THIS LISTING IS ONLY FOR PENDANT ON A 18" BROWN LEATHER CORD W/STERLING FINDINGS
Pendant Teardrop 1¾” x 1⅛” - Matching earrings are available for purchase on the earrings page.
Some stones do not announce themselves. They settle. This one arrives quietly pale blush and warm cream across its entire surface, marked by a soft scatter of amber and rust speckles that drift across the ground like something carried on the wind and left there. The freeform Willow Creek jasper cabochon measures 1¾” x 1⅛” understated in size, precise in beauty, the kind of stone that rewards the person who gets close enough to really look.
Set in a clean modern .925 sterling silver bezel with delicate ball terminals at each side, the setting frames the stone with quiet architectural confidence no rope, no ornament, just silver and stone in honest conversation. The pendant arrives on an 18” brown leather cord that grounds the piece in warmth and wearability, letting the stone’s pale luminosity lead. This is a pendant for every day for the collarbone, for the linen shirt, for the moment someone leans in and asks what that stone is.
Details:
Stone: Willow Creek Jasper · Origin: Idaho · Matrix: Pink, Cream & Brown · Metal: Custom Sterling Silver · Pendant Setting: 1 3/4" x 1 1/8" Teardrop · One of a Kind with Makers Mark
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The Quiet Scatter - Willow Creek Jasper Necklace
Willow Creek jasper comes from the high desert terrain of Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho remote, rugged country along the Oregon border where ancient volcanic and sedimentary deposits have yielded some of the most distinctive picture jaspers in the American West. The Willow Creek area specifically produces a jasper of exceptional delicacy pale cream and blush grounds scattered with warm amber, rust, and gold speckles that collectors describe as some of the most refined and feminine material available in the lapidary world.
The pale ground of Willow Creek jasper reflects a low iron environment during silicification the absence of the bold reds and browns that characterize more dramatic jaspers. The warm speckles that drift across the surface are iron oxide inclusions that formed as mineral-rich groundwater moved through the hardening silica, depositing color in small, scattered concentrations rather than broad bands or veins. The result is a stone of rare restraint beautiful in the way that quiet things are beautiful, in the way that takes a moment to fully arrive.
