Moonstone Jewellery

The Moonstone Jewellery Collection at Palenque is built around one of the gemstone world's most ethereally beautiful stones, moonstone, a variety of feldspar whose defining quality is its adularescence, the soft, billowing glow that appears to float just beneath the surface of the stone, moving and shifting as the stone catches the light in the manner of moonlight moving through thin cloud. It is a quality that no other gemstone possesses in quite the same way, and it is what gives moonstone its enduring, almost mythological appeal across cultures and centuries. In Hindu tradition, moonstone is considered a sacred stone formed from solidified moonbeams. In Roman mythology it was believed to be formed from the light of the moon itself. In the Art Nouveau period it became one of the most prized stones in jewellery design, favoured by craftsmen who were drawn to its organic, luminous quality. The collection features rings and pendants in which individual moonstone gems are hand-set in 925 sterling silver, each piece made with a single, unique stone selected for the quality and character of its adularescence. Because every moonstone is different, every ring and pendant in the collection is different, a one-of-a-kind piece whose particular glow, whose particular play of light, belongs to that stone and that stone alone. The hand-setting in 925 sterling silver is designed to complement the cool, luminous quality of the moonstone, the clean silver providing a frame that allows the stone's natural beauty to remain the focus of each piece. Moonstone is also the birthstone for June, making the collection a particularly meaningful gift for those born in that month. The Moonstone Jewellery Collection is available exclusively at Palenque.