Unique cufflinks in 18k gold with two rare Russian demantoid garnets, which are the birthstones for those who were born in January. The best coming from Russia as these ones. It is green as grass and in 19th century in Russia this stone was reserved for nobility. Two bike wheels linked with a bike chain. Tried hard to make tires look like real 🙂 Design inspiration comes from passion for biking and sustainable mobility.
Russian Demantoid Garnet is the rarest of all the garnet varieties, and is valued by collectors for its exceptional brilliance and fire. The rarest and most valuable demantoid comes from Russia, and for serious gem investors only the Russian material is worth notice.Demantoid belongs to the andradite variety of garnet, and is a calcium iron silicate by chemical composition. It has an unusually high refractive index, higher than ruby and sapphire, and this is one of the reasons for its impressive brilliance. But demantoid garnet also has remarkable dispersion or fire, the ability to split white light into the all the colors of the spectrum. In fact demantoid has a higher dispersion rating than diamond.
This rare garnet was first discovered in the Ural Mountains in Russian in 1886, and was named demantoid for its diamond-like luster. It became a great favorite of European aristocracy in the late 19th century, but mining ended after the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Demantoid mining in Russia has resumed in just the last 20 years.Russian demantoid has been mined at 3 locations in the Ural Mountains: Klodovka, Karkodino and Babrovka. Russian Demantoid with horsetail Inclusion. Though demantoid garnet has been found in other locations, notably Namibia and Madagascar, the quality of the top Russian material is far superior.
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