Chrysocolla and silver pendant

Love  love love Chrysocolla, one for the most beautiful stones ever. Every stone so different.

Chrysocolla has been used by for thousands of years ,and the  earliest fist known  source was the mines of southern Israel. It was for a time called the King Solomon Stone after the famous ruler of Ancient Israel and legend has it that the earliest Chrysocolla came from the lost King Solomon’s Mines of Africa.

Today it is mined in Peru, Australia, Russia, America  and Israel.

I have oxidised the silver to give it an antique look, I think that really suits the pendant. All made from Sterling silver and hung on a Sterling silver  chain.

Length 16/18 inches.