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Apatite Jewelry
Most people are unfamiliar with the gemstone or mineral known as apatite, and apatite jewelry is fairly rare although the gem is beautiful, especially in its blue-green colour or neon blue-green apatite (from Madagascar). So why the rarity? It is a rather soft gemstone, rating a 5 on the Moh's hardness scale. It can be difficult to work with, and I have the broken apatite in my studio to prove it. However, once the apatite jewelry is made, apatite is usually fine as long as you treat it with the care you would any good gemstone. (Fluorite, common for beaded jewelry, rates a 4 on the Moh's hardness scale).
Apatite comes from the Greek word for deceit since it was so easily confused with other gemstones.
Apatite Jewelry - Apatite Bracelets
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My new favorite piece of apatite jewelry! Two strands of apatite in a shade called neon blue ( a transparent turquoise shade) pack a lot of colour into one bracelet. With the addition of lampwork beads for a bit of spice, and sterling silver for texture, this is a strong, yet feminine, bracelet with a great intense colour. Apatite is in the form of rondelles, small nuggets, and smooth ovals.
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Lost Cay
$84.99
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 Cool, Clear Water
This piece of apatite jewelry is made of large beautifully faceted nuggets of clear, clear rock crystal, and only accented by apatite. But the apatite in this bracelet is some of my favorite and my favorite colour of apatite, so here it is on the apatite jewelry page. Sterling silver also accents the bracelet and those rough little faceted nuggets of what sometimes is referred to as "neon" apatite. A pretty sterling toggle clasp is the closure.
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Cool, Clear Water
$63.99
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Cool, Clear Water
$63.99
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My Stargazer
This apatite bracelet is made from pretty faceted coins of "peacock" apatite - so-called because of the peacock blue - a cross between a teal and a dark turquoise, I think, of the apatite. Gorgeous beads by master lampworker Robin Weber shine here with a medley of colours encased in glass. The bracelet is also special because of the prettiest dragonfly tube beads of sterling from the Thai Karen Hilltribes that make this a bangle bracelet. Looking for a different bracelet? Here it is!
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My Stargazer
$89.99
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 Nassau
Glorious lampwork beads by Robin Weber have touches of silver and the beautiful colour of neon blue apatite. The apatite bracelet has two strands: the first strand features 4 lampwork beads, sterling silver and wonderful sharply faceted nuggets of apatite. The second strand is a charm bracelet - sterling silver links with little apatite nuggets hanging at intervals. One of our favorite pieces of apatite jewelry.
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Nassau
$96.99
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 Lakshmi's Favor
Lakshmi is a Hindu goddes of good fortune and properity, so it's only fitting that this gemstone bracelet from Cluny's Raj Collection is made up of rare and valuable stones such as rubies, apatite, and rarest of all, kunzite. An unusual colour combination in the US perhaps, but one that would go with many Indian ensembles. The faceted rondelle rubies are a dark rich opaque red; the apatite ovals, tubes, and sharply faceted nuggets are neon blue (a turquoise/aqua colour). The focal bead is a tube of kunzite, a rare naturally pink gemstone only discovered in the twentieth century. The gemstones, predominantly apatite, are combined with sterling silver and the result is a richness that is unexpected and beautiful. Surely Lakshmi will smile upon you.
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Lakshmi's Favor
$91.99
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 Freeport
Want earrings to match your other apatite jewelry? These apatite earrings are great with my favorite neon nuggets hanging from two long sterling chains and great earwires that are sterling but also have a gold touch (if you're like me, more and more you are mixing gold and silver in your jewelry). The earwires fasten behind so that they stay on securely. Very flirty, quite feminine.
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Freeport
$28.99
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Cluny Grey Jewelry; 120 West Walnut; Blytheville, AR 72315
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