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Posted by Solitaire Trader
Monday's trades: Buys: MFRI, XNR, CYB, CLEC (2nd lot). Sells: none. Unfortunately only got a partial fill on my limit order for MFRI before it launched.
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
Now this is a honking big stone! This lovely faceted fluorite pear weighs about 20.5 carats, and measures 27x15mm. It is not flawless--there are several wispy inclusions--but it is a beautiful clear green. I set the stone in sterling silver....
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
These beads are so cool! They're a lovely chocolate brown with darker brown grain-like streaks, looking just like a very dark wood that's been turned to stone. The name is a bit of an amalgam--one vendor calls these "fossilized wood",...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
This amazonite is a wonderful sea blue-green, the color of amazonite that I like best. (You can see my other amazonite necklaces here, here, here, and here.) The beads are flat rectangles, measuring 18x13mm. I joined each with sterling silver...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
Tree agate is so named because the green patterns on the white background are reminiscent of tree branches against the sky. These particular beads are flat rectangles measuring 20x15mm. I joined them with gold-filled wire, and finished with a vermeil...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
This amazonite necklace features more of the 99% pure silver beads that I got from Thailand. The rich blue-green color is a perfect setting for the hammered silver hexagonal disks, and I love the corner-drilled square diamond shape of the...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
Aventurine is a form of quartz which is both beautiful and relatively inexpensive (my other aventurine necklaces may be found here, here, and here) For this necklace, I used 8mm round green aventurine beads with Bali vermeil roundels, finishing with...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
The first picture was taken in indirect natural lighting, the 2nd is with a flash, and the 3rd is in direct sunlight. I think you can see why I avoid using the flash. Anyway, the beads used in this necklace...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
These citrine nuggets are in a rough cut, not tumbled smooth, so they look like honey-flavored rock candy, good enough to eat! The color is not uniform, but they are wonderfully translucent, like bits of late afternoon sunshine. (I have...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
I picked up this wonderful turquoise in Albuquerque. I tend to go for the blue shades over the green (most of my other turquoise necklaces are blue: see here, here, here, here, here, and here), but I couldn't resist the...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
These tiny red jasper nuggets aren't uniformly red: they have interesting black, gray, and creamy blotches, which I think gives them character. They range in size from 6 to 8mm in diameter, and from 6 to 10mm in length. The...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
These sodalite rondelles were my last purchase in Albuquerque. I was kicking myself for leaving the shop without buying them, so on our way out of town we made a special detour back to the shop, and I think they...
Posted by Pretty Good Jewelry
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...
Posted by Podcasting and Vodcasting
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