Goldstone Heart Gift of Love

These goldstone hearts have been beautifully made.  Each one sparkles more than any goldstone we've ever seen before.

Goldstone is an interesting material that's sometimes mistaken for a natural stone.  It's one of only a few man-made stones that we have in our collection.

Despite also being known as aventurine glass goldstone and aventurine have little in common.

Goldstone is often used to imitate aventurine feldspar also known as sunstone.

Goldstone is produced from glass included with minute copper crystals.  Although best known for its orange-brown colour it can also be blue and very occasionally green.

Although the glass is sometimes slightly coloured most of the colour comes from the inclusions of copper.  The spangled or glittery effect that can be seen is often described as aventurescence.

When goldstone is illuminated by a dimmed light it sparkles incessantly.  The quality of goldstone can vary and lower grade material doesn't have as much sparkle.  Copper is not a cheap commodity so by using less it reduces the price.  There's a significant difference between goldstone that has been manufactured well and material that has been made with less copper. 

Although these goldstone hearts feel very solid they're made from highly polished glass.  They should be handled carefully because if dropped they will shatter.