Black Wheat Chain, 18 inch Black Sterling Silver Chain (Diamond-cut)

Black Wheat Chain, 18 inch Black Sterling Silver Chain (Diamond-cut)This listing is for those who want to add an 18 inch black solid sterling silver (not plate or filled) wheat chain to their order. This is a really cool chain, combining a wheat sheaf pattern with diamond cutting, so there are numerous facets sparkling out of the oxidized silver black base. It should go well with just about any pendant in our lineup while adding a bit of pizzazz. The chain is 1. 3 mm thick, with rhodium plating to help keep the

These were grown in a sodium-molybdenum oxide flux mix

Like normal Cr YAG (aka Christmas Garnet) it has a super rich green base color

This is a custom formula we had grown that is brighter and more orange than normal technical-grade cerium YAG

it's a really cool material

though it is vanishingly rare today

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Pure Nd gives a color shifting purple-pink color while pure Ce gives a rich fluorescent yellow color--when the two are mixed you get an unusual pink

However it is also an extremely useful crystal

as well as having a buddy of mine slab a ton of different things

an unusual variety of lab created sapphire grown for use in lasers with a padparascha-like orange-pink color (also called Ti:Sapphire or just Ti:Sapph)

This is a coffin shaped lab-grown laser garnet weighing 25 ct and measuring 20 x 13

They're great for seeing dichroism - either by looking through different faces of the crystal