Please contact us if you prefer to buy the pendant without a rubber cord or if you would like a sterling silver chain.

Pendant $125    Black Rubber cord $35    Sterling Silver chain $45

DICHROIC GLASS

Originally created for the Aerospace industry, Dichroic glass is glass containing multiple micro-layers of metal oxides which give the glass dichroic optical properties. Dichroic is defined in the dictionary as “The property of a surface of reflecting light of one colour and transmitting light of other colours.” 

Transmitted colours are what you see when you would look through a piece of dichroic glass.  Reflected colours are the colours you see when you hold the glass at an angle, and will be the opposite colour of the transmission.

Multiple ultra-thin layers of different metals (gold, silver), metal oxides (titanium, chromium, aluminium, zirconium, magnesium) and quartz crystal are vaporised by an electron beam in a vacuum chamber. The vapour then condenses on the surface of the glass in the form of a crystal structure. The finished glass can have as many as 30 to 50 layers of these materials yet the thickness of the total coating is approximately 35 millionths of an inch (about 890 nm). The coating that is created is very similar to a gemstone and, by careful control of thickness, different colours are obtained. This optical filter can selectively reflect and transmit wavelengths of light.

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The BEEBA Collection is available in matching rings, pendants and cuff links in 16 colour combinations - beautifully presented in a gift box with information card.

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This pendant has been individually made by hand. Several pieces of handmade glass are stacked and placed into a kiln and fused together at high temperatures as high as 815º C (1500º F). It is then allowed to cool slowly over a specified time, soaking at specified temperature ranges which are essential to the annealing process. This takes place normally for a period of 10-12 hours in 3 stages. The exact combinations of glass, temperature and placement within the kiln create a different result each time. Tiny air bubbles may be trapped – frozen forever in the glass. Each piece is unique in its final form and finish; therefore, no two pieces will ever be duplicated. This is what gives the glass jewellery its individual personality.

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