Vintage Atocha Silver Scallop Shell Locket amethyst Brilliant Cut Diamond (2pts

Brilliant Cut Diamond (2pts

and it's set with an oval chalcedony stone in the base

along each of its short edges

it's set with a deep rock crystal cabochon - cut so its "pools" the light inside - within a border of pearls and amethyst set bail

individually set in articulated 15 karat gold mounts that feature textured sides

Vintage Atocha Silver Scallop Shell Locket amethyst Brilliant Cut Diamond (2ptsDATE: Vintage, c. 1994 This remarkable vintage locket is made from a silver ingot recovered from the wreck of the Nuestra Sonora de Atocha, a Spanish galleon that sunk off the Florida Keys in 1622 laden with over 40 tons of gold and silver, and an estimated 70 pounds of Colombian emeralds. The wreck was discovered over 300 years later, in 1985, by Mel Fisher, who had been searching for it since the early '70s. It was a long and dangerous process,