Vintage Silver Blue John Pendant silver So far so normal

So far so normal

We love this pocket watch so much

Some speculate that it derives from the Cornish miners who began working the Derbyshire mines in the 1740s

Very good light evidence of wear

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Vintage Silver Blue John Pendant silver So far so normalDATE: Vintage, c. 1992 A cool pendant bearing hallmarks for Sheffield and the year 1992. It's a good, large size, carved from a single piece of Blue John with the prominent purple and white jagged banding it's known for. The stone aka the Derbyshire Spar is a rare form of fluoride with bands of purple blue and yellow. The origin of the name Blue John is thought to have come from the French bleu et jaune, meaning blue and yellow. Another theory, the