Birchbark Basalt Necklace 292

This beloved Lake Superior Basalt necklace is one-of-a-kind. The sterling silver pendant is layered with pieces to resemble the birchbark so common near the shores of Lake Superior. With the wind whispering through the birches and the strength of the basalt stone set on the birch, this necklace will be a staple.

BASALT
Basalt is by far the most common rocks you will find on Lake Superior’s North Shore beaches. It is one of the four rock-types that make up the basement bedrock of the earth’s crust. Basically it is lava that cooled quickly on the surface. Each one has a distinctive shape and in a variety of shades of color from blush-black to grey. That quick cooling is what caused it to be dense, very fine grained (tiny crystals) and smooth - although the smooth surface is also due to glacial grinding & Gitche Gumee tossing it about for eons. That Basalt rock you hold in your hand (or wear on your body) is over a billion years old!