{"title":"Dark Feminine","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack rhodium, blackened silver, and the pieces that keep the collection from being sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix of them: amethyst three times over, garnet, Swiss blue topaz, and one botanical ring whose stone we have not confirmed yet and will not name until we have. Dark metal makes a stone work for its attention, which is the point.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e925 sterling silver underneath every finish — plating is a surface, and it wears; the silver beneath it does not. Made after you order.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"amethyst-black-rhodium-ring","title":"Night Amethyst — Black Rhodium Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFor nine hundred years it was the stone you wore to be answerable.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmethyst means \"not drunken\". \u003cem\u003eA-methystos.\u003c\/em\u003e The Greeks cut wine cups from it and believed you could drink all night and keep your head, and the belief was so durable that it survived the Roman empire, the fall of Rome and the arrival of Christianity without anybody seriously checking.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe church kept it and changed what the sobriety was for. From the early middle ages, an amethyst was set in the ring a bishop wore, and it was kissed. Not a stone of pleasure denied — a stone of being clear-headed because people were relying on you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor nine hundred years it was the stone you wore to be answerable.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it was expensive. Until the 1700s amethyst sat with ruby, emerald and sapphire in the top rank of precious stones, priced accordingly, worn by people who could prove they mattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen Brazil. Enormous deposits found in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and within a generation the price collapsed. The same stone, unchanged in every physical respect, went from cardinal's ring to something a schoolgirl could be given.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI think about that more than is probably healthy. Nothing about the stone moved. Only how many of them there were.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eI plated this one in black rhodium — dark metal, so the purple has to work for its attention — with gold on the leaves. It is the piece that keeps the first collection from being sweet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e925 sterling silver base, black rhodium and gold plating. Plating on a heavily-worn ring will thin at the contact points over years; that is what plating does, and a jeweller can redo it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade after you order it, up to twenty days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£139 at launch, £159 after.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural amethyst — 4×6 mm oval, 3×5 mm and 3×3 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNano emerald-green accent stones — laboratory-grown, not mined emerald\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e925 sterling silver, black rhodium and gold plated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade to order, up to 20 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWorn for centuries to keep a clear head. Some people feel something. Some don't. If you don't, it is still the stone that a bishop's ring and a schoolgirl's pendant have in common.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49038644314282,"sku":"ASI8-AME-007","price":149.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/p07a.jpg?v=1786491297"},{"product_id":"amethyst-tree-jewelry-set","title":"Purple Root — Amethyst Branch Jewellery Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eBranches in blackened silver, budding gold leaves and marquise-cut amethyst. The earrings drop the length of a jaw; the ring runs along the finger rather than sitting on top of it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlackened silver is oxidised, not painted — the surface is deliberately darkened so the gold and the amethyst have somewhere to stand against.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the set\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne pair of branch drop earrings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne matching branch ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural amethyst, marquise cut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNano emerald-green pavé\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid 925 sterling silver, black rhodium and gold-tone plated details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade to order. The ring is sized — give us your UK size at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49045091451050,"sku":null,"price":239.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/37-1.jpg?v=1786612696"},{"product_id":"amethyst-botanical-jewelry-set","title":"Night Garden — Amethyst Botanical Jewellery Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoses packed tight with pavé amethyst, on stems of blackened silver with gold buds. Three pieces cut from the same idea: a pendant that hangs on a long stem, a pair of drop earrings, and a ring whose flower sits across the knuckle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe set reads almost black from a distance and violet up close. That is intentional — it is built for evening light rather than daylight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat is in the set\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNecklace with rose pendant\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePair of drop earrings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStatement ring\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural amethyst, pavé and centre stones\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid 925 sterling silver, black rhodium and gold-tone plated details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade to order. 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It does not, but people carried it anyway, which is the more interesting fact.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNatural red garnet, 6 × 6 mm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed cubic zirconia pavé\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid 925 sterling silver, black rhodium and gold-tone plated details\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade to order.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49045092466858,"sku":null,"price":129.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/44-1.jpg?v=1786612741"}],"url":"https:\/\/asieight.com\/collections\/dark-feminine.oembed","provider":"Asi8","version":"1.0","type":"link"}