Pretty Good Jewelry

Green turquoise flat diamond & silver chain necklace + earrings

I bought these beautiful turquoise beads on my Albuquerque trip last year.  Gorgeous!  They're a lovely green instead of the usual blue, and they measure about 11mm from corner to corner.  I linked them with my favorite sterling silver figure eight chain, finishing with a silver lobster clasp.  (You can see my other turquoise necklaces here, here,  here, here, here, here, and here.)

The necklace is about 16.5 inches, with a weight of 0.2 oz

The matching earrings are made with sterling silver headpins and post earrings.  The dangles are about 1.25 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.1 oz.

Price: $31 (shipping is free)

Green aventurine 6mm necklace + earrings

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, 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)

Elephant skin jasper flat oval bead-link necklace + earrings

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)

Madagascar rose quartz faceted 8mm necklace + earrings

I don't know if this rose quartz actually came from Madagascar or if it's just called that because of its fineness.  What I do know is that Madagascar rose quartz is know for its exceptional color and clarity.  Most rose quartz is opaque, but these beads are translucent, with just a faint cloudiness keeping them from transparency.  They are faceted rounds, measuring 8mm in diameter.  (You can see my other rose quartz necklaces here, here, and here.)

The little silver beads are faceted twists from Thailand and are 99% pure silver (sterling silver is 92.5% silver).  The s-clasp is sterling silver, from Bali.  The finished length is 19 inches, with a weight of 1.3 oz.

I made matching earrings with sterling silver French hooks & headpins.  The dangles are 1 inch long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $57 (shipping is free)

Black line jasper oval bead-link necklace + earrings

One of my suppliers calls this particular stone "black water jasper", another, "picasso jasper", and a third, "black line jasper".  About all they seem to agree on is that it's jasper!

These particular beads are flat ovals measuring 18x13mm.  I linked each with sterling silver, and finished with a Bali sterling silver clasp.

The necklace is 21.5 inches long (can be worn shorter by hooking the clasp between two beads as shown), and weighs 1.7 oz.

I made matching earrings with these adorable Bali (sterling) silver French hooks.  The dangles are about 7/8 inches, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $28 (shipping is free)

Blue lace agate faceted 8mm necklace + earrings

Blue lace agate is a pastel blue and white banded agate.  These particular beads are faceted and are 8mm in diameter.  I couldn't figure out what I wanted to do with them until I bought these fabulous Thai silver wire-wrap beads!  I finished with a Bali silver s-clasp, giving the necklace a final length of 17.75 inches with a weight of 1.4 oz.  (You can see my other blue lace agate necklace here.)

I made matching earrings with sterling silver French hooks and headpins.  The dangles are about 1.5 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.2 oz.

Price: $83 (shipping is free)

Black obsidian carved rose bead-link necklace + earrings

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)

Golden sheen obsidian flat diamond bead-link necklace + earrings

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)

Pearl, onyx, & gold necklace + earrings

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)

Black onyx 8mm necklace + earrings

These beads are permanently dyed black onyx (I washed them to make sure that no dye would come off).  The big sterling silver beads are about 9mm in diameter, and they are imported from Bali.  The little saucer beads are about 4mm in diameter, and they are also Bali sterling silver.

I finished with this beautiful sterling silver hook & eye clasp.  The finished length is about 17 5/8 inches long, with a weight of 1.4 oz.

The matching earrings are made with sterling silver headpins and French hooks.  The dangles are about 1.5 inches long, and the earrings weigh 0.3 oz.

Price: $52 (shipping is free)