Intense orange - a gift of nature, not dyed!
The elements for this chain strand have been engraved from the shell of the spiny oyster. Diameter of the button discs 10mm. Length of the chain strand approx. 40cm.
The Spiny Oyster lives off the coast of Bahia California in the Gulf of Mexico. It fascinates with its intense color and large spines.
Archaeological finds in southern Europe have shown that the shells of spiny oysters were already being made into jewelry 5000 years ago in the Neolothic period. Jewelry and ritual objects made from spiny oysters have also been known from South America since the Inca period. It is believed that the spiny oyster was used in rainmaking rituals, which is why the spiny oyster is also known as the rainmaker shell in South America.
The reddish color and the high symbolic content contributed to the spiny oyster also being called "oro rojo" (Spanish: red Gold). In many areas of Central and South America, the spiny oyster is considered a delicacy.
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| Manufacturer | Marco Schreier Mineralienhandlung GmbH, Im Osterholz 1, 71636 Ludwigsburg, Germany, www.marcoschreier.com Contact |
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Design your own gemstone jewelry: Button strand, Spiny Oyster, 2.5 x 4mm
Hello! My name is Marco Schreier and I am the founder of the Mineralienhandlung GmbH of the same name. Creativity and stones have been a topic for me since I was a child, and they first shaped my free time and then my entire professional life.
As a child, this began playfully with collecting and crafting with stones I had found myself and with the first minerals that my grandfather brought me from the Alps. Later, a fascination for processing, sawing, grinding, designing and artistic work with gemstones emerged. With our Chili Creative ® brand, we managed to build up a range developed by experts from our wholesale business and our production sites in Asia.
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