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)

Square drusy & silver bead-link necklace + earrings

Druse is a coating of small crystals on the surface of a rock or mineral.  Drusy beads are beginning to be more available and this is my first experiment with them.  The sparkling crystal coating is on one side only, with the other side smooth.  The flat squares are 20x20mm, and the 25mm twisted links between are sterling silver from Bali.  I joined the links with sterling silver wire.

I finished with a Bali silver hook & eye clasp.  The necklace is 17.25 inches long, and weighs 2.2 oz.

I made earrings to match, with Bali silver hooks and headpins.  The dangles are about 1 1/8 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.4 oz.

Price: $64 (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)

Bloodstone wire-wrapped pendant

This is one of the stones I tumbled and polished this summer.  It's bloodstone, and I wrapped it in sterling silver wire.  The back isn't as neat as I would like, but luckily it *is* the back and not the front.

Anyway.  The pendant is 2 inches long and weighs 0.5 oz.  No chain included, but if you need one let me know & I can add one for about $14.

Price: $15 (shipping is free)

Seraphinite wire-wrapped pendant

I adore seraphinite.  (I have seraphinite necklaces listed here and here.)  I bought this lovely little cabochon from the same guy who sold me the cappuccino jasper I used in my earlier pendant.

I wrapped the cabochon in sterling silver wire.  The finished pendant is about 1 1/2 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: $32 (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)

Arizona zebra jasper wire-wrapped pendant

I intended this to be a reversible pendant, but the frame on the back went a little crooked.  Oops.

This is a flat cabochon that I cut and polished from a slab of Arizona zebra jasper.  It's a good-looking stone, and it polishes up very well.  I wrapped it with sterling silver wire.

The pendant is about 1 3/4 inches long, and weighs 0.5 oz.  I am not including a chain, but if you need one let me know & I can add one for about $14.

Price: $16 (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)