I've seen so many incredibly beautiful purple Irises with varied shades of pinks, lavenders, whites and yellows as highlights that I just had to create this "Morning Irises" necklace as a tribute to them.

I started with 2 shapes and varied sizes of faceted purple Amethyst and added 3 shapes and sizes of lustrous Rose Quartz. I finished Morning Irises with a Sterling Silver toggle clasp. The shortest strand is 17.25 inches long and the longest one is 20 inches long.

Rose Quartz and Amethyst are both powerful gemstones, and combined they create a calming, loving and peaceful energy. Rose Quartz is considered a "Stone of Love" and is thought to heal the heart on every level. It is emotionally very relaxing and at the same time is opens us up to receive and give unconditional love.

Amethyst is considered a stone of Royalty, and is one of the best over all healing gemstones. Used all around the world, Amethyst is treasured and celebrated! It's also the birthstone for those fortunate people born in February.

According to charmsoflight.com, "Amethyst is a natural tranquilizer, it relieves stress and strain, soothes irritability, balances mood swings, dispels anger, rage, fear and anxiety. Alleviates sadness and grief, and dissolves negativity. Amethyst activates spiritual awareness, opens intuition and enhances psychic abilities. It has strong healing and cleansing powers." crystalvaults.com says, " Amethyst boosts the production of hormones and stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and endocrine glands to optimum performance. It supports oxygenation in the blood, and aids in treatments of the digestive tract, heart, stomach, and skin."

Again, information from charmsoflight.com states, "Rose Quartz strengthens and balances the physical heart and circulatory system, and releases impurities from body fluids. It hastens recovery, reduces high blood pressure, aids chest and lung problems, heals the kidneys and adrenals, and alleviates vertigo. A good energetic support for those with leukaemia."

Not only a tribute to my favorite purple Irises, Morning Irises is alsoa beautiful and strong assistant to our healing processes.

Lovely!