Iolite Jewellery

The Iolite Jewellery Collection at Palenque is built around one of the gemstone world's most quietly extraordinary stones, iolite, a violet-blue mineral whose most remarkable quality is its pleochroism, the way its colour shifts and changes depending on the angle from which it is viewed. Look at iolite from one direction and it appears a deep, saturated violet-blue; turn it slightly and it softens to a paler, more lavender tone; turn it again and it can appear almost colourless. It is a stone that rewards attention, a gemstone that is never quite the same twice. The collection features the Viva bracelet, available in two designs, the heart and the orb, each one a beaded bracelet that combines iolite beads with 925 sterling silver central beads and a sterling silver clasp fastening. The heart design brings a romantic, considered quality to the bracelet, the iolite beads framing a central sterling silver heart bead in a combination that is both delicate and distinctive. The orb design takes a more geometric approach, the round sterling silver central bead sitting among the iolite beads with a quiet, architectural elegance. Both designs fasten with a 925 sterling silver clasp, a detail that completes each bracelet with the same quality and care that defines every piece in the Palenque collection. The shifting violet-blue of the iolite beads means that each bracelet looks subtly different in different lights, a quality that makes the Viva a piece that is endlessly interesting to wear. The Iolite Jewellery Collection is available exclusively at Palenque.