Blue Fireball Necklace!
Quiet and Fabulous!!!
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Monday, 18 November 2013
Saturday, 9 November 2013
Friday, 8 November 2013
Agate Stone Necklace and Earrings
Beautiful Earrings handmade with Blue Agate and Necklace with Red Agate and White Jade.
Agate:
Is a microcrystalline variety of silica, chiefly chalcedony, characterised by its fineness of grain and brightness of color. Although agates may be found in various kinds of rock, they are classically associated with volcanic rocks and can be common in certain metamorphic rocks.
The sanctuary of a Presbyterian church in Yachats, Oregon, has six windows with panes made of agates collected from the local beaches.
In Brazil; making use of a variety of proprietary chemical processes, they produced colored beads that were sold around the globe.
Jade
Is an ornamental stone. The term jade is applied to two different metamorphic rocks that are made up of different silicate minerals:
Nephrite: Consists of a microcrystalline interlocking fibrous matrix of the calcium
Jadeite: Is a sodium- and aluminium-rich pyroxene.
Thursday, 7 November 2013
Tuesday, 5 November 2013
Turquoise and Coral
Beautiful and Unique!!!
Turquoise:
Is't an opaque, blue-to-green mineral that is a hydrous phosphate of copper and aluminium. It is rare and valuable in finer grades and has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years owing to its unique hue. In recent times, turquoise, like most other opaque gems...
Coral:
Precious coral or red coral is the common name given to Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral. The distinguishing characteristic of precious corals is their durable and intensely colored red or pink skeleton. Their valuable skeleton is composed of intermeshed spicules of hard calcium carbonate, colored in shades of red by carotenoid pigments...
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