A single strand of 5mm aquamarine beads, hand-strung and matched for size before stringing so the colour carries evenly from clasp to clasp.
The colour runs pale sea-foam blue through to deeper teal. A member of the beryl family. Larger pieces tend to hold the stronger blue, and fine material is eye-clean with a glassy clarity that shows the polish well.
Each bead is polished to a smooth, even finish that catches the light without reading as plastic. Because this is cut from natural stone, expect subtle variation in tone, translucency and internal texture from bead to bead — no two strands are identical, and that is the point.
The name comes from the Latin for seawater. Travellers carried aquamarine through the Roman and medieval periods, and it is the traditional birthstone for March.
Named for seawater, aquamarine was carried by travellers for centuries as a token of safe passage. Its pale blue belongs to the part of the palette that reads as open and unhurried, and many people wear it as a personal symbol of steadiness rather than for any property of the stone.
A single clean line on its own, or layered with shorter chains when you want more depth.
A soft dry cloth is all it needs. Store it out of prolonged direct sunlight and away from perfume and household chemicals.
Traditional meanings and colour associations are offered for interest and for the pleasure of the story only. Each piece is natural stone, sold as jewellery, and no claim of any kind is made about its effect on the wearer.
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