Legend has it that each Sun Drop Gem is the tiny bead of twinkling light that that a sunbeam carries down to the water. And, as the moon rises, the night winds come in their rippling currents and gather up the precious drops of sun, carrying them away to the highest mountaintops, dropping them deep into caverns where the dark craves the light. It is only the luckiest of pets who can stumble across these precious stones and carry them back out to the grateful sunlit day once more.

I'm a beryl, the same chemical composition as an emerald but a lovely golden yellow. An unusual gem, you don't often see me in jewellery. I wonder why not?