Pretty Good Jewelry

Blackstone, onyx, & silver necklace + earrings

The large black beads are 10mm blackstone, and the smaller are 4mm onyx.  I love the contrast between the matte blackstone and the polished onyx!  I strung them with sterling silver wave tube beads, finishing with a sterling silver lobster clasp.  The finished length is 17.25 inches, with a weight of 0.8 oz.

I made matching earrings with sterling silver French hooks.  The little saucer beads are also sterling silver.  The dangles are about 3/4 inches, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.

Price: $24 (shipping is free)

Lava rock, blackstone, and silver bead-link necklace + earrings

The three large black flower-shaped beads are lava rock.  Cool!  I bought the round matte blackstone beads to go with them.

The lava rock beads are 25mm across (about 1 inch), and the blackstone beads are 10mm in diameter.  The larger sterling silver beads are from Bali, measuring about 11mm in diameter, and the smaller ones are plain 6mm rounds.  I linked each with sterling silver wire, finishing with a Bali silver s-clasp.  The necklace is 17.5 inches long and weighs 2.1 oz.

The matching earrings are made with sterling silver French hooks.  The silver end charms are from Bali.  The earrings weigh about 0.2 oz, and the dangles are about 1.25 inches.

Price: $49.50 (shipping is free)

Black "fire" agate & matte blackstone bead-link necklace + earrings

The lantern-shaped beads were sold to me as black fire agate, but it is actually agate that's been made to crackle & then treated with black dye.  I like it a lot, but if you want to see real fire agate, click here.  The round black beads are blackstone, which is a catchall name for various stones that are then permanently dyed black.  My best guess would be that it's some sort of jasper.

The agate beads are about 11mm in diameter, and the blackstone 10mm.  I linked each with sterling silver silver wire, finishing with a Bali silver s-clasp.  The necklace is 17.5 inches long, and weighs 2.0 oz.

I made earrings to match.  They're a bit on the heavy side--0.4 oz--and the dangles are 1.5 inches.  The French hooks are sterling silver, and the silver spacers and small end dangles are from Bali.

Price: $39 (shipping is free)

Drusy & black agate gold chain necklace + earrings

I found these drusy beads at a local bead store.  The crystals on the surface are very fine and sparkly!  The largest bead measures about 20x25mm.

I used gold-filled wire to link the drusy beads with small black agate nugget beads, and I then joined the bead-link unit to my favorite gold-filled figure 8 chain, finishing with a gold-filled trigger clasp.  The necklace is 16.5 inches long, and weighs 0.6 oz.

I made earrings to match.  The wire joining the beads and the French hooks are also gold-filled.  The longest dangle is 1.5 inches, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $39.50 (shipping is free)

Copper chain maille bracelet (Japanese 12 in 2)

I should have posted this bracelet earlier, but I only got it photographed this month.  After I finished this bracelet last fall, I took a vacation from jewelry & explored other crafts.  (I learned to tat, and if Geocities ever goes the way of AOL Hometown, this tatting site will be a sad loss.)  But it's past time for me to get back to jewelry!

This particular chain maille bracelet is done in the Japanese style, called 12 in 2 because each pair of flat rings has twelve vertical rings connecting to it.  The rings are copper, and I finished with a copper toggle clasp.  The bracelet is 8 inches long, 0.75 inches wide, and weighs 1.4 oz.

Price: $27 (shipping is free)

Black stone wire-wrapped pendant

I'm fairly certain that this is jasper, but I'm not willing to bet on it.  It came from an assortment of mixed stones that I tumbled this summer.  I loved the matte finish, so I pulled it out & set it aside to wrap later.

I used sterling silver wire to wrap it, and I had to be very careful, because if I rubbed the wire against the stone it left a silver spot.  The finished pendant is about 2 inches long and weighs 0.2 oz.  I am not including a chain, but if you need one let me know & I can add one for about $14.

Price: $15 (shipping is free)

Prehnite wire-wrapped pendant

Prehnite is one of my favorite stones.  I love the way it glows!  (I purchased this stone, but I'm happy to say that I've got a ton [not literally, just a bunch] of prehnite in my stash of stones that I polished this summer.  I will get to making pendants of it one of these days....)

I have prehnite earrings for sale here and here.

I wrapped this stone in sterling silver wire.  The pendant is about 2 inches long and weighs 0.6 oz.    I am not including a chain, but if you need one let me know & I can add one for about $14.

Price: $30 (shipping is free)

White fire opal pendant

Fire opals are usually the color of fire (hence their name): red, orange, yellow.  This one is white, but it does have a yellow tint.

The opal is a faceted pear, measuring about 20x14mm with a weight of 9.67 carats.  I set it in sterling silver.

The finished pendant is about an inch long and weighs 0.1 oz.  I am not including a chain, but if you need one let me know & I can add one for about $14.

Price: $24 (shipping is free)

Boulder opal wire-wrapped pendant

I bought this cabochon because I loved the pattern.  It's boulder opal: streaks of opal in a surrounding matrix.  It does have a couple of pits on the front, but is otherwise smooth.

The cabochon measures about 32x25x5mm, weighing 36 carats.  I wrapped it with gold-filled wire.  The finished pendant is about 2 inches long, and weighs 0.4 oz.

Price: $37 (shipping is free)

Blue-green turquoise wire-wrapped pendant

This is a lovely pear-shaped turquoise cabochon that I purchased from the same seller as my previous two turquoise pendants.  There are surface cracks, but they do not detract from the stone's beauty.

The cabochon is about 22.5 carats, and I wrapped it in sterling silver wire.  The pendant is about 1.5 inches long, with a weight of 0.2 oz.  I am not including a chain, but if you need one let me know & I can add one for about $14.

Price: $22 (shipping is free)