Get ready for something out of this world! ;)
You may remember this doublet that Larkin cut a couple of months ago-- really gemmy applegate jade (bowenite) is super dark, so Larkin sliced it very thin and backed it with a thicker slab of clear/white quartz to really make the green shine. Check out that picture of the stone back-lit!
Larkin laid out the planet’s silver ring so it would follow the naturally occuring line in the stone where it transitions from the lighter, sandier green at the bottom to the deep green at the top. Which brings us to that moon! Larkin shaped the hemisphere of silver and modeled the craters and markings from pictures of Earth’s moon!
Larkin loves the way the quartz back looks so didn't want to obscure too much of it-- silver ivy leaves climb a smaller crescent moon, complementing the feel of the front of the stone. A truly interstellar beauty!
