OUR STONES AND MINERALS
Each of our ethically pure jewelry pieces incorporate high quality, sustainable gems that help you look good and feel your best.
Bozena Designs emfesize the beaty of semiprecious stones which with right designs bring to light their inner natural beauty without the price tag and an uncomfortable feeling of unethical mining. We use only natural pearls, gemstones, minerals and stones set in sterling silver, gold vermail or modern gold filled. Occasionally basic metals and aluminum are used to assure a comfortable price tag. All the materials are hand picked for the highest quality and enchanting colors. Every piece is set with individually picked stones and carefully handcrafted in our New York City studio.
DESCRIPTION OF STONES
AGATE
Agate is a translucent variety of microcrystalline quartz. It is used as a semi-precious stone when it is of desirable quality and color. Agate generally forms by the deposition of silica from groundwater in the cavities of igneous rocks. Called the earth rainbow, the concentric bands of Agate form in nearly every color the earth can produce, including a colorless form.
DRUZY
Druzy is the glittering effect of tiny crystals over top a colorful mineral. It is beautiful when used in making jewelry. One of the perks to druzy stones is that they are not as expensive as big faceted gemstones and they have sparkle and great color and it can be cut into various shapes with ease. Common colors are white, yellow, brown, red, and orange. Druzy style beads are great for centerpieces in pendants. While they look sparkly and delicate, druzy quartz is a fairly durable gem.
PYRITE
The mineral pyrite, or iron pyrite, also known as fool's gold, is an iron sulfide. This mineral's metallic luster and pale brass-yellow hue give it a superficial resemblance to gold, hence the well-known nickname of fool's gold. The color has also led to the nicknames brass, brazzle, and Brazil, primarily used to refer to pyrite found in coal.
FRESH WATER BAROQUE PEARLS
Baroque pearls are pearls with an irregular non-spherical shape. Shapes can range from minor aberrations to distinctly ovoid, curved, pinch, or lumpy shapes. Most cultured freshwater pearls are baroquebecause freshwater pearls are mantle-tissue nucleated instead of bead nucleated.
Pearls are an organic gem, called organic because they are created by living creatures.
HEMATITE
Hematite is one of the most abundant minerals on Earth's surface and in the shallow crust. Hematite has an extremely variable appearance. Its luster can range from earthy to submetallic to metallic. Its color ranges include red to brown and black to gray to silver.