Seraphinite Jewelry

Silver feathers on a green ground

Seraphinite is a variety of clinochlore, a mineral of the chlorite group. Its background is a fir green, sometimes almost black, and fine fibers trace feather or fan patterns across it, which change their sheen with the viewing angle. Polished as a cabochon, it lets these patterns ripple across its whole surface, and each stone composes its own.

Keep it safe from knocks

Soft, much softer than quartz, it marks quickly: a bump against the edge of a table or rubbing against another ring is enough. Take it off for gardening or sports, slip it into a pouch of its own, and clean it without any product, with a light touch.

Gaining a little altitude

Its name put it on the side of the angels, and that’s often the spirit in which people wear it: stepping back from what weighs on you, finding a kind of lightness again, looking at a situation from a little higher up. It’s only an image, but it suits the stone.

A green apart

Its deep green stands out especially well in a silver-tone setting, and it’s enough by itself: no point in surrounding it with bright colors. It works for day or evening, with white, gray, or black. It’s a gift for stone lovers who think they’ve seen it all, and for anyone who prefers forest green to apple green.