Hope Grey Quartz and Black Spinels Pendent

Silver, black faceted spinels and faceted grey quartz pendent

This pendent features a coin with a calligraphic impression of the poetry of Rumi, a Persian poet widely admired in the rest of the world.

Quartz have been the most commonly used minerals in the making of jewellery and hardstone carvings, especially in Europe and Asia.

Spinel is transparent to opaque with a vitreous to dull lustre. It may be colourless, but is usually various shades of red, lavender, blue, green, brown, black, or yellow.

Spinel has long been found in the gemstone-bearing gravel of the Badakhshan Province in modern day Afghanistan and Tajikistan; and of Mogok in Myanmar.

Black spinel historically significant gemstone, has often been mistaken for rubies and sapphires, particularly in royal settings. It has been found in mines alongside rubies and sapphires, and some of the world’s most famous “rubies,” like the “Black Prince’s Ruby” in the British Crown Jewels, are actually spinel. Despite the confusion, spinel has a rich history, with its beauty and durability appreciated by royalty and others for centuries.

Poetry translation

Rumi: I have a cave (from Persian)

You are my cave. You are my friend. Enslave me and defend me.

O only Noah that I know, O opener now open,

O heart restored before the secret door where you befriend me!

You are the light, the banquet night, the victim’s victory.

You are the hoopoe bird of Sinai, set to swoop and rend me.

You are the stream. You are the sea. You are the lenient tyrant.

You are the poison and the sugar. Friend, do not torment me.

You are the chamber of the sun, the stations of the stars,

You are the prairie green with hope. Show me the way and send me.

You are my dawn, my Ramadan, the alms that I begged for and won.

You are the jar. You are the water. Slake me with water. Mend me.

Please note that depending on the design, size and finish of a piece, only fragments of the words may be visible.