{"title":"New Classics","description":"\u003cp\u003eFamiliar shapes, done properly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour of the six are moissanite — found in a meteorite crater in 1893 and mistaken for diamond by the man who found it — cut oval or marquise and set on a plain or a branch band. The other two are moss agate and alexandrite.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSingle stones, clean settings, nothing that needs explaining at a dinner table. The pieces you would still be wearing in ten years. 925 sterling silver, made to order.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"oval-alexandrite-ring","title":"The Threshold Stone — Oval Alexandrite Ring","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA stone that was loyal in two lights.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Urals, 1830s. Miners looking for emerald pull out green crystals that behave correctly all day and then, by candlelight that evening, turn red.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stone was named for the young Alexander, later Alexander II of Russia. And the coincidence was too good to leave alone: green and red were the colours of the Imperial Russian military. A stone found on Russian soil that wore the empire's colours and changed between them depending on the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt became, briefly, the most fashionable gem in Russia. \u003cstrong\u003eA stone that was loyal in two lights.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe physics is chromium in chrysoberyl, sitting in a narrow window where the crystal transmits both green and red almost equally and lets the light source decide. Daylight is blue-rich and the green wins. Candle and lamplight are red-rich and the red does. The stone is not changing. The stone is telling you about the room.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ural deposit was effectively worked out within decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow the disclosure, and it is the most important one on this site.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis stone is laboratory-created alexandrite.\u003c\/strong\u003e Natural alexandrite of this size and quality is one of the rarest gem materials on earth, and a natural stone in this ring would put it into five figures, not £129.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLab-created alexandrite is chemically and structurally the same material, grown rather than found, and it performs the same colour change for the same reason. What it does not have is the hundred and ninety years of Ural rock behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI will not sell you a story as though it came with the stone. The story is real. The stone is new. You should know which is which.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e925 sterling silver with a rose-gold plated finish, 6×8 mm oval. Made after you order it, up to twenty days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e£129 at launch, £149 after.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLaboratory-created alexandrite, 6×8 mm oval\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e925 sterling silver, rose-gold plated\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMade to order, up to 20 days\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLook at it in daylight, then under a lamp. That part is not folklore and it is not a claim — it is just what it does.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49038657683626,"sku":"ASI8-ALX-014","price":159.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/p14a.jpg?v=1786491297"},{"product_id":"moissanite-leaf-ring-set","title":"Hidden Branch — Oval Moissanite Leaf Ring Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo rings that only make sense together. An oval moissanite sits in the fork of a carved leaf band; the second band closes around it like the rest of the branch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMoissanite carries light differently from a diamond — more fire, more colour breaking out of the same stone. Worn alone the top ring reads quiet. Stacked, it reads deliberate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOval moissanite, 6 × 8 mm centre stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid 925 sterling silver with a gold-tone plated finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-piece stacking set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eEvery piece is made after you order it. Plating is a surface finish and it wears with time; the silver beneath it does not. We never plate base metal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Asi8","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49045089845418,"sku":null,"price":189.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0719\/3313\/2970\/files\/28-1.jpg?v=1786612694"},{"product_id":"moissanite-branch-ring-set","title":"Knot of Light — Marquise Moissanite Branch Ring Set","description":"\u003cp\u003eA marquise stone is a line, not a point. Set lengthways along a twisted branch band, it draws the eye down the finger instead of stopping it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second ring curves to meet the first — a row of small stones that finishes the shape without competing with it. Stackable, but not interchangeable: they were cut for each other.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMaterials\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarquise moissanite, 5 × 10 mm centre stone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSolid 925 sterling silver with a gold-tone plated finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo-piece stacking set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMade to order. 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