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)
Here's some lovely green aventurine beads! They are round, 6mm in diameter. I strung them with 5mm silver mesh beads, finishing with a Bali silver hook & eye clasp. (You can see my other aventurine necklaces here, here, and here.)
The finished length of the necklace is 17.75 inches, with a weight of 0.7 oz.
I made earrings to match with sterling silver French hooks and headpins. The dangles are about 1 1/8 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $33 (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)
Here's more lovely golden rutilated quartz (named for the golden-colored needle-like rutiles inside the quartz). These beads are round, about 8mm in diameter. I strung them with vermeil rondelles, finishing with a vermeil s-clasp. The finished length is 16.5 inches, with a weight of 1.2 oz.
I made matching earrings using gold-filled French hooks and headpins. The dangles are almost 1.75 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $76 (shipping is free)
Inclusions are not desirable in clear or translucent stone, except when they are. This is one of the cases where the inclusions add to the stone's appearance rather than detracting.
The base stone is our old friend quartz, and the golden needles are rutiles. The golden rutiles shimmer wonderfully in the light, like shafts of sunlight breaking through the clouds. These particular beads are nuggets which have been faceted and then tumble-polished. They range in length from 13 to 17mm. I joined each with gold-filled wire, finishing with a vermeil s-clasp.
The necklace is 20.25 inches long (can be worn shorter by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), and weighs 2.1 oz.
I made earrings to match. The French hooks and the headpins are gold-filled. The dangles are a bit over 3/4 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.
Price: $42 (shipping is free)
Citrine fascinates me. I resisted stringing these particular beads for the longest time, because I enjoying playing with them so much, moving the beads in the light and watching how they glowed and sparkled. Almost hypnotizing! They're like solidified sunshine.
The beads are cut into faceted rondelles, measuring about 5mm in diameter and about 2.5mm thick. I strung them with 3.5mm Bali vermeil daisy spacers, finishing with a gold-filled lobster clasp. (If you examine very very closely, you can see that I missed my pattern in two places....) The finished length is 18.75 inches, with a weight of 0.6 oz.
I used gold-filled headpins and French hooks to make the matching earrings. The longest dangle is 1.75 inches. The earrings weigh 0.1 oz.
Price: $48 (shipping is free)
Hematite is another iron compound, iron oxide. When polished, it has a beautiful silvery gray sheen. These cabochons are 7x5mm, and I set them in sterling silver.
Price: $12.60 (shipping is free)
Here's some lovely mother of pearl for you! The cabochons measure 8x6mm, and are about one millimeter thick. I set them in sterling silver.
Price: $11.50 (shipping is free)
Here's another set of howlite earrings. This time I made the 9x7mm cabochons into little dangles and hung them from sterling silver stud earrings. The settings are also silver. The total weight of the earrings is less than 0.1 oz.
Price: $18.90 (shipping is free)
The first two pictures were taken outdoors in direct sunlight; the third was taken indoors in indirect light.
Howlite is another one of my favorite stones. It is often dyed and used as a substitute for turquoise or lapis lazuli, but I like it best in its undyed state. The white stone with the soft gray veins reminds me of marble.
These particular stones are oval cabochons, measuring 6x4mm and weighing about 0.49 carats each. I set them in sterling silver.
Price: $14.90 (shipping is free)
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