Large Viola necklace pendant in 9ct white gold set with five pale soft blue topaz (6.35cts) and a diamond centre (0.06cts). Inspired on the native Viola (wild pansy) flowers of Sicily. Viola is the flower that symbolises remembrance. From the Journey to Sicily.
The pendant measures approximately 19x17mm
Blue Topaz
Topaz is an Aluminum fluoro- hyrdroxyl- silicate that occurs in large crystals mostly in Brazil. Its slightly turquoise blue hue, is similar to that of aquamarine. It is perhaps this colour that makes it the stone symbolising friendship and love, honest and fidelity. It is the birthstone for November.
Sicily shaped by waves of conquest and left tinted with the settlement of differing peoples over 4000 years, since 8th century BC intrigued Cassandra. The island that floats like a tempting jewel in the centre of the Mediterranean had her hooked... Mosaics were transposed into jewels sparkling with diamonds and her honeycomb for Erice made it golden once again.
