New Druzy Colors and Styles

We now carry 7 different colors of Druzy, these are our newest colors. As with all of our Druzy, the new colors are available in rings, earrings, pendants and bracelets. Druzy items can be purchased online, at wholesale, at www.ewijewelry2.com. Click on the pictures below for a larger view and detailed description.

EWI Jewelry

Your supplier of wholesale jewelry and blank mountings

Wholesale finished jewelry can be purchased online by visiting our store.

Blank Settings

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Steely Blue

Taupe Pink

What's New

Visit this page to see any new styles or new stones that we have and to keep up with What's Hot.

New Quartz Colors and Styles

The Quartz have brilliant colors that sparkle and change. These are our newest colors. They are available in rings, earrings, pendants and bracelets. These items can be purchased online, at wholesale, at www.ewijewelry2.com. Click on the pictures below for a larger view and detailed description.

Blue Quartz

Greenish Quartz

Rainbow Quartz

Opal White Quartz

Visit us at any of the shows on our show schedule to see these items and more.

Black Knight

Larimar

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Larimar (misspelled: lorimar), also called “Stefilia's Stone” and “Carribean Turqouise” is a rare blue variety of pectolite found only in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean. Its coloration varies from white, light-blue, green-blue to deep blue.

History

The Dominican Republic's Ministry of Mining records that on 23 November 1916 Father Miguel Domingo Fuertes Loren of the Barahona Parish requested permission to explore and exploit the mine of a certain blue rock he had discovered. Pectolites were not yet known in the Dominican Republic and the request was rejected.

In 1974, at the foot of the Bahoruco Range, the coastal province of Barahona, Miguel Méndez and Peace Corps volunteer Norman Rilling rediscover Larimar on a beach. Natives, who believed the stone came from the sea, called the gem Blue Stone. Miguel took his young daughter's name Larissa and the Spanish word for sea (mar) and formed Larimar, by the colors of the water of the Caribbean Sea, where it was found. The few stones they found were alluvial sediment, washed into the sea by the Bahoruco River. An upstream search revealed the in situ outcrops in the range and soon the Los Chupaderos mine was formed.

Geology

Larimar is a variety of pectolite, or a rock composed largely of pectolite, an acid silicate hydrate of calcium and sodium. Although pectolite is found in many locations, none have the unique volcanic blue coloration of larimar. This blue color, distinct from that of other pectolites, is the result of cobalt substitution for calcium.

Miocene volcanic rocks, andesites and basalts, erupted within the limestones of the south coast of the island. These rocks contained cavities or vugs which were later filled with a variety of minerals including the blue pectolite. These pectolite cavity fillings are a secondary occurrence within the volcanic flows, dikes and plugs. When these rocks erode the pectolite fillings are carried downslope to end up in the alluvium and the beach gravels. The Bahoruco River carried the pectolite bearing sediments to the sea. The tumbling action along the streambed provided the natural polishing to the blue larimar which makes them stand out in contrast to the dark gravels of the streambed.

Inlay Opal

Our Inlay Opal comes in a variety of styles of rings, earrings and pendants. The Opal is synthetic and the center and accent stones are CZ's. You can see the color changes very vividly as the lighting changes. It is all set in sterling silver.