Pretty Good Jewelry

P.S. I'm back

Yo.  So we're in the new house, with 5 million boxes left to unpack (give or take a couple of hundred), & I'm gradually getting a chance to do things other than work the day job, unpack, and lounge a bit around our dream house.  It's really really lovely.  :)

I posted 4 new necklaces yesterday, & I have a couple more ready to post.  Hooray!  I'll be a little slow getting up to speed (see above about the 5 million boxes, among them my bead stash of smaller beads), but I hope to get sorted someday in the not-too-too-distant future.

Meanwhile, the cats are having fun exploring the new digs, including the laundry room sink--

Despite appearances, Pumpkin is not volunteering for a bath.

Kambaba jasper flat oval bead-link necklace

This is another jasper variety that has more than one name--my vendor called it eye jasper, but I've seen it more commonly listed as Kambaba jasper.  Whatever its name, it's a pretty cool stone--green and black with random circular patterns.

These flat oval stones measure 18x13mm, and are linked with gold-filled wire, ending in a vermeil S-clasp from India.

The length is 19.75 inches (can be worn shorter as shown), with a weight of 1.7 oz.

Price: $23.60

SOLD

Coffee bean jasper flat oval bead-link necklace

The vendor who sold me these beads called them "new leopardskin" jasper, but they look more like another jasper I've seen called "coffee bean" jasper, so that's what I'm going with.

The 20x15mm ovals are a bit thick--about 8 to 9mm--and are linked with sterling silver wire, finishing with a silver hook & eye clasp from Turkey.

The length is 23.25 inches (can be worn shorter as shown), with a weight of 3.1 oz.

Price: $25.20 (shipping is free)

SOLD

African opal tube bead-link necklace

These beads are a bit cheaper than the ones in the African opal necklace I just posted, but they're still pretty nice.  African opal is a common variety of opal (that is, not gem quality).  It has a nice beige background with black & brown inclusions.

The beads in this necklace are tube-shaped, 8mm in diameter, & ranging from 13 to 17mm in length.  I joined each bead with gold-filled wire, and finished with a vermeil S-clasp from India.

The length is 24.5 inches (can be worn shorter as shown), and the weight is 1.6 oz.

Price: $27.10 (shipping is free)

African opal flat rectangle bead-link necklace

Common opal doesn't have the flash that gem-quality opal has.  The flash isn't opalescence (as I used to think).  The opalescence is the soft milkiness that is present even in common opal.

Anyway, the variety used in this necklace is called African opal, which is beige with black and brown inclusions.  The beige background ranges from being nearly transparent to looking as if smoke-fine particles have been suspended in liquid.

These particular beads measure 18x13mm, and are joined with gold-filled wire.  I finished with a vermeil S-clasp from India.

The length is 22.75 inches (can be worn shorter as shown), and the weight is 1.3 oz.

Price: $39 (shipping is free)