Azalea Necklace

This 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).

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.