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We are quickly approaching the first day of Spring! In order to celebrate, we have decided to share some of our best sellers from our brand new Spring Collection, Seafoam. As always, we stay true to our signature style composed of hand picked gemstones, full of color and brilliance, and layered to perfection. As the old saying goes, "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." While sticking to what we know and do well, we have gone out on a limb with the combination of gemstones we chose for the Seafoam collection where you will find a beautiful contrast of aquamarine, laboradorite, pearl seed, and hessonite garnet.
It has become a recent tradition to pick an interesting gemstone that is part of our collection and give you some facts about it. We think that the most interesting gemstone used in our Seafoam collection is the hessonite garnet.
Hessonite belongs to the grossularite garnet group. It is a radiant and semi-transparent gemstone with syrup-like inclusions visible within the stone. Although most grossularite garnet is green, hessonite ranges in color from honey-yellow to orange-brown to brown-red, earning it the nickname cinnamon stone—and who doesn't appreciate a little spice in their jewelry?? The interesting coloration is a result of manganese or iron content within the stone.
The most well known hessonite deposits are in Sri Lanka India, though its native source is not known. Hessonite is also mined in Brazil, India, Canada, Madagascar, Tanzania and the United States. The ancient Greeks and Romans were known to use it way back when. Today it is very important to Hindu astrology and highly regarded and as a gem that can bring success, wealth and notoriety in society, increase ones life span and good fortune. It can even cure problems in your married life. What an amazingly versatile stone! 
Now that we have gotten our educational tour out of the way, let's move on to our jewelry! Drum roll please……
  
Item #227.1014 Item #427.149 Item #595.256
You can click on the images to view them larger and if you are interested in purchasing any of these beauts, check out our store locator for an Avindy retailer near you. We don't have these available for sale on our website yet, but we just know that our friends will take very good care of you!
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We know it is really really cold out for most of us right now, but just hang in there because it's almost Spring!! The best part about Spring for Avindy? Introducing our new jewelry!! We have a few different collections to share with you in the coming days, but for now we are going to kick it off with Rain—which springs (no pun intended) from our brand new 2012 Gemstone Collection.
To be frank, there isn't really an exciting story about how this collection came about. We just simply fell in love with the combination of stones that we found on a gemstone searching trip. Rain is overflowing with Labradorite, Aquamarine and Chalcedony. All beautifully magnificent stones that pair perfectly with brushed brass, which we also used in this collection. You will certainly find that these gemstones reflect an abundance of nature and an endless range of colors, contours and facets that blend together in ways both subtle and striking. As always, Avindy gemstones are hand-selected for brilliance and balance, shade and texture, and are paired with unexpected materials to achieve Avindy’s signature symbiotic beauty.
Chalcedony (pronounced kal SED' uh nee) is a most interesting gemstone. It comes in several different color varieties, but for our collection we chose the blue variation. According to The Blue Chalcedony Mine, this quartz gemstone has a pretty long history in jewelry and archaeologists have dug up Babylonian and Assyrian chalcedony cylinder-seals on Minoan Crete at the Palace of Knossos, dating from 2500 to 500BC. WOW! That being said, there are a few conflicting views on where the name and the gemstone itself originate from, although most claim that it is named for the ancient seaport of Chalcedon (now called Kadiköy) located in Asia Minor (Turkey, to be exact). None the less, today deposits are found in many parts of the world, but the most prized Chalcedony are from India, Madagascar, Burma, Brazil, Mexico, and USA.
Although there seems to be conflict on where the gemstone and its name originate from, there is little argument on its healing ability and mystical powers. This beautiful stone is believed to banish fear, hysteria, depression, mental illness and sadness. Chalcedony is worn by many to promote calm and peace, and also to stimulate creativity.
So now, without further ado, we introduce you to Rain. You can click on the individual images to view a larger version of each piece.
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DANCING BRIOLETTES - ITEM #101.1512
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FUNKY BOX CHAIN WITH AQUAMARINE, ROMAN GLASS, LABRADORITE AND MYSTIC TOPAZ - ITEM #180.107
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ROMAN GLASS DUO - ITEM #222.1182
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RAIN BRIO BURSTS - ITEM #595.242
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FUNKY BOX CHAIN LAYERS WITH ORGANIC WHITE FRESHWATER PEARLS AND VINTAGE SILVER BRASS BEADS - ITEM #198.3247
These items aren't for sale on our site yet, but you can always use our store locator to find a store that sells Avindy jewelry near you. We have listed the item numbers above for your convenience. Be sure to check back often in the next few days. We will be tickling your fancy with some more items of beauty and brilliance. In the meanwhile, you should be getting your loved ones buttered up for Valentines day...which is right around the corner :) We have this fancy thing on our site called a wish list. You can sign up for an account here and access it. The wish list feature allows you to save items that you like and email them to others. Kind of like a little :wink wink: or :nudge nudge: for someone who might be thinking about getting you a gift.
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