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Iolite Ring
The Iolite product that dominants our shop is the ring. Iolite is named for "IOS", which means bluish purple in Greek, and "LITHOS," which means stone. Another name is cordierite. It looks blue or violet when viewed from above, and almost colorless or pale brown when viewed from the side. Such a mysterious property is called polychromatism. The hardness is about 7, which is harder than quartz and has high in durability.
Iolite necklace
The next is the necklace. Iolite has long been known as water sapphire. Also, among the many blue gems, iolite is easy to identify at a glance. In the past, the Nordic Vikings used a thin plate of iolite as a polarizer and confirmed the position of the sun without being affected by haze, fog or clouds and sailed. For this reason, Iolite has been called the "Viking compass."
Iolite earrings
There are also many bring-in earrings. Only transparent iolite is facet cut, and translucent is cabochon cut, making it a jewelry material. It's cheaper than similar-colored sapphires, but the peculiar blue feels calm and you can enjoy the unique beauty of iolite rather than positioning it as an alternative to Gem Quality blue sapphire. Low quality items are carved (engraved) as well as cabochon cut.
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The famous episode of Iolite is the story of the Vikings. Many people may have the image of viking = pirate, but in fact, most of their profits come from trade, and the purpose of the voyage seems to have been for trade. They had good business sense and nautical skills, and they used iolite heavily. Iolite, which has the characteristic that the color changes to 3 different colors depending on the angle of the sun in 703 degrees. Due to this property, the Vikings are reportedly using this stone for voyages.
Iolite is a stone that encourages you to move toward your goal and guide you in the right direction to walk, so it is story that to be understood from such power. Iolite has a bluish violet color, but there are also (light and dark) yellow, greenish yellow, and brownish yellow. Iolite, which is treated as a gemstone, is cutted in the direction that brings out the beautiful violet color, which is the name of this stone, where it seems to be believed that iolite is a bluish-purple stone. Therefore, some people think that this is not iolite when looking at iolite that is not bluish purple, but when viewed from a different angle, it looks like it changes to bluish purple, very pale blue, grayish yellow, etc.
Especially in the case of a rounded ball shape, the color differs from any angle from which it is viewed. In addition, "resin processing" may be applied to reduce the visibility of cracks and scratches. Current origins are India, Sri Lanka, Brazil, Madagascar, Myanmar, Tanzania, Canada and the United Kingdom. When purchasing Iolite, good condition is of course, but we are proactively purchasing Iolite even if the product has condition such as removal of side stones or distortion of the metal, so please feel free to request for Iolite purchase assessment once. We are confident in the purchase price of Iolite.
