{"title":"Health","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThese bracelets made from ores are all related to health. Some ore - made bracelets can help wearers reduce stress and alleviate anxiety. Some can calm people down, thus bringing mental peace. There are also some that can dispel the wearers' negative emotions, inspire an optimistic mindset, activate the solar plexus chakra, and thereby enhance self - confidence and creativity. Some other ore - made bracelets can assist people in enhancing the effects of meditation and increasing wisdom. And still others can heal wounds and achieve natural healing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"copper-ore-silver-bracelet-6-millimeters","title":"Copper Ore Silver Bracelet (6 Millimeters)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCopper ore (bronzite) beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA bronze that is not bronze: bronzite is an iron-bearing variety of the pyroxene mineral enstatite, named around 1807 by the German mineralogist Karsten for its sheen \"like dark bronze\" — the gleam is real, the metal is not: it contains no copper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLight caught between planes: the bronze shimmer (schiller) comes from films of iron oxide that have separated out along the crystal's cleavage planes — polished beads show a silky, metallic glow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA stone that falls from the sky: olivine-bronzite chondrites are a major meteorite class — the \"olivine-bronzite chondrites\" of Prior's 1916 system are today's H chondrites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe modern \"grounding stone\": today's crystal culture calls it the Grounding Stone, the Stone of Courtesy and the Stone of Focused Action — modern titles, for the mineral only received its scientific name in 1807\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDressed in Bronze\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt wears the colour of copper and the name of bronze, yet holds not a trace of either metal. In its hidden cleavage planes, films of iron oxide have slowly separated out, catching the light like beaten metal — a gleam so like bronze that the German mineralogist Karsten named it bronzite around 1807, and so like copper that jewellery counters today call it \"copper ore.\" No other stone is so honestly named: its very name confesses the resemblance — bronze-like, a pyroxene dressed in bronze. And this humble mineral keeps company with the stars: olivine-bronzite chondrites are among the most ancient rocks to fall from the sky. Stone that shines like metal, earth that falls from space — wear it, and wear an honest gleam at your wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled a \"grounding stone\": believed to make one feel steady and settled, calming a scattered mind and connecting to the earth; linked to the root chakra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeen as a shield: believed to form a protective barrier around the wearer and to send negative energy back to its source\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to build confidence: to dissolve self-doubt, strengthen courage and decisive action; linked to the solar plexus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to steady the emotions: to quiet the mind, ease stress and anxiety, and promote balance and forgiveness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed around 1807: the German mineralogist Dietrich Ludwig Gustav Karsten (1768–1810) gave it the name Bronzit for its dark-bronze sheen; Klaproth's 1807 paper in the Annales de chimie notes the mineral \"had already been known for years under the name Bronzit\" and carries the first chemical analysis (silica 60.00, magnesia 27.50, iron oxide 10.50) — from the serpentine of Kraubath, Styria; the \"1817\" dating found on some websites is wrong, for Karsten died in 1810.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe English word arrived in 1816: according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the first English use of \"bronzite\" is in Parker Cleaveland's An Elementary Treatise on Mineralogy and Geology — two centuries of the name, all of it earned by the gleam of bronze.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn early identity dispute: the great French mineralogist Haüy classed bronzite as a variety of diallage; Klaproth disagreed — bronzite would not fuse at all under the blowpipe, while diallage melted to slag; composition and behaviour, he argued, were different.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA measure of the meteors: from the 1860s–80s (Rose 1863–64, Tschermak 1872 and 1883) bronzite and enstatite became core mineral markers in classifying meteorites; Prior's 1916 system named the \"olivine-bronzite chondrites\" — the H chondrites of today, among the commonest meteorites falling to Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"copper\" romance is a modern christening: bronzite contains no copper — the Venus and alchemy lore attached to copper belongs to the metal itself (copper is named for Cyprus, aes Cyprium, the island where Aphrodite came ashore); the shop-name \"Copper Ore\" borrows that romance without the metal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe bronze gleam is iron, not bronze: films of iron oxide that separated out along the crystal's cleavage planes reflect the light — mineralogists call it schiller (German for \"shimmer\"), and the Chinese name, gǔtóng huīshí, means \"ancient-bronze pyroxene.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt belongs to the pyroxene family: a single-chain silicate, cousin of enstatite (named in 1855 from the Greek enstates, \"opponent\", because it refused to melt in the blowpipe flame) and of hypersthene — a name the IMA formally abolished in 1988 as redundant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt can become a star: gem-quality enstatite and bronzite from Sri Lanka show cat's-eye and asterism, the star usually four-rayed, occasionally six or eight — among the stone's most collectable forms.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is found in Antarctica — in meteorites: bronzite has been identified in meteorites found on the frozen continent, but treaty restrictions on mining mean it has never been extracted commercially there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn today's Chinese crystal circles it is classed as \"earth element\" and \"Leo stone\" — one source even calls it an August birthstone; such attributions are modern hobbyist lore and vary from source to source.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardness only 5–6 with well-developed cleavage: distinctly brittle — avoid drops and hard knocks, and take it off before sports and housework.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo ultrasonic, steam or hot water: heat and vibration can damage cracks and the light wax\/oil finish that many market beads carry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep it away from chemical cleaners and solvents, and from heat and sudden temperature changes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with warm soapy water and a soft cloth or brush, rinse well and dry; store it alone in a soft pouch, away from harder gems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49938777178407,"sku":"","price":86.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/copper-alchemy-transmutation-purification-creativity-spiritual-power-bracelet.webp?v=1783417064"},{"product_id":"citrine-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Citrine Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCitrine beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe colour of fortune: for centuries the golden quartz was the merchant's stone — kept in money boxes and purses to attract wealth, a tradition older than the word \"citrine\" itself, which entered English in the 14th century from the French citron, \"lemon\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunshine for November: citrine was officially added to the November birthstone list in 1952, beside topaz — the month of waning light receives a stone that looks like bottled sunshine; it also marks the thirteenth wedding anniversary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRoyal gold: from the 62.35-carat citrine ornament Cartier made for George VI's 1937 coronation to Prince Albert's 1848 Cairngorm brooch for Queen Victoria — crowns and queens have both worn it\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"wealth stone\" of Chinese custom: feng shui tradition calls it the fortune stone, favouring windfall luck, and sets it as money trees and pixiu figurines in the wealth corner – a custom kept alive for centuries\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSunlight, in Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is a reason this stone wears the name of the lemon: it looks like light made solid. For centuries in Europe this golden quartz was the colour of fortune — merchants kept it in their money boxes, Scottish highlanders set it in their sword hilts for victory, and Victorian jewellers built whole brooches around the amber glow of cairngorm, the stone Prince Albert picked from the slopes of Lochnagar in 1848 and had made into a Celtic brooch for the Queen. In 1937, for the coronation of George VI, the house of Cartier cut a 62.35-carat citrine for the occasion. And when November comes and the sun grows shy, this is the birthstone of the month — a small pocket of sunshine to carry through the dark. Wear it, and keep a piece of daylight on your wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"merchant's stone\": believed to draw wealth and abundance — the classic stone of the money box and the till, also called the Stone of Success\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Bottled sunshine\": believed to carry the warmth and optimism of the sun, lifting the mood and dispelling gloom\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to strengthen confidence and creativity — the \"optimism stone\", dissolving self-doubt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"stone of action\": in manifestation tradition it is the doing stone rather than the wishing stone, anchoring intention into action; linked to the solar plexus, the seat of will\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Roman engravers' golden quartz: yellow quartz entered gem use in the Hellenistic age (from about 300 BC); Roman citrine intaglios were carved with exceptional care, and a surviving Roman silver signet ring set with a citrine intaglio of a nude man with a dog shows the stone prized above ordinary seals — while the identity of Pliny's golden chrysolithus (\"gold-stone\") still keeps scholars debating.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe first recipe for golden quartz: the 1st-century Greek historian Diodorus Siculus records crystal being heated in fire to imitate the golden gem chrysos — the earliest known account of making citrine by heat, two millennia before today's industry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVictoria's mountain brooch: after the court bought Balmoral in 1848, Prince Albert picked a golden cairngorm stone on the slopes of Lochnagar and had it made into a Celtic plaid brooch for the Queen — a keepsake preserved in the Royal Collection (RCIN 4806).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLalique's golden orchids: in the Art Nouveau years (c. 1903–04) René Lalique set a water-drop citrine at the heart of his \"Orchids\" diadem, now in the Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon — the warm amber tone played against enamel and gold.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartier and the kings: in the 1920s Cartier built Art Deco pieces around grand citrines, including the famous \"mystery clock\" with an octagonal citrine dial that belonged to the Dodge family; in 1937, for George VI's coronation, the London house created a 62.35-carat emerald-cut citrine ornament, designed to be worn as a brooch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed for the lemon: citrine comes from the Medieval Latin citrina — lemon-yellow — by way of the French citron; before the 16th century Europe knew it as \"yellow topaz\", and the confusion between the two gems lingered for centuries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe colour is iron: trace iron in the quartz gives citrine its golden hue, through charge transfer between Fe³⁺ and Fe²⁺ — and the deeper and richer the colour, the rarer the natural stone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe sun's own heat: nature herself sometimes bakes amethyst into gold — GIA reported natural citrine from the California–Nevada border formed exactly this way, cooked by volcanic heat.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueens and kings: Queen Victoria treasured citrine at Balmoral, and modern royals — Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, Queen Sonja of Norway and Queen Sirikit of Thailand — have all worn citrine jewellery.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with warm soapy water and a soft brush or cloth — keep it away from strong chemicals, especially hydrofluoric acid, ammonium fluoride and alkaline solutions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGentle on heat: no steam cleaning, for thermal shock can crack the stone and high heat can change its colour; avoid torches, long direct sun and sudden temperature changes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUltrasonic cleaning is usually safe, but the gentlest hand is the wisest; dry it and store it separately in its soft pouch, away from harder gems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePut it on last: dress, apply perfume and cosmetics, then wear the bracelet — keep it clear of sprays and creams.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49957852447015,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/citrine-silver-bracelet-wrist-shot-merchant-stone-wealth-jewelry.webp?v=1783417549"},{"product_id":"malachite-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Malachite Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMalachite beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSacred to the ancient Egyptians, who ground it into green eye paint and amulets of the \"Eye of Horus\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Stone of Transformation\": a green stone that yields copper was seen as nature's own alchemy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdored by the Russian court – the Malachite Room of the Winter Palace and the great pillars of St. Isaac's Cathedral\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to absorb heaviness, soothe the heart, and renew the spirit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Gaze of Eternity, the Rings of Time\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHold it up to the light, and the green seems to breathe: ring upon ring, the stone has written its own chronicle, as a tree writes its years, as the sea writes its tides. The ancients read the same quiet wonder. In Egypt, green was the colour of new life – the afterlife itself was called the \"Field of Malachite\" – and its concentric rings were the eye of the god, watching over the wearer. In Rome it was the Peacock Stone, sacred to Juno, a guardian against lightning and ill fortune. And when the first smiths drew fire from a green stone and found red metal waiting inside, they glimpsed a miracle: change made visible, the plain turned to gold. From the eyelids of Cleopatra to the halls of the Winter Palace, this is a stone that has always promised one thing – that what is heavy may be lifted, and what is worn may bloom again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"Stone of Transformation\": believed to help release old patterns and embrace change – the quiet echo of green stone yielding copper to ancient hands\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to absorb heaviness and negativity, standing as a gentle guardian around the wearer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to soothe turbulent emotions, ease long-held tension, and restore a sense of inner ease\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinked with the heart: an emblem of love, renewal and calm courage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSince around 4000 BC the Egyptians mined malachite in Sinai; the court of Cleopatra painted the lower eyelids with its green paste, and green was the colour of rebirth – the blessed afterlife was called the \"Field of Malachite\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Romans called it the \"Peacock Stone\", sacred to the goddess Juno, and wore triangular-cut pieces to ward off the evil eye and lightning; the Greeks offered it to Aphrodite, goddess of love, for its kinship with copper.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn medieval Germany it was the \"Midwife's Stone\", trusted to ease childbirth; the knightly epic \u003cem\u003eParzival\u003c\/em\u003e numbers it among the gems that could restore the wounded king.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Russian Urals, the folk tales of \u003cem\u003eThe Malachite Box\u003c\/em\u003e tell of the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, a spirit of the mines robed in malachite silk – while the Winter Palace's Malachite Room and the ten great malachite pillars of St. Isaac's Cathedral were clad in Ural stone by the \"Russian mosaic\" technique.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAztec craftsmen carved malachite into images of gods and warriors; in China the same mineral has painted mountains and rivers since antiquity – the green of \u003cem\u003eA Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe name comes from the Greek \u003cem\u003emalachē\u003c\/em\u003e – \"mallow\" – for the leaf-green colour; the Chinese name \"peacock stone\" comes from its feather-like rings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalachite's concentric rings are true growth rings: each band is one layer laid down in a slow rhythm of growth, like the rings of a tree.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAncient peoples smelted copper from this green stone – a transformation that looked like alchemy, and gave the stone its modern title, \"Stone of Transformation\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalachite is soft (Mohs 3.5–4), calling for gentle handling – and it fizzes when it meets acid, even the acid in sweat.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToday most fine malachite comes from the Copperbelt of the Democratic Republic of Congo; the great Ural mines that clothed the Russian palaces were long ago exhausted.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMalachite is soft and brittle (Mohs 3.5–4) – protect it from knocks and hard contact, and store it separately in a soft pouch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid acid: sweat, perfume, cosmetics and sanitizers can dull its polish – put it on last, take it off first.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is porous: keep it dry; if cleaning is needed, wipe quickly with a barely damp soft cloth and dry immediately – never soak, and never use ultrasonic or steam cleaners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep away from heat and prolonged direct sunlight, which can dull or fade the green.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49957852741927,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/malachite-silver-bracelet-4mm-green-banding-product-photo.webp?v=1783411248"},{"product_id":"topaz-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Topaz Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTopaz beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHardness 8, by definition: topaz is the mineral that defines \"8\" on the Mohs scale — the hardest silicate there is, for corundum and diamond, the only stones above it, are not silicates at all\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA name with two legends: Pliny traced \"topaz\" to a mist-wrapped Red Sea island whose name meant \"to seek\"; others trace it to the Sanskrit tapas, \"fire\" — one stone, two etymologies, and scholars still do not quite agree\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe emperors' colour: imperial topaz — the warm orange-pink of Brazil's Ouro Preto — was named for the tsars and for a time reserved for the imperial family alone; two centuries later it is still cut almost only from that one small valley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNovember's gem of friendship: topaz shares the November birthstone with citrine, and the old birthstone rhyme gives it to friendship — \"Firm friendship is November's, and she bears true love beneath the topaz that she wears\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNamed for Fire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePliny told of a mist-wrapped island in the Red Sea, so hard to find that its stone took its name from the local word topazin — \"to seek.\" Others trace the name to the Sanskrit tapas, \"fire,\" for the golden blaze within the stone. Either way, the ancients were seeking something golden and rare — even if, by a twist of history, the stone they found on that island is the one we now call peridot, while topaz itself walked under another name. The confusion ran as deep as royalty: in the 1740s, a kidney-shaped amber-brown stone of some 1,680 carats from Brazil was offered to a king as possibly the largest diamond in the world — the Braganza \"Diamond,\" its true identity still a mystery; many have suspected it was white topaz. And in the nineteenth century, pink-orange topaz from the Urals was named for the tsars and reserved for the imperial family alone. A stone mistaken for a diamond; a diamond that may have been topaz — wear it, and wear a secret fit for kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"abundance stone\": called the manifestation stone, believed to draw wealth, success and prosperity and to align intention with action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to kindle confidence: golden topaz ignites personal power, self-worth and drive, dissolving self-doubt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to soothe and balance: to calm the emotions and ease anxiety\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"stone of truth\": blue topaz is believed to encourage honest speech and clear communication; golden topaz is linked to the solar plexus, and blue topaz to the throat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe island that never yielded topaz: Pliny's topazos island in the Red Sea — today's Zabargad — was famous for its gems, yet it actually produced peridot; scholars agree that the ancients' \"topaz\" was peridot, while their chrysolithus was our topaz. The island was so hard to find that in the local tongue topazin meant \"to seek.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Braganza \"Diamond\": around 1741, a kidney-shaped amber-brown stone of about 1,680 carats from Minas Gerais was offered to King João V of Portugal as possibly the largest diamond in the world; it has since been called a white sapphire, a white topaz, an aquamarine — and a dark yellow diamond — and it never appears in the official royal inventory. Its identity and its fate remain one of gem history's great unsolved mysteries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe tsars' monopoly: in the nineteenth century, pink-orange topaz from the Ural mountains was named imperial topaz for the tsars, and for a time only the imperial family was permitted to own or wear it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePliny's boiling-water test: Pliny records Persian magi testing true gems by dropping them into boiling water — a genuine stone was believed to cool it; later folklore attached the tale to topaz, claiming the hand could enter the pot unharmed, a misattribution that even the 16th-century scholar Cardano mocked as over-credulous.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGiants in the museums: the world's largest faceted topaz — El-Dorado, 31,000 carats — rests in the Spanish royal collection, and the American Golden Topaz (22,892.5 carats, 172 facets) shines in the Smithsonian — the ancients never guessed how large their golden stone would one day grow.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt crackles: rubbed against cloth, topaz becomes strongly charged with static electricity — a property noted in the earliest mineralogy, and a quiet marvel at the wrist.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA tough stone with one secret: on the Mohs scale topaz defines hardness 8, yet its perfect cleavage means a sharp knock can split it along the crystal plane — the one weakness of a very strong gem.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo \"yellow jades\" under one name: in China, 黄玉 once meant the yellow nephrite of the jade tradition — \"yellow like steamed millet,\" praised since the Han dynasty; since the 1996 national standard, 黄玉 is the mineral name of topaz, with 托帕石 as the official gem name, ending centuries of confusion.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA seat in the Navaratna: in Indian tradition topaz is pusparaga — \"petal-coloured\" — and holds the Jupiter seat among the nine gems of the royal Navaratna talisman, an assignment recorded since the fifteenth-century text Jataka Parijata.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA strong stone with one weakness: hardness 8, yet perfect cleavage means a sharp knock can split it along the crystal plane — take it off before sport, housework and hard contact.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGentle with heat: avoid sudden temperature changes and long direct sun, for some natural golden tones fade with prolonged exposure.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with warm water, neutral soap and a soft brush — never steam or ultrasonic cleaners; dry it and store it apart from harder gems such as diamond and corundum.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWatch the cord: faceted beads wear hardest at the string — check it from time to time, and polish the silver bead with a silver cloth, keeping it clear of the topaz.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"VISAXUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49994097885479,"sku":"","price":89.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/topaz-bracelet-emotional-stability-confidence-wealth-wisdom-attraction-healing.webp?v=1783417765"},{"product_id":"lapis-lazuli-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Lapis Lazuli Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLapis lazuli beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA masterpiece of many minerals: lapis lazuli is built of deep-blue lazurite, flecked with golden pyrite and touched with calcite — a natural mosaic whose blue, born of sulphur groups in lazurite, never fades, even ground into the pigment of Renaissance masters\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe blue that carried a name: the ancient Greeks' sappheiros and the Bible's sappir meant lapis lazuli, not sapphire — Pliny's sapphirus was \"never transparent, speckled with gold, from Persia,\" which is exactly our stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix thousand years at Sar-e-Sang: the Afghan mine at Badakhshan has been worked for more than six thousand years and is listed by IUGS as an international geoheritage site — the \"Lapis Lazuli Road\" that carried it west was the world's earliest long-distance gem-trade route\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe most expensive blue: ground into ultramarine, lapis was worth as much as gold in Renaissance Europe and reserved for the Virgin Mary's robe; in China it was the \"stone whose colour is like heaven,\" kept for fourth-rank hat finials and the emperor's rites at the Temple of Heaven\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Piece of the Night Sky\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the Egyptians it was khesbedj — a piece of the night sky, its golden flecks the stars themselves. Legend says the gods' hair was woven of it; queens and pharaohs wore it into death and rebirth. Six thousand years ago, miners in the mountains of Badakhshan were already working the same stone that would one day sit on the mask of Tutankhamun — and the \"Lapis Lazuli Road\" that carried it west was the world's first great gem-trade route, centuries older than the Silk Road that would later absorb it. Ground fine, it became ultramarine, the most precious blue of Renaissance painting, worth more than gold, reserved for the robe of the Virgin and the sky of heaven. And in the oldest myth of all, the goddess Inanna threaded lapis beads at her neck before descending into the underworld — seven gates, seven jewels taken, one by one. Wear it, and wear the night sky itself: ancient, star-flecked, unshaken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled the \"stone of wisdom\": believed to promote wisdom, honesty and self-expression — a \"stone of truth\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA \"thought amplifier\": believed to sharpen intellect, memory and judgement, and to help the reticent speak their true mind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to calm the emotions: to ease stress and low spirits and bring inner peace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorn as protection: believed to ward off ill-wishing and the evil eye and to return negativity to its source; linked to the throat and the third eye\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe goddess's descent: in the Sumerian epic of Inanna (Oxford ETCSL texts), the goddess strings fine lapis beads at her neck before her descent to the underworld — at each of the seven gates a piece of her regalia is taken away, including the lapis bead necklace; lapis gates, thrones and crowns fill the same ancient texts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTutankhamun's mask: found in 1922, the golden death mask uses lapis for the eyebrows, the cosmetic eye-lines, the blue stripes of the nemes headcloth and the vulture-and-cobra figures at the brow — the lapis came from Afghanistan through the Near Eastern networks of royal gifts.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eQueen Puabi of Ur (c. 2600–2500 BC): excavated in 1928, her headdress combined twenty gold leaves, two strings of lapis and carnelian beads and a large gold comb weighing over six pounds; lapis from Afghanistan and carnelian from the Indus Valley bear witness to trade across the width of Asia.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUltramarine for the Madonna: from the late 13th century the pigment cost as much as gold, sometimes several times more; Michelangelo bought it in quantity for the Sistine Last Judgement, and when the pope complained the fresco lacked gold and ultramarine, Michelangelo answered that the apostles would despise such luxury (as Vasari tells it).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eVermeer's heated blue: the 2020 \"Girl in the Spotlight\" study proved that the headscarf of Girl with a Pearl Earring (c. 1665) was painted with high-quality natural ultramarine — some of it from lapis heated to 600–750 °C to deepen its blue — modern science reading a 350-year-old painter's recipe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe blue is sulphur: the deep colour of lazurite comes from sulphur radicals (such as S₃⁻) in its structural channels — no copper, no iron — which is why lapis blue survives centuries and sunlight untouched.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"night sky\" effect is pyrite: golden pyrite flecks are the classic signature of fine lapis; the best grades show fine, even stars, while a perfect \"ultramarine\" grade may show almost none at all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ancients' \"sapphire\" was lapis: Pliny's sapphirus was \"never transparent,\" speckled with gold, from Persia — the transparent blue sapphire we know entered Europe's gem lists much later; hence the Bible's sappir and the breastplate stone of Exodus are read by scholars as lapis.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA blue that named a colour: the Persian name of the stone, lājvard, gave the world \"Persian blue\" — and the deep-blue glazed tiles that crown Iranian mosques since the 12th century are called lajvardina after it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorn on royal wrists and watch dials: Cartier's Amulette series makes lapis the emblem of serenity, and Bulgari's Cameo Imperiale watch dresses an Augustus cameo in a lapis toga — while tradition names lapis the gemstone of the ninth wedding anniversary.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAway from acid: lapis contains calcite, so keep it clear of sweat, vinegar, lemon and household cleaners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAway from moisture: the stone is fine-grained and porous — sweat, perfume, cosmetics and seawater may seep in; 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Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"gem of the sun\": ancient Egypt's amulet against the terrors of the night – still the national gem of Egypt today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"evening emerald\": the Romans prized peridot for a green that stays bright in candlelight and moonlight\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCologne Cathedral's Shrine of the Three Kings wears a 200-carat green stone that was called an emerald for centuries – it is peridot\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAugust's birthstone since the official list of 1912, and the traditional 16th wedding anniversary stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Sunset, Held in Green\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis green is sunlight that chose to stay. It was born in the fiery mantle of the Earth and carried upward on the breath of volcanoes; the Egyptians, seeing the sun itself in it, wore it against the terrors of the night, and made it the stone of their land. The Romans, watching it keep its light in the dark, called it the evening emerald. For centuries a great green stone sat in a shrine in Cologne, mistaken for an emerald, waiting quietly to be known for what it is – the green of August, the colour of the olive branch, of all things that ripen slowly and keep their light. Wear it, and carry a small piece of the sun that never sets.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled the \"Stone of Compassion\": believed to dissolve jealousy, resentment, anger and greed, helping the wearer forgive and let go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKnown as a \"Stone of Abundance\" and one of the \"money stones\": believed to attract wealth, opportunity and success\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to ease anxiety and stress, open the heart to new relationships, and strengthen confidence and resolve\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinked to the solar plexus and heart chakras – a \"bridge\" between will and compassion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe island of Topazos: Pliny wrote of a Red Sea island wrapped in fog, so hard to find that its very name meant \"to seek\"; the first stone was presented to Queen Berenice II, and a four-cubit statue of it was carved for Queen Arsinoë. The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica judged plainly: the ancients' \"topaz\" is our peridot.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe secret island: Egypt's royal monopoly on St. John's Island (Zabargad) supplied the world for centuries; the source was lost, and rediscovered only around 1905 – yet gemologist Eduard Gübelin still ranked its crystals among the finest peridot on Earth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSome historians believe Cleopatra's famous \"emeralds\" were peridot from Egypt's own mines; Strabo recorded that the island was once called Ophiodes, \"Serpent Isle\", until a determined pharaoh drove the snakes into the sea.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the Middle Ages, peridot is believed to have come to Europe with the crusaders for church treasuries; in the eleventh century Bishop Marbode wrote in his Book of Gems that set in gold – the metal of the sun – it dispelled the fears of the night, and it earned the name \"Devil Chaser\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe otherworldly stone: peridot some 4.5 billion years old has been found inside iron meteorites, in lunar soil, in Martian samples and in comet dust collected by NASA's Stardust – GIA calls it older than any gem on Earth, including diamond.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePeridot is one of only two \"extreme gems\" named by GIA: it crystallises deep in Earth's mantle and rides to the surface on volcanic eruptions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Greeks and Romans called this stone \"topaz\"; the name peridot only became common in Europe in the 18th century (perhaps from French peritot, or from Arabic faridat, \"a gem\").\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHawaii's Papakōlea beach is green because waves concentrate heavy peridot crystals – nicknamed \"Hawaiian diamonds\"; it is one of only four green sand beaches on Earth, and taking the sand is illegal, with fines up to US$100,000.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnder a loupe, the facet edges of peridot appear doubled – a signature of its strong double refraction; the disc-shaped \"lily-pad\" inclusions around chromite crystals are its fingerprint.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe world's largest faceted peridot, 311.8 carats from Egypt's Zabargad Island, rests in the Smithsonian; Paloma Picasso's 1982 pendant for Tiffany \u0026amp; Co. mounted a 284-carat stone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMohs hardness 6.5–7 – softer than many gems; store separately from harder stones and avoid rubbing against everyday grit, which can scratch it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean only with warm soapy water and a soft brush; never use ultrasonic or steam cleaners.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSensitive to sudden temperature changes, which can crack it; keep it away from acids, bleach and chlorine, and remove it for swimming.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStore it alone in a soft pouch; for bead bracelets, have the string checked regularly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"VISAXUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49994116661543,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/peridot-silver-bracelet-6mm-vivid-green-gemstone-product-photo.webp?v=1783413106"},{"product_id":"garnet-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Garnet Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGarnet beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed for the pomegranate: garnet comes from the Latin granatum, the \"seeded apple\" – its deep red crystals likened to the fruit's glistening seeds\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Romans called it carbunculus, \"a little burning coal\" – Pliny recorded that such stones would not fear the fire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe January birthstone, officially adopted in 1912, and the gem of the second wedding anniversary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"traveller's stone\" of medieval Europe – carried by those setting out on journeys, and given between friends as a pledge that they would meet again\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Ember in the Seed\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Romans named it carbunculus – \"a little burning coal\" – and Pliny wrote that it would not be conquered by fire, that in the dark it could melt the very wax of a sealed letter. The oldest word for it is fire; the name we still use is seed. Garnet descends from granatum, the pomegranate, that \"apple of many seeds,\" and the small deep-red crystals were likened to its glistening kernels – the same kernels Persephone ate in the underworld, binding her to return to it each year, the oldest story of a seed that keeps its promise of coming back. So this stone holds two ancient thoughts in one small red body: fire that does not die, and a seed that always returns. Victorian lovers gave it as a pledge of constancy; the people of Bohemia built towns, schools and museums around it, until it became the emblem of a nation. Wear it, and carry both at once – a seed of fire, warm against the wrist, that remembers the dark it was born in and returns from it, glowing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled a stone of vitality: believed to recharge one's energy and enliven the life force\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to add drive, strength and focus – with the red varieties believed to stir passion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to awaken the survival instinct, bringing courage and hope, and to steady confidence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLinked to the root chakra as a grounding, protective stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe name garnet descends from the Latin granatum – the pomegranate – through the Old French grenat, entering English around the 14th century, because the deep red crystals resemble the fruit's seeds. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter (7th–6th century BC), Persephone eats pomegranate seeds in the underworld and so must return to it each year; no ancient text mentions the gem itself – the link is the shared name, \"seed,\" and modern gem reference books join the two by etymology.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePliny the Elder, in his Natural History, called fire-red stones carbunculus – \"a little coal\" – recording a dozen varieties, their lands of origin, the \"male and female\" stones, the belief that they would not fear the fire (acaustoi), and the tale that in darkness they could melt sealing wax. The Romans also carved garnets into signet rings for stamping their wax seals – such rings survive in the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum and the V\u0026amp;A.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn 1939 the Sutton Hoo ship burial in Suffolk, England (c. AD 610–635, thought to be King Raedwald's tomb) yielded masterpieces of early medieval cloisonné – shoulder clasps, a purse lid, belt fittings – in which thousands of cut garnets sit in golden cells, foil-backed to flash light. In 2023 the British Museum's particle-accelerator analysis showed those garnets came from India, Sri Lanka and Bohemia: proof of a 7th-century gem road linking England to the wider world.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBohemian garnet – the chromium-rich pyrope of today's Czechia – has been mined since around the 5th century. In 1762 the Empress Maria Theresa banned the export of rough stones to protect her cutters; in the 19th century Turnov became its cutting capital, home since 1883 to Europe's oldest gem-cutting school, where thousands of artisans set tiny rose-cut garnets in silver in the pavé style that swept Europe. Scholars came to call Bohemian garnet \"the mineralogical symbol of Bohemia.\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarnets were among the most fashionable gems of the Victorian age (1837–1901) – GIA records them as \"extremely popular,\" and the old carbuncle cabochon was revived. At the same time the green demantoid garnet was discovered in 1868 in the Ural Mountains; its fire exceeds even the diamond's, which is how it earned the German name Demant – and it became a favourite of the Russian imperial court and of Fabergé.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarnet is not one mineral but a family – over twenty species covering nearly every colour: red almandine and pyrope, green tsavorite and demantoid, orange spessartine, purple rhodolite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarnet is single-refraction, showing no pleochroism – the quickest way to tell it from ruby – and iron-bearing garnets are even faintly attracted to a strong magnet.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChina's jewellery trade once called deep red garnet ziya wu (紫牙乌), believed to come from the Arabic yakut, \"ruby,\" with zi (\"purple\") added for its purplish-red tone.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdaho's state gem is the star garnet: at Emerald Creek, the public is invited to dig for their own four-rayed stars on federal land.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with warm water, mild soap and a soft brush; ultrasonic cleaning only for stones without cracks or fillings; steam cleaning is not recommended.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGarnet is attacked by hydrofluoric acid – keep it away from such chemicals, and avoid prolonged heat and sudden temperature changes.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt 6.5–7.5 on the Mohs scale it is softer than ruby, sapphire and diamond: avoid knocks, and store it apart from harder gems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFor large demantoid and other special stones, ask for a certificate – low-temperature heating and resin filling are occasionally seen in the trade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"VISAXUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49994126328103,"sku":"","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/garnet-silver-bracelet-wrist-shot-january-birthstone-jewelry.webp?v=1783414758"},{"product_id":"moss-agate-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Moss Agate Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMoss agate beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA miniature forest in stone: the green \"moss\" is not plant but mineral – flecks of chlorite and hornblende sealed in translucent chalcedony\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ancients' game of nature: Pliny wrote of a famous agate on which Apollo and the nine Muses appeared \"not by art but by nature's own hand\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe harvest amulet of 18th-century European farmers, hung on branches, ox-horns and ploughs – whence its name \"the gardener's stone\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMocha stone: imported to Europe through the Yemeni port of Mocha in the 18th–19th centuries, it was beloved of Victorian jewelers and seal engravers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Forest in the Stone\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePliny told of a ring stone of King Pyrrhus of Epirus on which Apollo and the nine Muses appeared of themselves – \"the work not of art but of nature, so disposed that each Muse bore her own attribute.\" The ancients called such pictures rising in stone lusus naturae, \"nature's games.\" Moss agate is the quietest round of that game: inside a translucent pebble lies a whole small forest – moss, water-grass, fern shadows – landscapes that minerals grew for themselves across aeons. In the 18th century, English farmers hung it on branches and ox-horns, praying that their crops might flourish as the moss within the stone had done; in the Victorian age it came in through the port of Mocha, and became scenery for seals and jewelry. Wear it, and carry with you a little wood that will never wither – it needs no rain and no sun, for it is the memory of growth that stone learned to keep.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled the \"stone of abundance\": believed to attract career, wealth and new opportunities – but an abundance \"that must be cultivated, steadily accumulated,\" not windfalls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled the \"gardener's stone\": traditionally placed near plants to help them grow, favourable to gardens, farms and any \"enterprise being cultivated\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled the \"midwife's stone\": believed to bring calm through pregnancy, childbirth and the time after\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to belong to the \"earth element\" – grounding the mind, soothing anxiety, balancing emotions and steadying confidence; commonly linked to the heart and root chakras\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePliny the Elder, in Book 37 of his Natural History, recorded the most celebrated of all natural pictures in stone: the agate of King Pyrrhus of Epirus, on which Apollo and the nine Muses appeared \"not by art, but by nature's own hand,\" each Muse bearing her own attribute; he also noted Indian agates that showed \"rivers, woods and beasts of burden.\" These are the earliest famous accounts of the family to which moss agate belongs – gems of chalcedony bearing natural pictures – though Pliny did not describe moss agate itself. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance such lusus naturae were revered as miracles, and the story of Pyrrhus's agate was copied and recopied.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the 18th century, farmers across rural Europe wore moss agate as a harvest charm – hung on branches, ox-horns and ploughs, so that the crops might thrive like the growth pictured within the stone. The great authority on amulets, E. A. Wallis Budge (formerly of the British Museum), recorded in his \u003cem\u003eAmulets and Superstitions\u003c\/em\u003e (1930): \"A farmer will wear an amulet of moss-agate to ensure a plentiful harvest.\" The modern nickname \"gardener's stone\" descends from this old tradition.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMoss agate owes its old name, mocha stone, to the Yemeni Red Sea port of Mocha (today Al Mukha), through which European merchants imported it in the 18th–19th centuries. In the Victorian age it was used for jewelry and seals and kept in homes as a lucky stone; Europe even made \"Mocha ware\" – pottery glazed to imitate its branching patterns, the earliest dated piece a cup of 1799, with \"mocoe beakers\" in records from 1792: proof of how well-known its patterns had become.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn India the tradition is alive, not merely remembered: at Cambay (Khambhat), where moss agate is called suabhaji, one of the four classic Cambay agates, bead-making has continued without a break since the Indus Valley (Harappan) civilisation – the site praised as perhaps the only place where the Harappan agate-bead craft still lives, awarded India's Geographical Indication \"Agates of Cambay\" in 2008. The V\u0026amp;A in London holds a green moss agate cup and saucer made at Cambay around 1850, turned on the bow-driven lathe of the old craft.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe taste for landscape stones ran long: Scottish agates, including pieces with scenic or treed patterns, were used in jewelry for centuries and shone in the Victorian era. And in the 2020s moss agate rose again – as the signature gem of unconventional engagement rings: CustomMade says its moss agate sales went from \"almost zero in 2020\" to the top five of its coloured stones by 2023, and brand Venvs calls it their best-seller of 2023; the global market was estimated at about US$58 million in 2025.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"moss\" is entirely mineral: green comes from chlorite and hornblende, black-brown from manganese and iron oxides, red from goethite and hematite; as iron oxidises, green can turn brown or red – one stone may hold all three.\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMontana moss agate is not green but red, orange and amber with black dendrites – washed down the Yellowstone River from volcanic country in Wyoming; its colour comes from iron oxides (red) and manganese oxides (black).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt became the 2020s' wedding-ring gem: CustomMade's sales went from \"almost zero in 2020\" to the top five of its coloured stones by 2023, and the global market was estimated at about US$58 million in 2025.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with warm water, mild soap and a soft cloth; avoid sudden temperature changes, which can crack cryptocrystalline quartz.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt 6.5–7 on the Mohs scale it is softer than diamond and corundum – keep it away from harder gems, stored separately in its own pouch or compartment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep it away from household chemicals and cleaning agents, which can dull the surface.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe holes of 6mm beads are thin-walled – do not force the cord when restringing; store the silver bead apart from the stones so silver tarnish does not touch them.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"VISAXUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49994135535911,"sku":"","price":90.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/moss-agate-silver-bracelet-6mm-green-inclusions-product-photo.webp?v=1783416082"},{"product_id":"blue-apatite-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Blue Apatite Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBlue apatite beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed for deceit: apatite comes from the Greek apatē (\"deception\") – named in 1786 because it kept being mistaken for beryl, tourmaline and topaz\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe mineral of your own body: apatite forms your bones and tooth enamel, and fluoride toothpaste works by turning enamel into tougher fluorapatite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"A rival to Paraíba blue\": neon blue-green apatite from Madagascar, praised by gemologists as a blue to rival Paraíba tourmaline\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe hardest-working mineral on earth: about 95% of the phosphate rock mined every year goes to feed the world's crops\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Beautiful Deceiver\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor most of history, apatite fooled everyone. It was mistaken for beryl, tourmaline, peridot, topaz, aquamarine – and the German mineralogist who finally named it in 1786 called it apatite, from the Greek apatē, \"deceit,\" because the stone was so good at being something else. Yet the great deceiver kept a secret the ancients never guessed: it was never really a stranger. Apatite is the mineral of your own bones and tooth enamel, of the toothpaste that guards them, of the phosphorus that feeds the world's fields. When the blue kind at last came out of disguise – neon blue-green from Madagascar, praised as a rival to Paraíba tourmaline's celebrated blue – it was a newcomer with an ancient family: in a sense, you had been wearing it all along. Wear it now, and wear the most honest lie in the mineral kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled the \"stone of manifestation\": believed to fire motivation and focus, bridging the gap between intention and action\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to ease the fear of speaking – a stone of communication and self-expression, linked to the throat chakra\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to aid intuition, concentration and insight, linked to the third-eye chakra; modern crystal culture also connects it to lucid dreaming and inner exploration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to lift dejection and emotional exhaustion and to balance appetite – fittingly, it is the very mineral of bones and teeth, and so is affectionately called the gem of the body.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe name came in 1786: the German geologist Abraham Gottlob Werner named the mineral apatite from the Greek apatē, \"deception,\" because its colours and crystal habits made it endlessly confusable with beryl, tourmaline, peridot, amethyst, topaz and aquamarine – a \"chameleon of the mineral kingdom.\" In Greek myth apatē is also the name of the goddess of deceit (Apate, daughter of Eris), but the mineral's name honours the concept, not the goddess; the English word entered general use around 1803.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe blue variety had an older, forgotten name: moroxite, which entered mineralogical literature in 1798 as the German \"Moroxit,\" from the Greek móroxos – a clay used in bleaching linen – itself traceable to the green stone morochthos mentioned by Pliny the Elder; its classic localities were Arendal in Norway and Pargas in Finland.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrecious apatite spent all of antiquity in disguise: the records of Egypt, Greece, Rome and China contain no stone by this name, because the mineral was not named until 1786 and had always been taken for something grander.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe stone that builds you: hydroxylapatite is the main mineral of tooth enamel (over 90% by weight) and of the inorganic phase of bone (60–70%). In the mid-20th century it was noticed that people in naturally fluoridated regions had fewer cavities; water fluoridation and fluoride toothpaste work by converting enamel's hydroxylapatite into tougher, acid-resistant fluorapatite – and the US CDC counts fluoridation among the ten great public-health achievements of the 20th century. About 95% of the phosphate rock mined each year goes to fertilizers that sustain modern agriculture.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe neon blue-green apatite of Madagascar (around Fort Dauphin) entered the jewelry market only in the late 20th century, praised by gemologists as a \"swimming pool-blue\" to rival Paraíba tourmaline – a rare blue with an ancient family. Most of Madagascar's material is naturally dark green or grey-green, and is turned a bright blue-green by controlled heating at 650–700 °C – a standard enhancement, disclosed transparently. The Smithsonian holds a 4.25-carat Brazilian blue apatite as a sign of its new place in major gem collections.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApatite is the index mineral for hardness 5 on the Mohs scale: a steel knife scratches it, but it cannot scratch glass.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Apatite Piñata\": a 99.21-carat dark green crystal from the Yates mine in Québec contains a round calcite inclusion – GIA nicknamed it a piñata, for the surprise inside.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBrazil's \"Brazil Blue\" apatite from Minas Gerais is judged by some experts the most vivid and highest-priced of all blue apatites.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eApatite spans nearly the whole spectrum – colourless, white, yellow, green, purple, red, brown, pink and blue – and the cause of the blue is still debated among scientists: manganese (Mn³⁺ or MnO₄³⁻) or an SO₃⁻ colour centre.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Chinese crystal circles it is affectionately called lan linhui (蓝磷灰), often paired with amazonite and aquamarine in \"throat-chakra\" bracelet sets – a modern hobbyist culture, not an ancient one.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is fragile: hardness 5 and brittle – keep it in a soft pouch or separate compartment, away from harder gems such as diamond, sapphire and quartz.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid acid: sulfuric and hydrochloric acids attack it – keep it away from acidic substances, perfume, hairspray, cosmetics and chemical cleaners, including silver dips.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean only by hand with warm water, mild soap and a soft brush or cloth; rinse well and dry. Ultrasonic, steam cleaning, boiling and hot water are all forbidden.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIt is sensitive to heat (heating changes its colour) and some blue stones may fade in sunlight – avoid heat and long direct sun; polish the silver bead with a silver cloth, keeping it clear of the apatite beads.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"VISAXUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49994144874791,"sku":"","price":88.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/blue-apatite-silver-bracelet-3mm-ocean-blue-crystal-product-photo.webp?v=1783416492"},{"product_id":"agate-silver-bracelet-6mm","title":"Agate Silver Bracelet (6mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAgate beads (6 mm), paired with one 925 Sterling Silver logo bead. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed for the Achates river of Sicily – recorded in writing by Theophrastus around 315 BC, among the earliest gem descriptions in Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne of the \"seven treasures\" named in the Buddhist sutras; its beads adorn countless ritual vessels of the Shōsōin treasury of Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA companion of Chinese culture for 8,000 years – the earliest evidence is the agate scrapers of Neolithic Fuxin\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eState gem of Montana since 1969, and a recognised 12th and 14th wedding anniversary stone in several lists\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Letter from Fire and Water\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLong ago, inside the gas bubbles of cooling lava, water rich in silica began to paint – layer after patient layer – and the stone it left behind reads like a diary written in rock. The Greeks wrote it down, the Romans named it for a Sicilian river, and Pliny marvelled at a stone on which nature herself had drawn Apollo and the nine Muses. The East gave it a place among the seven treasures of the Buddhist world; for eight thousand years it has run through Chinese hands, from the scrapers of a Neolithic village to the court beads chosen from three hundred kilograms of raw stone by the Qianlong Emperor. Banded, veined, impossibly patient – agate is time that chose to keep a diary. Wear it, and let the quietest chronicle on Earth keep writing itself on your wrist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Properties\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCalled a stone of \"stability and grounding\": believed to carry a slow, steady energy that brings the wearer back to earth in times of chaos\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to balance the emotions, the body and the intellect – and to ease anxiety, and quiet envy and resentment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBelieved to give courage, confidence and a sense of safety, and to form a gentle barrier against negative influences\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEach variety leans a different way: black agate grounds, blue lace agate calms and eases speech, fire agate kindles vitality – so the old lore runs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe agate of King Pyrrhus of Epirus showed Apollo with his lyre and the nine Muses \"formed not by art, but by the will of nature\" – Pliny cited it to prove that nature is the greatest artist of all. The Romans cut intaglios from agate for their signet rings; the British Museum keeps a Roman gold ring engraved with the drinking-goddess Methe raising a cup, and medieval Europe often reused Roman agate gems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Persians, Pliny records, believed that burning agate drove away storms and stopped rivers in their course, and that plain-coloured agate made athletes invincible. The eleventh-century scholar al-Bīrūnī grouped quartz, chalcedony and onyx by their physical nature and measured their density with a cone of his own making – the beginning of gemmology as a science; Yemeni agate (aqeeq) has been prized in the Middle East since before Aristotle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn China, agate is an ancient member of the jade family: the Neolithic site of Chahai has yielded agate scrapers from 8,000 years ago; plain-faceted agate rings of the Warring States are treasured in the National Museum of China; Li Shizhen's Bencao Gangmu gives agate an entry of its own – \"its veins cross like the brain of a horse, hence the name\" – and prescribes it ground into powder for eye ailments. The Qianlong Emperor chose 108 beads, each holding a drop of natural water, from a 300-kilogram block, to make a Buddhist rosary of \"agate with water within\".\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Islamic tradition the Prophet Muhammad wore a silver signet ring set with an Ethiopian stone – held to be agate or onyx, possibly Yemeni agate – inscribed \"Muhammad is the Messenger of God\", used to seal letters to the rulers of nations; it passed to the first three caliphs and was lost in the Well of Aris at Medina. \"Whoever wears an agate ring, sorrow stays away,\" runs the old saying, and clergy of both sects wear it to this day.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn amulet since Babylon and Egypt: agate was worn against poison, snakebite and evil influences, and Roman soldiers carried it for courage; the medieval bestiaries said the eagle placed agate in its nest to protect its young from serpents, and men wore the stone to keep snake venom at bay.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDid You Know?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgate is banded chalcedony – microcrystalline quartz; in the densest stones more than ten thousand bands can be counted within a single inch.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost agate is born in the gas bubbles of cooling lava: silica-rich groundwater later fills the cavity and deposits layer after layer of quartz on its walls.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Enhydro agate\" holds liquid water sealed inside the stone – a famous specialty of Fuxin, China.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMost brightly coloured agate on the market is dyed: Brazilian rough is naturally grey-white, and dyed stones show unnaturally even colour with pigment gathered along cracks – a 2024 NGTC sampling found about 27% of \"Brazilian agate\" bracelets were dyed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAgate is not an official modern birthstone – but bloodstone, its cousin in the chalcedony family, is a traditional March birthstone, and some folk lists once placed agate in May or September.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean with warm water, mild soap and a soft cloth or brush; rinse and dry thoroughly – never use an ultrasonic cleaner.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAvoid high heat and long, direct sunlight – dyed or heat-treated agate can fade.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep it away from perfume, hairspray, chlorine, salt water and strong acids; remove it for sport, swimming, gardening and housework.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWrap and store it separately, away from harder gems; the 925 sterling silver bead may darken with time – polish it gently with a silver cloth.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"VISAXUM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51129386434855,"sku":null,"price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/agate-bracelet-lifestyle-shot-emotional-balance-vitality-energy-photo.webp?v=1783413571"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/collections\/lapis-lazuli-bracelet-daily-wear-wrist-ultramarine-blue-elegance-photo.webp?v=1783422236","url":"https:\/\/visaxum.com\/collections\/health-bracelets-semi-precious-stone-bracelets.oembed","provider":"VISAXUM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}