As Wide as the Sky, as Deep as the Ocean: Silver Bracelets with Blue Gemstones

Sparkling blue gemstones look particularly lovely when matched with silver. Their great variety can be worn in any number of jewellery styles - rings, necklaces, earrings. But amongst our favorites are true-blue gemstones strung along shimmering sterling silver bracelets - silver bracelets with large, misshapen links and some touches of blue, or small perfect links with evenly spaced blue gemstones; silver bangles with a hint of blue, or silver bracelets packed with oodles of blue gemstones.  All are lovely. But which shade of blue should you choose? Perhaps this brief guide to the energetic properties of some blue gemstones will help you choose the perfect blue and silver bracelet for you.

The colour blue has long been associated with depth, like the depths of the ocean, and with expanse, like the expanse of the sky. Yet some of the most beautiful blues are found below the earth’s crust, in the form of minerals. Some of these minerals are mined to extract stunning gemstones, and some simply provide the inspiration for the creation of beautiful synthetic gemstones, which have all the properties of real minerals and don’t require interfering with the environment. In fact, there are countless blues: cerulean blue, azure blue, cornflower blue, powder blue, royal…to name but a few!

Silver bracelets with aquamarine: Since aquamarine is thought to give the wearer and to allay fears, silver bracelets with this lovely stone are perfect when you’re facing a test of your mettle. Silver bracelets with aquamarine gemstones will also soothe and calm you, and so are the perfect things to wear on a long journey - by car, train, airplane or even by boat, as aquamarine is said to prevent seasickness.

Silver bracelets with blue tourmaline: If it’s strengthening of the heart and mind that you need, then silver bracelets with tourmaline are for you. Tourmaline is thought to attract inspiration, aid concentration, encourage balance and promote understanding - all of which, in turn, boost confidence. But with a silver bracelet with tourmaline around your wrist, how could you fail to feel confident?

Silver bracelets with blue topaz: Blue topaz is thought to help the wearer overcome obstacles and promote thinking on a higher plane. That’s why writers, scholars, artists, and intellectuals often choose wearing this piece of silver jewellery. This lovely stone is also thought to ease mental anguish and promote fidelity, friendship, gentleness, and integrity - all very good reasons for setting it in silver bracelets.

Silver bracelets with turquoise:  Who wouldn’t want to wear silver bracelets with this striking, opaque, bright blue gemstone: It’s said to attract money, success and love! Native Americans associated the turquoise gemstone with the blue sky and the green earth, and hence famously set it in silver bracelets, belt buckles, necklaces and rings.

Silver bracelets with opal: The opal, with its mutable, bewitching hues of blue, green and something else indefinable, is strongly associated with emotions such as passion and spontaneity. Set in silver bracelets, it forms a point of fascination for the wrist… in addition to helping its wearer in visualization, imagination, and dreaming.