Labradorite — the flash
Cut from Canadian coast rough, a labradorite is only worth the bench if it turns blue-green from two angles at once. When it does, it becomes the stone people carry into new work, new cities, new names.
TransformationThe new cut · Seven pieces
New cuts,
this week.
Seven necklaces cut and strung by hand — every one a single natural stone, numbered and never restocked.
The collection
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Fifteen pieces. Fifteen numbers.
The Minera promise
One stone.
One cut.
One owner.
We don’t make jewellery in batches. We cut stones the way nature grew them — one at a time, and never the same twice. From the Minera studio notes
Origin stories
Why we source the way we do
The stone decides what it becomes.
Turquoise — the matrix
Royston turquoise grew around a web of iron veins, and that black web is what makes each cabochon a map no other stone shares. Worn for protection since the first miners walked the Nevada desert.
ProtectionMoonstone — the sheen
One percent of Sri Lankan rough carries the blue adularescence we cut for. It was buried with brides and sailors alike — a stone for departures, and for the people who wait for them.
New beginnings
The process
From valley to neckline,
From valley to neckline,
in four honest steps.
01
Source
We buy rough directly from valley workshops we have visited — no middle market, no certificates that say less than the trip.
02
Cut
Each stone is cut for its own shape, not a stock size. The cutter works to the stone’s natural lines, not against them.
03
Set
Set by hand in recycled gold. The setting is finished with a brush, not a polish — light should land flat on the stone.
04
Number
A certificate names the stone, the valley, and the maker. The clasp is engraved to match. If it ever returns, we can tell you its whole life.
The next stone is already cut.
New pieces land in the shop as the bench finishes them. There is no restock — when a number is gone, the stone is gone.
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