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Vintage Silver Blue John Pendant

Vintage Silver Blue John Pendant

$1,300.00

Description

DATE: Vintage, c.1992

A cool pendant bearing hallmarks for Sheffield and the year 1992. It's a good, large size, carved from a single piece of Blue John with the prominent purple and white jagged banding it's known for. The stone - aka the Derbyshire Spar - is a rare form of fluoride with bands of purple/blue and yellow. The origin of the name ‘Blue John’ is thought to have come from the French ‘bleu et jaune’, meaning ‘blue and yellow’. Another theory, the name was made in the 18th century by miners to separate the stone from Zinc Sulphites, known locally as ‘black jack’.

It's only found in the UK at the Blue John and Treak Cliff Caverns, and it was mined through the 19th century for its ornamental value. Crafted in silver throughout. 

STONES 

 Blue John

MEASUREMENTS 

 3.9 x 1.7cm

WEIGHT 

 11.6g

MARKS 

English hallmarks for sterling silver, Sheffield 1992

CONDITION 

 Very good 

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