October Birthstones
Some people believe October is the true month of romance. With its birthstones of opal and tourmaline, in particular the pink tourmaline, with their associations with loyalty, love, and passion. These make for some beautiful jewellery pieces.
Opals are a romantic gemstone, with their soft iridescent hues and flashing light qualities ranging across the colour spectrum.
Tourmaline similar to opals, with its opaque transparency, are part of the hexagonal crystal family, again with beautiful light catching properties, reflecting love and compassion. These are beautiful, versatile gemstones available in pink and a deep green.
We can source a range of gemstones for you to choose from at Ada Gallery, creating your own bespoke commission, from a selection of the different makers we showcase.
Opal Delights
At Ada Gallery we have some stunning opal jewellery available. Claire Hill Designs, our Wales based jewellery designer who incorporates ethically mined and lab grown gemstones in her jewellery. Using a thick 14ct gold vermeil plating and 100% recycled sterling silver.
Her huggie earrings are incredibly popular, being a very easy to wear item of jewellery. Her opal huggies use both moon yellow and white opals. (£59 in silver & £75 in gold vermeil)
If you prefer a simple stud style earring, Claire has a variety of options available, from designs with a single opal to triple in moon yellow & Tiffany blue. (Prices range from £35 to £48)
Tourmaline Treasures
Ellie Air, another of our talented designer makers, is a certified B Corp contemporary fine jewellery brand with Fairmined license. We currently have an exquisite ring in her collection (ring size N) made from 9ct recycled yellow gold, called the Asteroid tourmaline ring. This uses the rare watermelon tourmaline (weighing 2.76 carats to be precise) a tourmaline that has hues of pink, green and white running through, hence the name!
Please be aware, what is the beauty of these particular gemstones is also their quirk - each stone is unique meaning they may differ from the picture advertised. This ring is available to order both in white or rose gold, in your chosen ring size, just get in touch with us.
Cave Treasure Pendants
From my own Ruth Wood Cave collection I have these stunning solid 9ct yellow gold pendants available, in an irregular abstract form, with a unique organic stone setting. The deep green tourmaline echos the natural elements of this Cave Treasure inspired pendant, hung on a 9ct yellow gold fine chain.
These necklaces look great on their own or layered with other necklaces. I have a handful available in yellow gold, as well as silver + 23ct yellow and rose gold plated silver with a selection of different gemstones, from smokey quartz to rubies and champagne diamonds.
If your local to Market Harborough pop in and have a sneak peek before they are all finished and put out on display and in our Ada Gallery online-store. Prices really vary and start from £190.
Customise them with either your birthstone or the birthstone of someone you love. Orders would need to be placed by mid November for pre Christmas delivery.
And available very soon... are some new Cave organic single stone set stacking rings that I have been working on, with a smaller size 3mm round gemstone, which will look great as a set with the pendant.
P.S. See anything you like in this email, just click on the image to be taken to the product in our online store x Ruth