Blue Cross Charm – Maris
$34.95
Polished 925 sterling silver cross with alternating blue and clear cubic zirconia, a bezel-set heart center and an open back, on a threaded bail for snake chain bracelets.
More designs:
- Blue and clear stones alternate, so the arms read as color at a distance rather than sparkle.
- The heart sits in a bezel, which protects its edges where raised prongs would catch a sleeve.
- Open channels run through the back, so the piece stays light but does collect lint.
- At 0.92 in it hangs below the bead line and stays visible on an already loaded bracelet.
Our Take
The heart is what the eye finds first, a single blue stone bezel-set at the crossing, with smaller blue and clear stones alternating along the arms. Turn it over and the back is open: hollow channels and a cut-out heart, which is where lint and lotion will collect. An afternoon in, it had swung around and shown us that reverse. The bail carries a Forever engraving on one face, small enough that only the wearer will read it.
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Description
Who a Blue Stone Cross Suits, and When the Color Reads as Ceremony
The Blue Cross Charm hangs rather than slides, held by a round bail that threads onto the chain and lets the cross swing free below it. Its arms are set with small round stones in two colors, blue and clear, alternating so neither takes over, and a larger heart-cut blue stone sits at the crossing in a bezel rather than prongs. One more blue stone is set into the side of the bail, the detail nobody photographs and everybody finds once the bracelet is off. The bail also carries a Forever engraving beside the 925 stamp. Total drop is 0.92 in (23.5 mm), and the cross spans 0.5 in (12.8 mm) across the arms.
Blue is doing specific work here. On a silver bracelet the arms read as color first and as cubic zirconia second, which suits someone who wants a cross that looks decorative rather than devotional. It also puts the charm in the register of a gift with an occasion attached: a confirmation, a graduation, the blue element at a wedding. That narrows it. Someone looking for a cross to wear every day without explaining it will do better with a plain silver dangle, because color invites comment in a way polished metal never does. Here the stones are the argument and the shape carries them, which is a fair trade only if you want to be asked about it.
Turn the cross over and the construction shows. Its arms are open through the middle, channels instead of solid bars, which is what keeps a 0.92 in cross light enough to swing instead of hanging dead against the wrist. Weight is the benefit. The cost is that openwork has interior edges, and hand cream, lint and dust settle in them where a polishing cloth will never reach. A soft brush under warm water does reach them. That back face matters more than it would on a bead charm, since a dangle shows its reverse every time it turns, which on a moving wrist is often. Ours came back around on its own within a few steps.
Why the center stone is set differently from the rest
Round stones along the arms sit in pavé, each held by small beads of metal raised from the surface. The heart at the crossing sits in a collar of silver folded over its edge instead. Collars hold better and snag less, which matters most on the biggest stone, the one with the most surface to catch on a sleeve. The difference is visible without a loupe: the heart has a clean silver outline around it where the small stones sit almost edge to edge. If one ever works loose, it will be a small one, and a jeweler can retip the bead that holds it.
FAQ
Is the blue heart a real gemstone?
No. It is cubic zirconia, cut in a heart shape and set in a silver bezel. The color runs through the stone rather than sitting on it as a coating, so it will not wear off, but it is not a sapphire or a topaz.
The engraving on the bail looks like it will rub away.
It depends where it sits. The lettering is stamped into the metal, not printed, so it survives normal wear. The inside face of the bail rides on the chain and will soften first, which is why the mark is cut on the outer flank.
Do the open channels in the back catch on the bracelet chain?
Not on a snake chain, which has no links to hook into. Loose knitwear and fine necklace chains are a different matter, since both can slip into the openings. Store the bracelet flat rather than tangled with other pieces.
Is blue a strange choice for a cross charm?
It reads as a color decision rather than a traditional one, and that is the point of it. Buyers who want the cross to be the quiet part of a stack usually go plain silver; this one is meant to be the colored element.
Specifications
| Material | 925 Sterling |
|---|---|
| Plating | None |
| Hallmark | .925 stamped on bail |
| Gender | Women |
| Product type | Dangle charm |
| Attachment | Threaded bail |
| Motif | Latin cross with heart center |
| Finish | High-polish |
| Stone type | Cubic zirconia |
| Stone color | Blue and clear |
| Stone cut | Round and heart |
| Setting | Pavé and bezel |
| Engraving | Forever, on the bail |
| Total height | 0.92 in (23.5 mm) |
| Cross width | 0.5 in (12.8 mm) |
| Bail height | 0.17 in (4.3 mm) |
| Fits bracelet type | Snake chain bracelets, Pandora compatible |
| Bracelet included | No |
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