Boudica Peacock Tourmaline Necklace

The Romans believed a vein ran from the ring finger directly to the heart — vena amoris, the vein of love. Tesia Alexandra has built her work around that idea. The Boudica Peacock Tourmaline Necklace is for the person who is done with predictable color. This stone contains the ocean and the forest simultaneously. It cannot decide between them. That is not a flaw.

The Stone
Peacock tourmaline is a trade name for tourmalines that shift through the teal-green-blue spectrum — the same range of color found in a peacock's iridescent feathers. Tourmaline is one of the most chemically complex of all gem minerals, and its color range is correspondingly vast. Peacock tourmalines are selected individually, stone by stone — no two are the same. This one sits in the blue-green intersection, saturated and alive.

The Metal
14k gold. Recycled and conflict-free. Hand-finished in Brooklyn by one maker. The setting steps aside and lets the stone's color do what it came here to do. The necklace comes with an 18 inch 14k gold chain, 1.6mm medium weight with a polished finish — substantial enough to wear alone, refined enough to layer.

The Setting
The Boudica setting was designed to hold a stone the way a queen wears a crown — with intention, not ornamentation. Open gallery. Clean lines. The stone is the subject.

The Details

• Stone: Peacock tourmaline, teal-green-blue
• Metal: 14k gold
• Chain: 18 inch, 14k gold, 1.6mm medium weight, polished finish
• Recycled metals. Conflict-free stones.
• Handmade in Brooklyn, New York

Made to order — please allow 4–6 weeks.

One maker. One studio. Ocean and forest at once.