Zircon blue fair trade earrings - £8.55

PROPERTIES OF ZIRCON BLUE

The beautiful watery blue colour of Zircon is my favourite because I am a watersign and so adore all gemstones in blue and green regardless of shade or depth of colour! Although Zircon occurs in a wide range of colours such as green, dark red, yellow, brown and orange, for many years the most popular has been the clear and colourless variety - I would hazard a guess this is because it simulates a diamond ?

Zircon blue fair trade earring - £7.49

Zircon blue fair trade earring - £13.95

Indigo Ocean has a very elegant and moderately priced range of fair trade jewellery hand made in India from solid silver. Our vast range of fair trade jewellery pieces are inlaid with various combinations of semi precious gemstones. We have fair trade silver stud earrings, fair trade hook earrings, silver pendants and silver bracelets. We have a great selection of fair trade silver jewellery with stones such as blue chalcedony, malachite, lapis lazuli, tiger’s eye, moonstone, moonstone rainbow and rose quartz. All of our fair trade silver jewellery is exchanged for a fair wage.

HISTORY

In modern day the most popular colour of all the Zircons is the shade of watery almost transparent delicate blue, which, incidentally, is considered an alternative birthstone for December. Most blue zircon is of a pastel blue, but some exceptional gems are actually a bright blue colour as explained above (see ‘PROPERTIES’).

The name is believed to come from the Persian word ‘zargun’, which means ‘gold-coloured’. Hindu poets tell of the Kalpa Tree, the ultimate gift to the gods, which was a glowing tree covered with gemstone fruit and leaves of Zircon. How fantastic! Imagine that, wow!

ORIGIN

Zircon is mined in primarily in Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Myanmar, Australia, France, Nigeria, Tanzania and Brazil though it can be found in other countries too.