Arlecchino Necklace
Alex Jona design collection, hand crafted in Italy, one-of-a-kind, 18 karat yellow gold open circle link necklace set with 171 brown diamonds weighing 2.67 carats, centering twenty one multicolor tourmalines weighing 11.45 carats
Metal: 18k yellow gold
Width: 1.03 in. (26.17 mm)
Depth: 0.13 in. (3.31 mm)
Length: 17.71 in. (449.84 mm)
Brown Diamond: 171 pieces, 2.76 carats in total.
Multicolor Tourmaline: 21 pieces, 11.45 carats in total.
Weight: 49.79 gr
This one-of-a-kind piece has been hand manufactured by trusted and highly qualified craftsmen according to the best Italian goldsmith tradition using the latest technology. Alex Jona hallmark 404TO guarantees the origin of the product and the precious metal content is confirmed by the official gold hallmarks. All diamonds used are purchased from legitimate sources and conflict free. Only diamonds of the highest quality standard in terms of Clarity, Color and Cut are used.
18 Karat Yellow Gold
18k (75%) gold is the purest form of gold used for jewelry (pure 100% gold is 24 karats by definition). 18k means that 18 out of the 24 parts that make up the gold are pure gold. The most common hallmark stamps for 18 karat gold are 18K or 750 that indicate 75% gold purity. 18k yellow gold is an alloy made up of 75% pure gold and 25% alloy (12.5% copper, 12.5% silver).
Diamond
Diamonds are a form of the element carbon with a crystal structure. Diamond's great hardness relative to other materials has been known since antiquity, and is the source of its name derived from the ancient Greek ἀδάμας that means "unbreakable". Diamonds are the hardest natural substance on earth and rate a 10 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. Diamond is also known as April's birthstone. They are thought to be first recognized and mined in India many centuries ago.Four characteristics, known informally as the "Four Cs", are now commonly used as the basic descriptors of diamonds: Carat, Clarity, Color and Cut.This system was developed by GIA (Gemological Institute of America), one of the major gemological associations internationally recognized to evaluate diamond characteristics.The carat weight measures the mass of a diamond and the clarity is a measure of internal defects of a diamond called inclusions. GIA’s D-to-Z diamond color-grading system measures the degree of colorlessness: the finest quality as per color grading is totally colorless, which is graded as D color diamond across the globe, meaning it is absolutely free from any color. Last, the cut of a diamond describes the quality of workmanship and the angles to which a diamond is cut.
Brown Diamond
Sophisticated and down-to-earth, Brown diamonds range from light to fancy, deep and dark often accompanied by a touch of orange, yellow and even pink, with names like Chocolate Brown, Cognac and Champagne – brown diamonds are simply enchanting.Champagne diamonds, the most famous shades of browns, combine light yellow or pink along with the brown. Next follows the chocolate brown diamond shade which refers to the pure dark brown diamonds. Cognac diamonds feature a secondary tone of orange.
Tourmaline
Tourmalines have a wide variety of colors with one of the widest color, intensity and tone ranges of any gem species due to many different causes. Traces of iron, and possibly titanium, induce green and blue colors. Manganese produces reds and pinks, and possibly yellows. Rubellite is a name for pink, red, purplish red tourmaline. Paraiba is a very appreciated gemstone in the trade due to its special vivid blue-green color and rarity. It mainly come from the State of Paraiba, Brazil. Watermelon tourmaline is pink in the center and green around the outside. Green tourmaline may be intense green, similar to the African emerald color. Tourmalines are most commonly found in Brazil, but it is also mined in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kenya, Madagascar and Mozambique (among other countries in Africa). California and Maine are historically important producers of fine tourmaline in the United States. Tourmaline is the October birthstone and is given also to celebrate the eight wedding anniversary.