{"product_id":"labradorite-silver-bracelet-8mm","title":"Labradorite Silver Bracelet (8mm)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- obsidian --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLabradorite beads (8 mm), paired with 925 Sterling Silver beads. Comes with a cotton pouch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNatural labradorite has a deep smoky-grey body; turn the bead to the light and the stone opens – a flash of electric blue, now green, now a thread of gold, like the northern lights caught mid-ripple. Within lie fine dark flecks and the lamellae of two feldspars intergrown – the natural signature of the stone. The gleam is like the aurora behind glass: vivid, layered and utterly distinct from any softer moonstone glow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStone Stories\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"Aurora Borealis stone\" – in Inuit legend the northern lights were imprisoned in the rocky coast of Labrador; the flashes still held in the stone are that same light\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed after Labrador, Canada: found by Moravian missionaries around 1770 and named by the mineralogist A. G. Werner in 1780\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe official mineral emblem of Newfoundland and Labrador\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn Finland it was found in 1940 during wartime fortification works and named \"spectrolite\" – the stone whose colours span the whole spectrum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIts distinctive blue-green flash is called labradorescence – a phenomenon unique to the feldspar family, different from the soft glow of moonstone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Frozen Aurora\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the far north they tell it this way: long ago the northern lights were shut inside the rocks of the Labrador coast, and when a hunter's spear struck the stone the lights leapt up and burst back into the sky – and what could not escape stayed behind, sleeping in the stone. That is why, even today, each bead keeps a thread of aurora. Turn it to the light and the colour breathes: blue, green, gold – opening and closing as the light moves, like the sky over a snowfield before dawn. Called the stone of transformation in crystal traditions: not the end of a thing, but the light that was never lost. Wear it, and carry the moment the sky caught fire – and kept a little fire back.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCultural Allusions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe name comes from Labrador, Canada, where the Moravian missionaries found the stone as boulders on the coast around 1770; specimens were sent to London, and in 1780 the mineralogist Abraham Gottlob Werner gave it the name labradorite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Inuit legend holds that the northern lights were imprisoned on the rocky coast of Labrador – in many tellings, a hunter struck the rocks with his spear, releasing the lights into the sky; what remained stayed in the stone, and still shines there.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn 1940, during the building of wartime fortifications in Ylämaa, Finland, Pekka Laitakari found a stone that flashed a whole spectrum of colour; his father, the geologist Aarne Laitakari, named it spectrolite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe darkest, clearest stones flash brightest – black-bodied stones with high-saturation blue are the most prized, followed by green and gold; orange, red and violet flashes are rare, and stones that show several colours at once rarer still.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \"blue eyes\" of the stone are a trick of light, not pigment: submicroscopic layers of two feldspars interfere with light as an oil film does on water – which is why labradorite must be cut in a particular direction to flash.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabradorescence was named by the Danish mineralogist Ove Bøggild, whose early-twentieth-century studies showed that only layers of the right submicroscopic thickness – a few hundred millionths of a millimetre – produce the colour.\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 flash of labradorite is called labradorescence – a play of light from submicroscopic layers of two feldspars intergrown; it is a different phenomenon from the soft floating sheen of moonstone (adularescence).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn the trade, \"rainbow moonstone\" is actually transparent labradorite – GIA notes it is \"known in the trade as rainbow moonstone\" though it is not a moonstone at all.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMuch of what the Chinese market calls \"grey moonstone\" is in fact labradorite – the two minerals sit in different branches of the feldspar family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed in 1780 by the mineralogist A. G. Werner, the stone was long believed to be its own mineral species before it was recognised as part of the feldspar family.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn The Hobbit films, Kili's rune stone – carved with the words \"Return to me\" – was said to be made of labradorite.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCare\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLabradorite is relatively soft (Mohs 6–6.5) with two perfect cleavages, so the best home for it is in earrings and pendants; on a bracelet, be gentle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eClean only with warm water, mild soap and a soft cloth; never ultrasonic or steam cleaners – vibration and heat can crack it.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRemove it for sport and heavy work; avoid knocks against tables, doorways and hard objects, and keep it away from harder gems.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep it away from perfume, cosmetics and pool or spa water; store it in a soft pouch, away from prolonged sunlight.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWear your story.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52093434790183,"sku":null,"price":144.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/0321\/9239\/files\/grey-moonstone-bracelet-detail-closeup-silver-sheen-adularescence-texture.webp?v=1783413380","url":"https:\/\/visaxum.com\/products\/labradorite-silver-bracelet-8mm","provider":"VISAXUM","version":"1.0","type":"link"}