SPHENE

[MJO]

Hello Everyone,

I was wondering if anyone had seen any jewelry made with Sphene? I saw one a pendent with a yellow green stone that looked great in incandecent lighting but when taken in sunlight looked lighter colored and didn''t show colors as well. The stone in incandecent lighting is unbelievable with flashes of gold, yellow, green and red-brown.

 

[valeria101]

Not really... Sphene is soft so not too many would volunteer to wear it in jewelry despite the glaring qualities. If anything, a bezel set stone in an older jewelry piece or a modern designer construction might contain sphene - for all the good reasons IMO.

 

[MJO]

Hello Ana,

I agree that sphene is very soft. Don't you think in a bezel set pendent it should be fine for occational use? The dispersion is about as high as diamond.