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Dichroic Black Heart
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Detailed Description
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Make a dramatic statement with this black dichroic* Venetian glass heart pendant with sparks of green, blue, purple and gold) suspended from a nickel blackjack ultraplate hoop (2") and looped chain 30" Only two!
*Dichroic
combines two Greek roots "di" for two and "chroma" for color, literally
meaning two colored. Dichroic glass was first made in Italy in 4th C
AD. In the 1950s NASA developed this high tech material as a shield
against cosmic radiation. For example, the golden sheen on an
astronaut's face shield is a dichroic coating to protect against
unfiltered rays. Today glass artists everywhere use this "manmade" gemstone in many formats, especially jewelry for its amazing irridescent rainbow effects.
Dichoric glass does not use paints, dyes, gels or any standard coloring
agents. It is a painstaking and costly process. Its fantastic colors,
sometimes compared to butterfly wings, are created by vaporizing
metallic oxides in a vacuum chamber using a high-voltage electron beam.
The complete process requires up to 50 separate layers of alternating
metallic and glass oxides to produce an irridescent shifting rainbow of
colors. Each piece of fused glass is totally unique.
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Our Price: From $78.00 to $108.00
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