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 Arte en
Piedra y Metal (Art in
Stone and Metal) is company with
an eleven-year history of working stones
and making peruvian jewelry.
18 carat gold and silver with
a purity of 925 are used to fashion jewelry combinig
today's most modern styles with the art of Peru's
ancient gold and silversmiths. The result are unique
pieces incorporating precious stones (including our own native stones
), mabe and river pearls, fossils,
amber, petrified wood, ancient beads, pieces
of fabric, dried flowers, coins, pieces od quartz, and
anything else the artist can imagine and
that can be worked by known
techniques.
Our
jewellery collection features unique original
rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings and pendants ; repoussed
pieces, hammered, re-fired,
boiled, wedged with filigree and a mix of
metals that will fulfil your expectations.
You also will find well known chaquiras, a kind of necklaces crafted by ancient
peruvians, wich combine corals, stones, seeds, bones
and the priced spondyllus shell.
Note the quality of the workmanship by clicking on each
frame.
As always, we guarantee the
purity of our Peruvian .925 sterling silver.
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Stones used by Arte en
Piedra y Metal
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Andean opal
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homogenious, even a mystical power. It reflects
the light thanks to its 10% water content (in the
form of bubbles).
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Turquoise or Copper
malachite
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The tones assumed by this
porous stone, the only phosphatic gemstone, range
from light blue to yellowish green, apple green,
greenish blue and dark blue.
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Lapis lázuli
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This blue stone is the basis
for ultramarine pigment and the best examples come
from Badaksan (Afganistan).
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Rock crystal quartz
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This symbol of the New Age
belongs to the silicon dioxide group and is
esagonal on sahpe.
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Rose quartz
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On rarely finds a perfect
specimen of this stone, known as the love
stone.
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Onyx
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Black and white onyx have
been ued in Peru since biblical
times.
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Jasper
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A member of the quartz
family, this stone is generally red, yellow,
coffee brown, or green in
color.
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Obsidian
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An exclusive igneous rock,
rather than a mineral, and also known as volcanic
glass, the varieties found in Peru are either
transparent or tiger striped.
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Hematite
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This specimen is also
called "Blood stone" because of the tendency of
its shiny silver surface to temporarily turn the
color of blood on being polished.
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