Faceted Smoky Quartz Marquise Necklace

There is something quietly geological about smoky quartz: the way light enters it and does not quite leave. Each bead in this strand has been faceted into a slender marquise silhouette, the elongated pointed oval coaxing the stone's warm, tea-brown translucence into something almost architectural. Smoky quartz belongs to a long tradition of semi-precious beadwork across Rajasthan and Gujarat, where lapidaries have spent generations learning how to cut stone so that even modest light finds its depth. The faceted surface here does exactly that: each of the ten beads, averaging eleven millimetres across, catches available light at different angles, shifting between amber, taupe and a deep smoked grey depending on the hour. The string itself measures five and a half inches (approximately fourteen centimetres), sitting close to the throat as a choker or the upper chest as a delicate pendant strand. This piece suits a cream or ivory kurta where the brown-grey stone reads as an earthy foil to pale fabric. It is equally at home with a silk georgette saree in dusty rose or sage, worn without additional necklaces so the ten beads hold full attention. At sixty grams, the strand has a satisfying, grounded weight without burdening the neckline. The free-size string accommodates most adult necks comfortably, and the faceted beads resist surface scuffing well, making this a practical choice for daywear and unhurried evenings alike.

Details

• Dimensions: 5.5 inch String
  11 mm Avg Bead Size
  10 Beads Per Strand
• Weight: 60.0 g
• SKU: JYX19