Shell Noir Long Necklace

Oval Mother of Pearl cabochons in clean white, spaced across a long stainless steel cable chain alongside small Hematite beads wrapped in spiral wire. The contrast is absolute — matte iridescent shell against the deep metallic grey of Hematite. The length lets both materials breathe across the full drop of the necklace.

• Elements: Mother of Pearl (oval cabochons), Hematite (round beads, spiral wire-wrapped), stainless steel cable chain, lobster clasp
• Size: 110 cm
• Rarity: One piece.
• Associations: Cancer (Mother of Pearl) | Aries, Aquarius (Hematite)

Express your natural beauty with GAIA pieces, handcrafted with care in Egypt.

Ancient Egyptians inlaid Mother of Pearl into ceremonial objects and burial ornaments because they believed the shell carried the light of the moon within it. Hematite, by contrast, was documented across Roman and Greek lapidary traditions as a stone of iron and earth — ground into powder for pigment, worn as amulets, and recorded by Pliny the Elder as one of the most widely used minerals in the ancient world. The pairing of white shell and dark iron is as old as the materials themselves. (Pliny the Elder, Natural History, 77 AD)