Medium Viola necklace pendant in 18ct white gold set with five facetted pale shaped aquamarine petals (3.25cts) surrounded by a pave of diamonds (0.23cts). 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 16x18mm
Aquamarine
Aquamarine with its hues of blue and green is known as the sailor's gem ensuring safe travels across the seas. It is the birthstone for March. The colour in aquamarine is due to the presence of iron in the beryl crystal lattice with the most important deposits being found throughout Brazil as well as in Africa where the colours of blue can almost be a pungent blue.
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.
