Namibian Pietersite Pendant in Sterling Silver - Ed Lohman Silverwork

Pietersite is one of those stones that really changes once you get it into the light. This piece has deep brown and black running through it, with bands of gold and blue-gray that flash as the pendant moves. That shifting effect is called chatoyancy, and it comes from fibrous mineral inclusions within the stone.

Pietersite was first described from Namibia in the 1960s, and it’s closely related to Tiger’s Eye and Hawk’s Eye. The material formed from fibrous minerals that were broken, folded, and cemented back together with silica during its geologic history. That disruption is part of what gives Pietersite its jumbled, swirling patterns instead of the more orderly bands you normally see in Tiger’s Eye.

This particular stone has a lot going on when you look closely—golden areas near the top, darker material through the center, and blue-gray fibers along the edges. 

It’s set in sterling silver with hand-worked details around the stone and a matching Pietersite inlay in the bale.

• Natural Pietersite
• Ed Lohman
• Sterling silver setting
• Pietersite inlay bale
• Individually cut and set