Moss Agate, Labradorite & Garnet Set in Sterling Silver

No two moss agates match. The green inside each one is mineral inclusion suspended in translucent chalcedony, so the pattern in every cabochon is different, and labradorite flashes blue or gold depending on where you stand when you look at it. Yours will not be an exact match for the photograph. That is the reason to buy it rather than a reason to hesitate.

Nine pieces, all set in .925 sterling silver: five rings and four necklaces, $79.99 to $129.99. Moss agate leads with five of the nine, across kite cuts, a marquise bar and two stacking ring sets. The other four are blue topaz, labradorite, rose quartz and garnet, one piece each. Where a piece is plated, the plating is rhodium or gold over the silver. One ring pairs moss agate with a lab-created alexandrite, and the listing says lab-created.

This is daytime jewelry more than evening. A moss agate stacking set works next to a plain band or on its own, and the pendants are small figurative shapes — a crescent moon, a Saturn, a rabbit — that hold up to being worn every day. The garnet crown ring opens the range at $79.99 and the kite-cut moss agate halo tops it at $129.99.