Black Agate: The lucky gemstone gift for life’s challenges
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This is the gemstone that everyone should have for protection. It is said to protect from stress, energy drains, and bad dreams, and attract strength – an ideal gift for someone under stress like attending an interview.
In ancient times, Agate was highly valued as a talisman or amulet. It is believed to enhance the wearer’s courage, improve perception and concentration, and stimulate analytical capabilities and precision.
Agate exists in several distinct colours and the tones vary within each particular colour making every piece of Agate jewellery unique. Black Agate owes its colour to the higher level of iron and manganese. It is believed to create balance between the physical, emotional and spiritual state of the wearer. It enhances people’s analytical ability and improves their perceptiveness. Give your friend something with Black Agate when they need luck to to make an important decision – ideal gift for someone who is a judge, a lawyer or a journalist, for example. It is believed to eliminate negativity. Agate is associated with the birthstone month of May and the zodiac sign Gemini.
Black Agate should be included in presents or gifts for occasions or people needing perceptiveness and analytical ability such as a gift for judges, lawyers or journalists, or for a First Day (at school or University, for example), or an Interview.
- Black Agate jewellery or other gift to wish Good Luck at an Interview
- Gift a piece of Black Agate or other jewelry to help your friends have Luck on their First Day
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These are some of the most well known ‘ Lucky Gemstones ‘ offering gifts for their own particular / special event that sometimes needs that extra bit of luck or inspiration:
Amethyst * Aquamarine * Aventurine * Black Agate * Carnelian * Citrine * Coral * Garnet * Indian Agate * Jade * Moonstone * Pearl * Red Jasper * Rose Quartz * Smokey Quartz * Tigers Eye * Sodalite
Each of these is renowned for igniting belief and bringing inspiration and good luck to certain events or occasions:
Scallop shell earrings to wish safekeeping, especially for travellers
These delicate scallop shells (concha de vieira) represent the symbol of the Camino de Santiago. The 1,000-year-old route to the great Cathedral city of Santiago de Compostela is known as the Way of St. James (El Camino de Santiago - in Spanish), and it is a renowned journey and adventure, as well as being a pilgrimage for some people of the Christian faith.
:)- Gift-Wrapped
:)- Optional information card (see photo) about El Camino / Santiago (FREE)
:)- Personal message can be added
:)- Rapid shipping
If you want to wish your friends or colleagues well and show them how much you care (especially for someone travelling), let us send this meaningful present on your behalf. It is the ideal gift for any special event / occasion, particularly for someone starting out on a new adventure in life - like a new job, travelling afar or even beginning retirement.
Dimensions: These beautiful little 14ct Gold-Filled Camino earrings feature a dainty double scallop shell which measures 12mm across. They hang on 14ct Gold-Filled 14mm ear-wires.
Is Gold-Filled the same as Gold-Plated / Vermeil?
No, it is much better: Gold-Filled is a layer of solid gold, pressure-bonded into another metal. Whereas Gold-Plating is a very thin layer of gold that is 'plated' onto the surface of a metal. (Vermeil just means that the plated item is made of silver: Nothing more; it is still just Gold-Plated.) So, Gold-Filled has a much higher value than simple Gold-Plating or Vermeil because it contains a much greater quantity of gold; and is of higher quality because of the way that gold is included: Once termed “Rolled-Gold” it has a long history - although the modern process wasn't patented until Victorian times in England. It is much more precious and tarnish-resistant than Gold-Plated / Vermeil: It does not rub off or flake or change colour.
Info about El Camino:
The 1,000-year-old Way of St. James (El Camino de Santiago - in Spanish), criss-crosses Western Europe, arriving at Santiago de Compostela in Northern Spain on the Atlantic coast. At least 200,000 people travel to the city each year from all over the world: Some people walk, others travel by bike. Many travellers choose to do the Camino for personal, rather than any spiritual or religious reasons - taking time out from their busy, modern lives and perhaps finding inspiration along the way, whilst reflecting on their lives in a supportive environment. Many carry with them a Scallop shell symbol like this. Everyone experiences the journey in a different way.
Whatever somebody’s journey - whether on El Camino itself, on holiday, a business trip, a gap year, trekking, etc, many friends and loved-ones like to pass on a special gift to wish the recipient well on their travels - and safekeeping along the way. These earrings are perfect for that purpose. In addition to any value that the Camino charm symbol has in itself, or the religious faith that it might represent, these earrings can also act as a reminder to be careful when travelling. And this can be a powerful aid to staying safe whilst away from home. Would make a perfect farewell gift.
Gift these pretty little scallop shell earrings to tell your friends and loved-ones that you are thinking of them or that you'll miss them, and to take care . . it's a really meaningful gift. Comes gift-wrapped, like all our presents - and we can print a personal message on your behalf.
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