Labradorite (Spectrolite)

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A rare vintage 1990s handmade sterling silver and spectrolite statement modernist cocktail ring from Kaunis Koru of Helsinki Finland. A large statement ring that makes quite an impression on the hand! I am attributing this ring design to Mirjam Salminen based on similar designs shown in the "Finnish Silver" book from 1989. Mirjam Salminen (1918–1994) was an important designer in Finnish jewelry history. She is best known as a designer for the Finnish design jewelry company Kaunis Koru. Her designs are always clean-lined and sculptural in a classic mid-century Scandinavian modern style! This big and bold statement ring features four oval deep rich blue spectrolite flat-top cabochons with rich flashes of orange, green and yellow when held up to a strong light source like sunlight. Measures 1.25" long by 1/2" wide at top with an adjustable band that is presently at a size 9.5 US, but will fit most fingers with a little tweaking. Weighs 4.1 grams total. As shown in the last photo, the ring is marked with KK mark for Kaunis Koru, local silversmith mark "MKR", "925" and date letter "S8" for 1995. Though this ring was made in the 1990s, it was designed by Salminen in the 60s/70s era and is quite a rare find. The only example of it that I've seen! Kaunis Koru was a design studio, so they never made the items themselves, they contracted with local silversmiths to actually hand fabricate their designs. (Some sellers mistake the silversmith mark as a designer mark, attributing the design to the silversmith, but this is erroneous. Kaunis Koru never used designer marks, and their designs can only be attributed based on similarity to known designs. One source for this information is the book, Finnish Silver, which shows many known designs by the designers that worked at Kaunis Koru.) Over the years, most of the greats of Finnish Silver design worked at Kaunis Koru including Pekka Piekainen, Bjorn Weckstrom, Mirjam Salminen, Paula Häiväoja, and others. Excellent vintage condition.

Fantastic vintage modernist sterling and spectrolite cocktail ring from Kaunis Koru of Finland.

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The rock. Not THE Rock. But a rock.

For Friday’s episode of #CoolRock, Bruh: Iridescent #Spectrolite a rare, high-quality commodity first discovered in Ylämaa, Finland.

It’s in the feldspar mineral family, and is a semi-precious gem, that is weaker than quartz, but stronger than glass.