Here's the gold-filled counterpart to my previous necklace. I used gold-filled figure eight chain, and finished with a gold-filled lobster clasp. The necklace is 17 inches long, with a weight of 0.2 oz.
The matching earrings are made with gold-filled posts. The longest dangle is about 1.25 inches, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $26 (shipping is free)
The flat diamond-shaped green turquoise beads come from the same strand as my previous necklace. I couldn't decide whether to use gold or silver, so I made one of each. I used gold-filled figure eight chain, finishing with a gold-filled lobster clasp. This necklace is longer than its silver counterpart, with a length of 17.5 inches. It weighs 0.2 oz.
The matching earrings are made with gold-filled headpins and post
earrings. The dangles are about 1 1/8 inches long, and the earrings weigh
0.1 oz.
Price: $36 (shipping is free)
This stone was sold to me as golden lace agate, but I've seen it elsewhere as elephant jasper or elephant skin stone or elephant skin jasper. It certainly looks more like a jasper than an agate to me.
These particular beads are flat ovals measuring about 18x13mm. I joined each with gold-filled wire, finishing with a vermeil s-clasp. 
The necklace is about 20 inches long (you can wear it shorter by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), and weighs 1.7 oz.
The matching earrings are made with gold-filled French hooks & headpins, with little vermeil daisy spacers on the ends. The dangles are about 7/8 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $32 (shipping is free)
These beads are plain ol' black obsidian, but they have been carved into roses. (They're only roses on one side, with the other being dome-shaped. I turned over the bead closest to the hook in the first picture so that you could see its back.) They measure roughly 18mm from side to side. I linked each with gold-filled wire, finishing with a vermeil hook & eye clasp.
The necklace is about 21.75 inches long (can be worn shorter by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), with a weight of 2.1 oz.
I made matching earrings with gold-filled French hooks and heart-shaped vermeil dangles. The bead-links plus dangles are about 1.25 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $51 (shipping is free)
I'm fascinated by these beads. Its lovely golden sheen comes from gas bubbles in the lava flow that produced the obsidian. (I have another golden sheen obsidian necklace here.)
The beads are square flat diamonds measuring about 17mm from corner to corner. I linked each with gold-filled wire, finishing with a vermeil s-clasp.
The finished length is 19.5 inches (can be worn shorter by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), with a weight of 1.3 oz.
I made earrings to match with gold-filled French hooks, hanging little vermeil dangles on the ends. The bead-links plus dangles are about 1.5 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $52 (shipping is free)
I loved this necklace so much when I did it in silver that I had to make it again in gold. I used the same 7.25mm freshwater pearls and 8mm black onyx as I did before, but this time I used vermeil wave tubes instead of sterling silver.
I finished the necklace with a gold-filled lobster clasp. The
finished length is about 17 inches, with a weight of 0.4 oz.
I made matching earrings with little gold-filled saucer beads. The
headpins & French hooks are also gold-filled. The dangles
measure about 1 1/4 inches, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $47 (shipping is free)
More obsidian! This particular variety is rainbow obsidian: when the light shines on
the beads at the correct angle, you can see a rainbow-like effect.
Here's a closeup that shows a bit of the rainbow effect:
Okay, on to the details. The rainbow obsidian beads are flat disks, measuring about 12mm in diameter. I made five obsidian and gold-filled wire links, and then connected
them with my favorite figure 8 gold-filled chain. I finished with a
gold-filled lobster clasp. The necklace is about 17.75 inches long, and
weighs 0.2 oz.
The matching earrings are made with gold-filled headpins and post earrings. The dangles are about an inch long, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $30 (shipping is free)
These hypersthene beads are a very deep brown, almost black. Their highly polished glassy surfaces have chatoyant depths. Gorgeous! (I have another hypersthene necklace here.)
I strung the beads with Bali vermeil spacers, and finished with a vermeil s-clasp. The finished length is 18 3/8 inches, with a weight of 1.3 oz.
I made matching earrings with gold-filled headpins and French hooks.
The dangles are 1 1/4 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $47 (shipping is free)
The first two pictures were taken in direct sunlight, and the third in indirect light.
These are some fabulous beads, so marvelous that instead of putting them all in one necklace as I normally would do, I picked just a few to be focal points.
Here's a couple of closeups, in the direct sunlight and out of it:
Glorious!
Okay, that's enough gushing for now. How about some facts? The beads are smoky quartz, and they're shaped into puffy faceted dice. They measure about 10x10x10mm, or roughly 14mm from hole to hole. I linked the dice with my favorite gold-filled figure eight chain, finishing with a gold-filled lobster clasp. The necklace is about 17 5/8 inches long, and weighs 0.3 oz.
(I have other smoky quartz necklaces here, here, here, and here.)
The matching earrings are made with gold-filled stud posts and headpins. The dangles are about 1.5 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $39 (shipping is free)
I love stones which have something going on in their depths, which is why I bought these biotite beads. The surface color is black, but underneath there's a golden brown glitter!
The beads are flat ovals, measuring 18x13mm. I joined each with gold-filled wire, finishing with a vermeil hook & eye clasp. The necklace is 20.75 inches long, with a weight of 1.6 oz.
The matching earrings are made with gold-filled French hooks & headpins, with little vermeil spaces on the ends. The earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $37 (shipping is free)
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