rock with Tigers Eye Bracelet
Tigers eye is a golden to brown quartz psuedomorph. Tigers eye displays a luminous moving band of light known as Chatoyancy. The nicer quality stones will show chatoyancy.
Quality Tigers Eye is found in the Northern Cape of Africa, Western Australia and Brazil.
Tigers eye is nicknamed the All Seeing Eye as it symbolizes clarity, logic, seeing situations without illusions. Tigers eye symbolizes courage, protection, confidence and grounding energetically.
Malachite Necklace
Malachite is a vibrant green copper carbonate hydroxide mineral that forms in grape like clusters with concentric bands or botryroidal. Malachite has been used since 7000 BC for Jewelry and carvings. It is a softer stone only 3.5 – 4 MOH scale.
Malachite’s nickname is the Stone of Transformation.
Malachite symbolizes protection from negative energies and transformation.
Men’s Dressy
Our “gemstone only” category does not have any lava rock in the design. These designs are perfect for dressy casual to dressy outings.
Hematite and Onyx are paired to create a sleek stylish look. The gunmetal grey of the hematite is placed in an alternating pattern with the Black Onyx.
Hematite and Onyx are the power couple of stones symbolizing grounding, protection from negative energy, strength, stability, focus and confidence.
Mini carnelian bracelet
Carnelian is a type of Quartz occuring in cloudy to translucent hues of pale white to red orange to brown.
Historically it’s been used in Ancient Babylonian, Greek and Egyptian Artifacts as Signet rings, carvings, amulets, beads and cameos.
Carnelian symbolizes confidence, creativity, energy, and taking action.