Grey Pearl and Jet Jasper Teardrop Necklace

This handmade gem stone necklace gleams with classic style.

Price: $50.00

On-trend jet jasper teardrops and grey pearls linked with sterling silver create a necklace that adds a subtle and deep, glowing touch to your wardrobe. This handcrafted necklace adds bold beauty to daily wear and is elegant enough for formal dressing. Two Cat Studio provides the handmade in the USA jewelry quality you can count on.

What is Black Jasper?
Black Jasper is a micro crystalline variety of quartz - a type of Chalcedony. It is related to Onyx, which is also a type of Chalcedony, and offers a similar, true black color for the jeweler. However, we have been especially impressed by the intense, radiant polish of Black Jasper. It is even more brilliant and reflective than Onyx and has become a very popular choice for jewelry making. Its hardness of 7 makes it ideally suited to faceting, and the gorgeous teardrop beads featured in the handcrafted Jet Black Jasper necklace flash and twinkle like few other beads we know.

Black Gem Stone Jewelry For Formal Dress
When Scarlett O'Hara tearfully rues that widowhood has forced on her the edict of wearing only black jewelry in Gone With The Wind, we readers are getting a miniature history lesson. The setting of this classic American novel is the Civil War which began in 1861. 1861 is also the year in which Queen Victoria's beloved husband, Albert, died, and her choice of jet jewelry as being the only adornment appropriate for a woman in mourning was soon adopted by all women of the Victorian era. Some of the mourning jewelry from this period is extremely ornate, and very stately, but so long as it remained black in hue, it was sanctioned by civilization.

Times change and so do social standards. The somewhat sombre ideals of the Victorian age were shaken up into brighter thoughts by Jazz age youth who wanted gaiety, laughter and good times. The new love of all things Eastern, which can be seen in the Art Deco movement, and which was fueled by such wonders as the discovery of King Tutankhamen's gem-laden tomb, turned the color black from one of sadness into one of the highest style. The black evening clothes of both men and women, the black outlines of Art Deco illustrations, and the black, flashing jewelry of the Roaring 20's are what has set in place our modern understanding of this elegant color.

Jewelry like this jet black jasper necklace, accented with sterling silver and grey cultured pearls, is the perfect choice for today's fanciest occasions. It complements a gown of nearly any color and gives you the satisfaction of feeling dressed to the nines! The faceted black jasper teardrop beads provide the weight and scintillation you want in a splendid focal piece and the pearls and silver pick up on the highs and lows of the jasper's shine.

Caring for your Black Jasper Necklace
When dressing for an evening on the town, apply your perfumes and lotions before you put on this necklace. Cosmetics can cause a buildup on your gem stone jewelry that dulls its sheen. From time to time, clean the jasper beads with a soft, non-abrasive cloth, and store the necklace in an individual cloth bag to prevent the gems and pearls from being scratched by other jewelry. With just a little care, this handcrafted necklace from Two Cat Studio will provide you with years of high style wear!

To learn more about the other special components of this necklace, visit this page to read about the history and care of freshwater pearls.