Jon Ber

HAND CRAFTED I design collections at home and minutes later, Pawan starts working on the production in India. It was not always that easy.

STERLING SILVER 100% silver is too soft for the creation of jewelry & silverware. Thus the international industry standards is 92.5 percent silver with 7.5% balance added copper.

AMBER As old as 90 million years, its usually gold & brownish - honey like, but also appears in white, green & rarely blue.

AMETHYST In Greek, Amethyst means "Against Drunkenness" from the belief that the stone inserted in water, will turn a drunk person sober instantly. It doesn't work.

BLACK ONYX Is a translucent chalcedony, similar to agate that contains straight bands usually white or brownish.

BLUE TOPAZ The Blue Topaz color is usually categorize and defined by three main names: London, for the Darkest shade, Swiss for the lightest and Sky for the in between shade of blue.

GARNET The Garnet's most recognized color is the Burgundy red, but smaller quantities of Garnet also appears in nature in shades of blue and green.

LABRADORITE It was discovered in the desolate Sybaritic Peninsula of Labrador, Canada, in the beginning of the 19th century. Its best specimens found currently come from Finland and Madagascar.

LAPIS LAZULI Blue Rock, In Arabic, Lapis Lazuli, is derived from Lazurite, a complex silicate containing a range of minerals such as the Pyrite also known as "Fools Gold."

MALACHITE It imaintains better value and stability than some countries currency, such as is the case in the war torn Zaire.

RAINBOW MOONSTONE The gemstone resemblance of a cloudy, mystical, shimmering moon, made it desirable, but it was unavailable for centuries.

PERIDOT In Roman times, It became known as "Evening Emerald" because it was easier to find when illuminated by lamplight at night.

TIGER'S EYE Tiger's Eye has such a strong following in Africa, that it was for a while, considered as a National Treasure, and was banned from exports in some southern countries such as Namibia, South Africa and Lesotho.

TURQUOISE From Green to Blue, with black unique signature inclusions vanes running untamed, the gemstone universal reverence is phenomenal.

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AMETHYST by Jon Ber

In Greek, Amethyst means "Against Drunkenness" from the belief that the stone inserted in water, will turn a drunk person sober instantly. It doesn't work.

February's birthstone, Amethyst stars in some of the better known jewels of all time, such as the Royal British Crown. Its name, became synonymous with the color purple.

In Greek, Amethyst means "Against Drunkenness" from the belief that the stone inserted in water, will turn a drunk person sober instantly. It doesn't work.

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It is reputed by many as a healing spiritual stone that helps in the achievement of the ultimate meditation state of mind - Nirvana.

Among other qualities attributed to Amethyst is its ability to speed up thoughts & help in the maintenance of celibacy.

Many of its best specimens come from the mountain towns surrounding Belo Horizonte the state Capital of Minas Geras, Brazil.

One such town, Teoflotoni, became a Mecca for traders aspiring to "get to the source" instead of doing business in the comfort of Rio's showrooms in Ipenema and Copa Cabana. Accessible by narrow winding roads, the town's Portuguese Influence blends with the African and South American flavors of the people and architecture.

Small mine owners, "everybody in town has a mine" solicit buyers on the streets, by presenting a handful of gems they keep loose in their pants pocket .If interested, the buyers are invited to a modest office, off the main road, to be presented also, with other local gemstones such as the magnificent Aqua Marine and Tourmaline. I was there twice. Soon more.

Jon Ber is the publisher of jonber.com, a former investigative journalist and a traveler of seventy countries living in North Carolina USA .

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