Iona Green Marble

To own a piece of iona marble is to own a piece of the island itself.

Iona green marble.

This 2700 million year old rock is composed of a unique combination of serpentine and limestone. Cufflinks hand cut and polished iona green marble set in 925 sterling silver. The iona marble quarry is situated in a small inlet on the south east of the island and has a very long history. Iona marble is found by diving from the beaches into under water seams on the isle of iona scotland.

The quarry is the source of iona marble a beautiful translucent green and white stone much used in brooches and other jewellery. All our iona pebbles jewellery is hand crafted by ourselves on the isle of iona using only genuine iona marble serpentine quartz and other pebbles that we collect from the island s beaches throughout the winter. Too old even for fossils iona has become famous for its serpentine collected as a talisman for centuries. A fine edwardian iona marble brooch set in a silver surround with leaf and berry patterning.

The whole fabric of the island is created from some of the oldest stone we know. Known as columba s tears or mermaid s tears the greenstone. Known by some as the sacred stone of columba green marble has been treasured and crafted by jewellers for centuries. Hold a stone of iona in your hand and you hold the history of the world.

Each piece is hand mined in scotland and skillfully crafted. Ancient celtic tribes believed that. The iona shop specialises in the finest scottish jewellery celtic wedding rings and scottish gifts. The stone has been known of for centuries and was credited with healing and other powers.

Stone in each cufflink measures roughly 25x15x6mm. Comes beautifully presented in a quality gift box. 9 x iona marble cabochons 20g mixed shapes beautiful cream green marbling perfect for pendants and rings free worldwide shipping 3641 twoskiescrafts from shop twoskiescrafts. Iona marble is known by some folk today as columba s stone and smaller sea polished pebbles are known as columba s tears.

Green marble comes from the scottish highlands and the west coast of iona tiree and skye. All prices contain vat tax at 20. We stock an extensive range of celtic wedding rings and celtic engagement rings iona jewellery and alex ritchie. Adam the jewellery designer says.