'Flùr na Beinne' Scottish Carnelian Scottish Gold & Silver Ring

Name: 'Flùr na Beinne' Scottish Carnelian Scottish Gold & Silver Ring
SKU: WEB011

Flùr na Beinne (Flower of the Mountain)

The centrepiece of this unique ring is a stunning, fiery faceted 0.4ct Scottish Carnelian, sourced from Musselburgh in East Lothian. The craftmanship on this ring is exquisite, and has been painstakingly hand-finished with highly detailed tiny carvings and intricate Celtic knots. Petal and Celtic details, as well as the central gemstone collet, are in natural hallmarked 14ct Scottish Gold, on a 925 sterling silver base.

Size & Measurements

Ring is set size at P½ (UK sizing) or 8 (US sizing) . Face of the ring is 16mm diameter. Band at narrowest point is 6mm. Ring will sit 6mm proud of finger. Carnelian measures 5mm diameter.

Ring will come with a presentation box and accompanying Scottish Gold & Gemstones pamphlets. If buying online, there is free premium shipping for this item, so please choose 'free shipping' at checkout as we will automatically send this on a tracked service.

Carnelian is born when white quartz fuses with iron oxide, which causes the crystal to flush with fiery oranges, golden yellows and rich reds. Carnelian is beautiful when polished, and this gemstone famously gained popularity in the 19th century, when Queen Victoria started a fashion for 'Scottish Pebble' jewellery. Wearing Carnelian is said to increase confidence, and promote creativity and happiness.
We work with a very small team of dedicated Gold Prospectors here in Scotland, in keeping with our low impact and ethical practices ethos. It's important to us that none of the people we work with source their gold using environmentally destructive methods, such as commercial gold mining.

Our Scottish Gold has been laboratory tested to verify a purity of approximately 18 carats. We hallmark at 14ct as it is the lowest we can legitimately stamp our gold - in reality, a single tiny Scottish Gold flake can vary from 14ct up to 22ct over its structure.

We prefer to leave our gold as is - we never add non-Scottish Gold to bring up the 'carat count', and our Scottish Gold is also completely natural - no toxic chemicals have been added to bring the gold to a specific purity.
Why do silversmiths use 925%? Measured in parts per thousand, pure silver (999%) is too soft so silversmiths mix it with other metals to make it it harder. The purer the metal, the higher the polish, but it is a lot softer (thus less durable). The harder the metal is, the more hard wearing the jewellery is, but it will also tarnish easier as it has less silver content. Therefore, the silver industry set a standard percentage content for fine silver (925); what we know as "sterling silver". At Two Skies our silversmiths use 925 (sterling) silver for ring shafts and moving parts, and a very high 950% on our stones settings, which enables us to get a strong jewellery item with a beautiful and secure stone setting, without any gluing. Each piece of our jewellery is hand stamped with our Two Skies Hallmark alongside the recognised industry 925 Hallmark.
Please be aware that this item is also currently displayed for sale at our shop in Edinburgh - unlike the rest of the items on our website, it is not a website exclusive item. Therefore, there is a small chance that it may have sold in the shop approximately the same time as it is purchased online - however, we will do our best to avoid this scenario by removing unavailable items as and when they are sold.