Iona Green Marble

To own a piece of scottish marble is to own a piece of scotland itself.

Iona green marble. It may have been worked as early as 1745 by the earl of breadalbane when he founded the marble and slate company of netherlorn. Comes beautifully presented in a quality gift box. A fine edwardian iona marble brooch set in a silver surround with leaf and berry patterning. The quarry is the source of iona marble a beautiful translucent green and white stone much used in brooches and other jewellery.

All prices contain vat tax at 20. Each piece is hand mined in scotland and skillfully crafted. Adam the jewellery designer says. 9 x iona marble cabochons 20g mixed shapes beautiful cream green marbling perfect for pendants and rings free worldwide shipping 3641 twoskiescrafts from shop twoskiescrafts.

We stock an extensive range of celtic wedding rings and celtic engagement rings iona jewellery and alex ritchie. Iona marble is known by some folk today as columba s stone and smaller sea polished pebbles are known as columba s tears. Hold a stone of iona in your hand and you hold the history of the world. To own a piece of iona marble is to own a piece of the island itself.

Known by some as the sacred stone of columba green marble has been treasured and crafted by jewellers for centuries. Iona marble is found by diving from the beaches into under water seams on the isle of iona scotland. Green marble comes from the scottish highlands and the west coast of iona tiree and skye. This 2700 million year old rock is composed of a unique combination of serpentine and limestone.

Known as columba s tears or mermaid s tears the greenstone. The green nephrite or iona jade is particulary clear and the stone is translucent when held up to the light. Stone in each cufflink measures roughly 25x15x6mm. Too old even for fossils iona has become famous for its serpentine collected as a talisman for centuries.

The iona marble quarry is situated in a small inlet on the south east of the island and has a very long history. Ancient celtic tribes believed that. All our iona pebbles jewellery is hand crafted by ourselves on the isle of iona using only genuine iona marble serpentine quartz and other pebbles that we collect from the island s beaches throughout the winter. The iona shop specialises in the finest scottish jewellery celtic wedding rings and scottish gifts.