Solid 14K White Gold Tanzanite Trefoil Cluster Station Link Bracelet - 7 Inch

Solid 14K white gold bracelet set with tanzanite in trefoil clusters, stamped 14K au on the link. Twelve clusters run the full length of the bracelet, each holding three round tanzanites prong set in a tight triangle so the three stones read as one soft bloom rather than as separate points. Between the clusters the gold runs as slim curved bars rather than straight links, each arcing in the opposite direction to the one before it, so the line of the bracelet undulates around the wrist instead of lying as a flat band. The closure is a lobster claw.

The curved bars are the design decision worth paying for. A straight-link station bracelet reads as a row of dots; setting the clusters at the crest and trough of a wave means the stones sit at alternating heights and catch light from different angles as the wrist moves, so the whole bracelet reads as motion rather than repetition. The tanzanite is a pale blue leaning violet throughout and well matched cluster to cluster, which matters more at this color depth than it would in a saturated stone, since any mismatch shows immediately in a light tone. Against white gold the violet stays cool and clean with nothing warm pulling at it.

Bracelet length 7 inch. The open bar construction keeps the weight low for a piece carrying thirty six stones, and it sits flat and flexible rather than stiff.

Verifications:
Solid 14K gold has been verified using an Auracle Gold Analyzer.
Tanzanite has been verified using a Presidium Gem Tester II.

Details:
Metal: Solid 14K White Gold
Hallmark: 14K au
Stones: Tanzanite
Stone Count: 36
Stone Cut: Round Faceted
Setting: Prong
Design: Trefoil Clusters on Curved Bar Links
Cluster Count: 12
Clasp: Lobster Claw
Bracelet Length: 7 Inch
Condition: Excellent estate condition

Fun Facts:
Tanzanite comes from exactly one place on earth, a strip of hills near Merelani in northern Tanzania only a few kilometers long, which makes it one of the most geographically restricted gemstones ever found. It was discovered in 1967 and named by Tiffany and Company the following year, who declined to sell it under its mineral name of blue zoisite on the grounds that zoisite sounded entirely too much like suicide.
A tanzanite crystal shows three different colors at once depending on the direction you look through it, blue along one axis, violet along another and a deep burgundy along the third. The cutter has to choose which of the three the finished stone will face up as, and orienting for blue usually means throwing away more of the rough, which is why violet leaning stones are both more common and better value.