Stones for Wiscon and Covalite
May. 17th, 2014 09:20 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
laurieopalMy brain is seriously burned right now. I just finished packing the stones for Wiscon including the one's that just arrived from my lapidary.
It's all very meticulous work and while I love looking at all the new and now so new stones the concentration is fierce. Stones include druze crystals in a variety of minerals including a stunning large gem silica, pink opal from Peru, prenite (golden and new to me), and some stunning small Ethiopian opals.
(As I write,I am pretending not to see my cat, George, steal a pen, roll it across the floor and bury it under the rug. It seems a shame to deprive him of the pleasure.)
This is a beautiful covalite (They are found in conjunction with silver ore.) that I set for an antique Russian chain. The stone is a deep reflective, somewhat chatoyant dark blue that doesn't photograph well so you'll have to use some imagination. It's in a shade of gold made to harmonize with the deep gold of the chain. Pendant is about 1.75 inches. From the collection of Wendy Czarnecki.
Looking forward being less burned and being at Wiscon.
It's all very meticulous work and while I love looking at all the new and now so new stones the concentration is fierce. Stones include druze crystals in a variety of minerals including a stunning large gem silica, pink opal from Peru, prenite (golden and new to me), and some stunning small Ethiopian opals.
(As I write,I am pretending not to see my cat, George, steal a pen, roll it across the floor and bury it under the rug. It seems a shame to deprive him of the pleasure.)
This is a beautiful covalite (They are found in conjunction with silver ore.) that I set for an antique Russian chain. The stone is a deep reflective, somewhat chatoyant dark blue that doesn't photograph well so you'll have to use some imagination. It's in a shade of gold made to harmonize with the deep gold of the chain. Pendant is about 1.75 inches. From the collection of Wendy Czarnecki.
Looking forward being less burned and being at Wiscon.
