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Discover pure elegance in these twin wristband bracelets where sterling silver beads and delicate gems take center stage. One design features the serene tones of amazonite while the other exudes the timeless allure of agate. Created by Peru's Sandra and Lily, these essential accessories effortlessly elevate any ensemble with vibrant hues.

Stunning gems and precious metal accents form a jewelry set full of charm and grace. Mexico's Alejandra Torres adds amethyst, lapis lazuli, recon turquoise, quartz, agate, amber and crystal beads to a sterling silver station necklace with a lovely heart-shaped pendant featuring a little tree. Then, Alejandra crafts dangle earrings with cultured pearls in a crema tone as an elegant complement, creating exquisite accessories you will wear anywhere.

An ancient Maya legend tells how the gods gave a specific mission to each being they created. But they realized none had been chosen to carry thoughts and desires from one place to another," says Rosa Padillas of Rosa Roja. "So they carved a small piece of jade into a a slender arrowhead, and it became a beautiful hummingbird with iridescent feathers — the x ts'unu'um. Its mission was to carry good thoughts to all human beings, even those who had died.

"Today, if a hummingbird appears in front of you, it is delivering a message of love from someone who is thinking of you. And if we wear the image of a hummingbird, we carry good thoughts and desires to others.

"The hummingbird legend says that we can fly to the six cardinal points of the universe, therefore the hummingbird is the ideal link to transmit thoughts of love, of respect, tolerance and peace to all creatures on the planet."

The talented Mexican artisan reinterprets the legend as a necklace of dramatic beauty. She creates a hummingbird pendant in the pre-Hispanic style, and adds an agate geode representing the hummingbird's nest. It poses on a strand of gray cultured pearls.

Nicknamed "blue lace," a lovely cabochon of agate is framed by sterling silver, accented with amethyst. Shubhra Singh designs this Indian pendant necklace, which circles the neck with sterling box chain.

Crafted of sterling silver, hands come together to clasp an orb of black agate. They seem to share both its weight and responsibility in a single gesture of friendship. Henry Anthony Sanny displays the lovely pendant on a grey cord bracelet. The sliding clasp reads "Global Unity."

Crafted of sterling silver, hands come together to clasp an orb of black agate. They seem to share both its weight and responsibility in a single gesture of friendship. Henry Anthony Sanny displays the lovely pendant on a black cord bracelet. The sliding clasp reads "Global Unity."