Ca. 1940-50 rare EILAT STONE 1 3/4" PENDANT pin brooch, 20" necklace, factory made in Israel. Mid century artisan crafted collectible. Loving heart.

factory DESCRIPTION:
ca. 1940-50: Artisan hand crafted elegant pendant/brooch with a large exceedingly rare Eilat gemstone, mined only in Israel, and mined out in the 1980's. Beautiful dark rich patina of age on the silver, and I luckily found an antique chain to pair it with that sets it off perfectly...they look like they've always been together. The pin clasp works well. Very wearable antique collectible...you will love this rare and exciting piece.

About the stone: 'Having the distinction of being found only in Israel, being the country's national gemstone, and no longer mined, Eilat Stone has become increasingly valuable, with existing, dwindling supplies exceedingly scarce and difficult to source. Receiving no enhancements or treatments, Eilat Stone is also one of the few gemstones that are entirely natural.'

***MORE INFO BELOW DESCRIPTION.

WEIGHT:
23.3 grams

SIZE / MEASUREMENTS:
1 3/4 inches long x about 1 1/4 inch wide, on a 20 inch chain necklace.

MARKINGS / HALLMARKS:
Stamped 'ISRAEL' and marked '925' for sterling silver, with a maker's mark that looks like an arch symbol or letter inside a 6 pointed start.

MATERIALS:
Sterling silver, natural Eilat stone.

CONDITION:
Beautiful vintage condition with only minor indications of prior use and the light surface burnish on the metal expected in a piece of this age. I clean vintage pieces by gently washing with dish soap (vintage patina is good, vintage dirt and germs are bad!) Then I usually give a quick surface buff with a silver cleaning cloth to bring up the contrast, leaving the natural patina of age in the details to enhance its beauty.

GIFT BOX INCLUDED, ready to give or just to enjoy!

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MORE ABOUT EILAT STONE:
Eilat Stone (also ‘Ellat' or ‘Elat') derives its name from the Israeli city of Eilat where it was once mined. Also known as ‘The King Solomon Stone', Eilat Stone is the national gemstone of Israel.

An attractive, blue and green opaque gemstone, Eilat Stone displays a variety of colorful designs due to the oxidization of copper, iron and manganese. Each gem has its own beautiful patterns, making every Eilat Stone unique and individual. Often confused with Turquoise because of its color, Eilat Stone's major value determinants are color (bright colorful designs) and lapidary quality (polish condition).

Eilat Stone is a green-blue inhomogeneous mixture of several secondary copper minerals including Azurite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, and Turquoise. Eilat Stone has been used as a gemstone since classical times and jewelry excavated from ancient Egyptian and Israelite tombs features this gemstone.

Eilat Stone is exclusively from copper mines in the Timna Valley located 24 kilometers north of Israel's southernmost city of Eilat, near the Gulf of Aqaba in the Red Sea. Its mines are believed to have been the copper mines of King Solomon, hence its colloquial name.

Copper mining occurred in the Timna Valley as early as 1800 BC and the area was later conquered by the Egyptians making Timna a very important source of copper. There are many ancient copper mines in the valley, some look like holes in the ground, while others are caves hewn with stone. Timna was also the first known location for copper smelting by the Egyptians and in some places there are remains of copper-smelting ovens.

Due to the deposit's unique geological formation, Eilat Stone is only found in this particular area. When copper mining at Timna became unprofitable in the 70s and 80s, the mining of Eilat Stone ceased, and the deposit is also believed to be ostensibly depleted.

Having the distinction of being found only in Israel, being the country's national gemstone, and no longer mined, Eilat Stone has become increasingly valuable, with existing, dwindling supplies exceedingly scarce and difficult to source. Receiving no enhancements or treatments, Eilat Stone is also one of the few gemstones that are entirely natural.

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THE METAPHYSICAL PROPERITES OF EILAT STONE: also called The Stone of King Solomon.
Merges The Loving Energy Of The Heart With The Mind

Eilat Stone is both beautiful to look at and has a quite lovely heart felt energy as well. It has a deep emotionally based energy that may bring tears to your eyes. It has strong metaphysical properties that create a calming and balancing reaction, while stimulating loving feelings as it works on adjusting and attuning your emotional system. Combined with such a loving heart based spiritual energy, its vibration will help your mind and your emotions to work together to create an amazing improvement in how you look at life.

It is a copper based stone that is made up of a mixture of many of the well-known copper based minerals. This may include Azurite, Chrysocolla, Turquoise and Malachite as well as some other less well known minerals. This mixture melds together the energy of some extraordinary blue and green crystals to create a stone with a loving energy that has a strong action within many chakras. This is a lovely stone to wear on the body as it will help to stimulate loving feelings. It also helps to clear the energy within whichever chakras are appropriate for your personal needs. Wearing Eilat Stone jewelry will help to remove negativity from your environment, and will transmute negativity into positivity.

The meaning of this stones name relates to the location where it was first found, in the Sinai Peninsula in Israel, near a place called Eilat. These wonderful stones have been found in the copper mines, that have existed in that location since the Bronze age, and were mined under the supervision of King Solomon. Their vibration does relate to the highly spiritual energy at this location, and their strong deep colors are very beautiful. The original mine went under water during flooding some years ago.