This one-of-a-kind vintage gemstone Betelgeuse necklace is handmade by Andrea Li: a gunmetal watch band vintage chain with labradorite and mystic topaz rondelle details, finished with light blue hydro quartz nugget briolettes, vintage upcycled components, sterling silver wire, and beetle wing accents throughout. A gemstone cluster tassel drops from the front, combining sterling silver, beetle wings, labradorite, lemon topaz, vintage components, apatite, mystic topaz, peridot, watermelon tourmaline, bio-lemon topaz, green amethyst, swiss blue topaz, crystal shards, and blue zirconia.

The beetle wings are the detail people ask about first. Iridescent, structurally colored the way a labradorite flash is, they shift from green to copper to blue depending on the light hitting them. Andrea works with vintage and upcycled components to weave natural curiosities into wearable jewelry, and this piece layers that sensibility across its full 37 inches: a gunmetal chain running from the clasp, light blue hydro quartz nugget briolettes finishing the ends, and a mixed gemstone cluster pendant drop at 3½ inches, with tassels measuring 7 and 6 inches. No manufactured version of this exists.

The hydro quartz briolette nuggets are cold-connected, never heat-set. A briolette is drilled through its narrowest point, which is exactly where the stone is most brittle, so I wire each one by hand so the connection seats securely without stress on the stone. That discipline runs through the whole piece: every gemstone link in the cluster is assembled with wire and never with heat.

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Product Specs:

• Gunmetal watch band vintage chain with labradorite and mystic topaz rondelle details, finished with light blue hydro quartz nugget briolettes

• Vintage upcycled components

• Sterling silver wire

• Beetle wing accents throughout

• Gemstone clusters made of sterling silver, beetle wings, labradorite, lemon topaz, vintage components, apatite, mystic topaz, peridot, watermelon tourmaline, bio-lemon topaz, green amethyst, swiss blue topaz, crystal shards and blue zirconia

• Front beetle wing pendant drop length 3 1/2’’

• Necklace length to the back clasp 24’’

• Tassel lengths 7’’ and 6’’

• Necklace total length 37’’

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