These are pendants set with stones cut in my custom RetroHeart™ pixel cut heart design. They are available in a variety of sizes and gem materials spanning the colors of the rainbow!
This is one of my favorite designs that I've come up with--I had the idea over a year ago but finally got it into a workable form and have had some cut and set. The facets break light into beautiful squares, giving a look that brings me back to almost every classic game I've played--regardless of genre pixelated hearts are an almost universal constant.
We currently have hearts in deep red lab ruby, lab laser alexandrite, vintage Djeva cobalt blue lab spinel, pink laser garnet (Nd:YAG), bright orange-glow cerium YAG grown to our custom formula, aqua-blue laser garnet (Yb:YAG) and vivid green laser garnet (V:YAG).
Lab ruby is the oldest lab grown gem, having first been made in the 1800s. Its rich, deep red base color and vivid red fluorescence have made it an all-time classic, and it matches the shade of red seen in most classic games as well.
Lab alexandrite is grown for use in lasers--these hearts were made from offcuts of laser crystals. They have a rich red glow and flashes of blue, green and purple depending on the lighting.
Cobalt spinel is probably the most vivid blue gem there is. This is vintage material grown in Switzerland by the Djeva company and has the best color of any gem-grade cobalt spinel in my opinion, a deep, velvety vivid blue.
Vanadium YAG is a vivid green laser garnet which is used to turn a continuous-firing laser to a powerful pulsed laser. It has maybe my favorite shade of green in a gem and makes for a very eye-grabbing stone.
Neodymium YAG is the most classic laser crystal, used in systems for everything from medicine to rust removal. It has a beautiful light violet color which shifts to pink, blueberry or colorless depending on the lighting.
Orange glow lumogarnet (ie special cerium YAG) is a special formulation of garnet we had grown for us. Like normal cerium-doped YAG it has a vivid yellow base color and ultra strong fluorescence, but this material has a more orange-leaning fluorescent color which gives it an extra snap.
