Austrian Crystal Rose-AB Pointed Pear Suncatcher – 1.5″ (38mm) Prism on 6.5″ Crystal Beaded Hanger

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Austrian Crystal Rose-AB Pointed Pear Suncatcher – 1.5″ (38mm) Prism on 6.5″ Crystal Beaded Hanger

$25.50

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Item # AR38-8745-9501

One of the prettiest crystal shapes is here in rose with an aurora borealis pastel tint for extra sparkle and shine. It gives rainbows in the sun, plus splashes of solid mauve, aqua, and orange. The 38mm is beautiful on a rose and crystal aurora borealis (AB) 6.5 in. hanger. Simply gorgeous!

Please note that the bead hanger in the image shows a one-inch long glass bugle bead, but we no longer use bugle beads. They don’t hold up as well as little seed beads do over the decades, and we’re kind of picky about that!

Our exclusive, Crystal Realm suncatchers are made with the finest high-refractory-index (32% lead), Austrian crystal prisms with beaded hangers designed in a variety of beading patterns using crystal beads and glass seed beads.

We will hand-string a rose and crystal AB beaded hanger that complements your prism beautifully. Finally, we will assemble the suncatcher and gift-box it.

Note that the distance between two long lines on our scale represents 5mm (6.4mm = .25 in.).

Allow five working days for your Austrian crystal suncatcher to ship from our private studio in New Mexico, USA.

 

What is AB – otherwise known as an Aurora Borealis coating – on a crystal prism?

Austrian crystals, made by Swarovski, are colored in various ways, using different metal oxides. A crystal that is perfectly clear but colored has metal oxides mixed in with the lead and silica when the crystal is created. Examples of metal oxides are gold for red, cobalt for blue, or nickel for light green, violet, or blue. Our sapphire or red hearts or stars are examples. 

Very often, a clear or colored crystal is further treated by adding a subtle, extremely fine, colored coating to the crystal. This results from a vacuum process in which the metal oxides are applied to a surface of the crystal, usually the back, or in the case of round prisms, on one portion of them.

A lightly, pastel-colored coating is known as Aurora Borealis, or AB for short. The result is a gorgeous crystal with extra color, sparkle and shine. 

In suncatchers, colored crystals will give the same rainbow display that clear crystals give when in the direct sun. Add the AB coating to a clear or colored crystal and the color display will be even more riotous: rainbows and solid swatches of mauve, aqua, orange.

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