HAWAII 100% NIIHAU 19" KIPONA LEI WITH AMMOLITE PENDANT

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GENUINE 100% NIIHAU SHELL 19 INCH KIPONA LEI WITH AN AMMOLITE PENDANT.  THIS BEAUTIFUL AND UNUSUAL LEI I DESIGNED WITH ONE OF THE PREMIER NIIHAU STRINGERS.  AFTER A RECENT TRIP TO ALBERTA CANADA, THE SOURCE FOR GEM QUALITY AMMOLITE,  I WAS INSPIRED  TO
COMBINED THIS RARE AND BEAUTIFUL STONE WITH THE BEAUTIFUL NIIHAU SHELLS.  NIIHAU SHELL LEIS HAVE ALWAYS TRANSPORTED A CERTAIN SPIRITUAL QUALITY TO THE WEARER GIVEN TO THEM BY UNIQUE NIIHAU ISLAND AND THE ESSENCE PUT INTO THEM BY THE STRINGER.  WHEN I SAW AMMOLITE AND APPRECIATED ITS BEAUTY AND THEN LEARNED THAT IT IS AN IMPORTANT STONE IN FENG SHUI, IT SEEMED A NATURAL COMBINATION.  FENG SHUI PRACTITIONERS BELIEVE THE AMMOLITE HAS ABSORBED COSMIC ENERGY FOR 70 MILLION YEARS.  RED SYMBOLIZES GOOD LUCK, LOVE AND ENERGY. ORANGE IS GOOD FOR CREATIVITY AND LIBIDO.  YELLOW IS GOOD FOR BALANCE AND HEALTH.  GREEN IS GOOD FOR GROWTH, FERTILITY AND WISDOM.  IT IS BELIEVED THAT AMMOLITE PROMOTES A HAPPY HOME AND PROSPERITY. AMMOLITE IS A RARE SUBSTANCE THAT IS A FOSSILIZED FORM OF THE MINERAL ARAGONITE. AMMOLITE COMES FROM THE AMMONITE FOSSIL WHICH ARE ANCIENT SHELLS THAT INHABITED A SHALLOW SEA THAT COVERED SOUTHERN ALBERTA,  CANADA BETWEEN 70 AND 135 MILLION YEARS AGO.  THE BEST AMMOLITE STONE WILL HAVE VERY BRIGHT COLORS.  THIS STONE HAS THE SPIRAL DESIGN OF THE SHELL AND THAT IS THE CENTRAL FOCUS OF THIS PIECE RATHER THAN THE BRIGHT COLORS.  THE COLOR IS A LIGHT TO MEDIUM DARK BROWN.  THE BACK HAS A LITTLE OF THE FLASH OF COLORS.  THE KIPONA LEI COMPLIMENTS THE PENDANT WITH LIGHT ONIKINIKI (BROWN SPOTTED) MOMI SHELLS STRUNG IN THE PIKAKE STYLE.  TWO SECTIONS OF KAHELELANI IN MAROON ARE STRUNG IN THE MAUNA LOA STYLE.  WE CHOSE A STERLING SILVER FISH HOOK CLASP TO MATCH THE SILVER FRAME SURROUNDING THE AMMOLITE.  CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY WITH STRINGERS NAME TO BUYER.  FANTASTIC TREASURE.  ALL OUR LEIS ARE 100% NIIHAU SHELLS STRUNG IN HAWAII BY MEMBERS OF THE NIIHAU FAMILY---
THIS ITEM WAS MADE IN HAWAII, AND IS AT LEAST 80% NIIHAU SHELL. THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE OF NIIHAU SHELL IN THIS ITEM IS 100%