Natural stones

Sky Blue Agate

Agate is a banded chalcedony, occasionally mixed. The bands may be of different colors or even of a very uniform tone.

The main agate deposits in the world are found in Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul, Minas Gerais, Bahia and Uruguay.

3,000 years ago, the Egyptians were already using agate as a gemstone. Today, it is used in art objects, jewelry stones and also in industry for its toughness and resistance to acids. The most common colors are red, orange, brown, white, gray and grayish blue. But agate can be artificially colored. The procedure varies according to the desired color and is applied after the gem has been cut. The ancient Romans already knew the art of dyeing them.

Amethyst

A stone with a lot of mystical symbolism, Amethyst has a violet color, slightly transparent and of rare beauty.

Amethyst is abundant in Brazil and can be found in pieces weighing up to 2 meters and 3 thousand kilos.

The name Amethyst comes from the Greek Amethystós. It is the symbol of the third eye, which sees everything. It is also a symbol of modesty. Because it acts as a bridge between the physical and the astral, Amethyst is a stone that can also be used to interpret dreams and enhance our spiritual memory.

Beige Amazonite

It is a stone from the feldspar group, with a perfect hardness for cutting and use in jewelry. The most important deposits are found in the United States, Brazil and Madagascar.

Amazonite is one of the sacred stones of the Indians, considered valuable by almost all indigenous peoples as an ornamental and healing stone.

Rose Quartz

Uniquely beautiful, rose quartz is a hit when it comes to giving as a gift; delicate and powerful, it represents feminine subtlety.

The stone is considered an amulet of love.

Since ancient times, quartz varieties have been the most widely used minerals in the production of jewellery and stone sculptures, especially in Europe and the Middle East. Main quartz producing countries: Brazil, United States, Slovenia, Germany, Austria, France, Spain, Portugal, Japan, United Kingdom, Australia and Italy.

Rock crystal

The word crystal comes from krystallos, a Greek word meaning “ice.”

In ancient times it was believed that rock crystal was eternal ice.

Crystal also known as hyaline quartz. Previously called simply crystal, "de-rock" was added to distinguish it from glass crystal. The main deposits are found in the United States, Brazil, Madagascar and the Alps in Europe.

Rutile

Since ancient times, quartz varieties have been the most widely used minerals in the production of jewelry and stone sculptures, especially in Europe and the Middle East.

Mineral species of the quartz group, known as the “beautiful hair of Venus” and “Cupid’s arrow.”

There are important deposits in Brazil, India, Austria, Russia and Tanzania.

Tiger's Eye

The Arabs believed that the stone brought joy and heightened the senses. It is also known as a symbol of wealth and success.

When cut en cabochon, it displays a narrow luminous band on the surface that resembles a cat's pupil.

Trade name for the yellowish, banded variety of pseudocrocidolite, with impurities of iron oxides, found in South Africa. It is also found in Australia, Burma, India, Namibia and the United States.

Sodalite

Found in Brazil, Russia, Canada, Namibia and India, sodalite is a stone with a striking style.

Versatile and widely used today, Sodalite gained its name in 1891, previously called Princess Blue.

Discovered in 1806 in Greenland, sodalite did not become an important ornamental stone until 1891, when vast deposits of good quality material were discovered in Canada. It was then renamed Princess Blue in honour of Princess Patricia, who visited the Canadian deposit some time after its discovery and chose sodalite to decorate the interior of Marlborough House in England. Deposits are found in Brazil (Bahia), Greenland, India, Canada, Namibia and Russia.

Smoked Obsidian

The stone has a slight transparency and shine. Obsidian is born from the decomposition of volcanic lava. It is a natural volcanic glass that comes in dark tones (black, grey and brown), and may have inclusions of white cristobalite. It can be found in Ecuador, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the United States and Russia.

Opaline

Inspired by Moonstone, its translucent colored effect easily adapts to your routine in different looks.

Opaline is a reconstituted gem, that is, one that is made by agglomerating or partially fusing fragments of a gemological substance. In this case, Moonstone appeared in France in 1840 after an error in the manufacture of the crystalline mass and resulted in a translucent appearance reminiscent of the natural stone Opal, the name that inspired it.

Pearl

Straight from the sea, natural mother-of-pearl is an inner layer of shells. Mother-of-pearl is considered an organic gem, just like amber.

Mother-of-pearl is the layer that covers the inside of some mollusks, with a composition similar to that of pearls, being their constituent material. It occurs mainly in Australia, the United States, New Zealand and China.