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Big
Boulder Opal and Tahitian Pearl on Rare
Kyanites
I LOVE this new piece. It is a one
of a kind luscious statement! The
pearl is an aubergine Tahitian pearl
teamed with a huge FLASHY boulder
opal and strung on all highest quality
kyanite. The bezel is solid 22k gold.
The unseen under bezel is sterling
silver. All of the gold beads are
14k. It is strung on wire to 21.5
inches with an 18k gold lobster claw
clasp.
$6,500.
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Ammolite
and Peridot Enhancer, Necklace, and
Brooch
This
piece is ever changing! It started
out as a cuff bangle bracelet. Unfortunately,
I made the cuff too small and it didn’t fit anyone.
So, I reworked it into a brooch because
I’m such a big fan of brooches.
I like to wear them on hats.
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| Unfortunately, brooches are not being worn like they used to, so I have created a unique vertical converter that allows it to be worn as a necklace with the included double strand beads, an enhancer with anything you may already have, or a brooch. What wonderful versatility! The stones are lovely and huge. There is a fancy cut peridot and an equally intense teal with green boarder ammolite (fossilized opal). Ammolite is opalized ammonite fossil from Southern Alberta, Canada. It is millions of years old but was only discovered in the early 1980s. This ammolite has superior flash! The design is a one of a kind. It is hand formed and fabricated. It took days just to make the converter! The beads are a single strand of large facetted peridot roundels at the bottom that unexpectedly splits into double strands of small neon blue apatite segments in between regular longer intervals of facetted peridot segments. The clasp is a unique partly handmade clasp with a commercial lobster claw on the end for safety. It is pretty enough to be worn alone.
$6,500
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This is one of those
spontaneous pieces that came together
without being designed first. Feeling
creative, I just grabbed the gold
and stones and this is what materialized.
Speaking of materials, this necklace
does not skimp! It has a beautiful
lavender pinky purple and tan (35mm
x 17mm) bezel set boulder opal with
purple, blue and teal flash. It also
has a 12mm x 10mm prong set emerald
cut light color ametrine.
What is ametrine, you
ask? Well, the stone amethyst
and the stone citrine are both in
the quartz family. In fact, I believe
citrine is amethyst that has been
naturally heated by the earth‘s
radiation. Therefore, amethyst and
citrine grow together. A skilled stone
cutter has the opportunity to create
a unique bicolor natural stone called
Ametrine by faceting the color break
in the crystal.
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The bezel is 22k gold and all of the other metalwork is 14k. It is a one of a kind formed and fabricated pendant on a double strand necklace. The pendant's overall size is 2” x 1.25”. It is strung with two tones of rhodolite garnets, 14k gold beads and teeny tiny seed pearl accents. The garnet beads toward the pendant are a beautiful sparkly deep wine color and the garnets toward the clasp are sparkly, soft lavender-rose color. They suit the boulder opal PERFECTLY! This piece is gorgeous! It is 14k gold and is strung with a bulls eye clasp to approximately 19 ½ inches on a durable synthetic fiber that moves like silk but doesn't stretch, shred or fray like silk.
$6,500.

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Unusual Asymmetrical Smile Design
Ammolite is opalized ammonite fossil from Southern Alberta, Canada. It is millions of years old but wasn’t discovered until the early 1980s. This extremely high end piece of ammolite has the hardest to find colors of ammolite opal. The color is deep and royal PURPLE. It also has the second and third rarest colors of ammolite which are indigo blue and teal, respectively.
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The Ammolite is a whopping 27mm x 23mm long and is bezel set in 22k and 14k gold! Due to the unusual trapezoidal shape, I felt the ammolite needed something to visually balance out the lower corner and I chose a lavender pink freshwater cultured pearl. The pearl addition balanced the piece, but it still needed a little something…hence the facetted sapphire bezel set into the pearl. The smile bar is 14k gold. This necklace is strung to 18” on a durable synthetic string that moves like silk but won't shred, stretch, or fray like silk. It has a signed hangtag and a 14k lobster claw clasp. The stringing on this necklace is unique because the 18k bar makes the pink pearls become part of the pendant in the way they drop down with the pendant. The effect of this also gives the pendant added movement. A lot of jewelry is just ornament. I consider this special piece to be true art in precious materials. The facetted beads that compliment the rare blue in this ammolite are kyanite in the finest quality! It is strung with a 14k lobster claw clasp to about 17 inches in length (that is from the gold bar to the clasp.) The string is a durable synthetic fiber that moves like silk but doesn't stretch, shred or fray like silk.
$4,200

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La Valier Necklace
Impressive 11mm x 9mm bright flawless iolite and intense multicolor 17mm x 10mm boulder opal make up this 30mm x 11mm long pendant. You may not know this, but large flawless iolite is so hard to find right now, and that is why no one is talking about iolite! |
They became so hard to get that all talk of them has vanished! It is like what happened to alexandrite, the real June birthstone. Did you know that in the 1920s, and 1930s you could buy alexandrite at the local jewelers as if it were amethyst today. Then it became mined out and the price rose so high that no one even talked about it because only the super rich could afford it (until now because after 76 years they finally found a new alexandrite mine-but I digress.) Well this is what I’ve noticed with iolite. Luckily, I buy large parcels when I find a great deal so I can bring my work to you at better prices. I’m a great gemstone bargain hunter. Then, because I’ve bought more than little old me can use fast enough, I still have them when everyone else says, “iolite? Ha, who has good iolite?!” Well we do right here in this piece! The bezels of this piece are 22k gold, the under bezels are 14k gold. It is all hand formed and fabricated. The beads are juicy, impossible to find tanzanite beads that has also been hoarded in my safe since the early 90s. The icing on the cake are the equally highly prized hot pink spinel accents in the stringing. These are the last hot pink spinels that I have. The length is 19.5”. It is strung on a durable synthetic string that moves like silk but won’t shred, stretch, or fray like silk. You will love the classical, timeless feminine design.
$3600.
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Sapphire Color Wheel
This hand formed and fabricated one of a kind ALL FANCY SAPPHIRE necklace has incredible quality sapphires in Pink, peach, yellow, green, and blue. The beads are bright and kicky facetted sapphires as well. It is a signed piece strung to 19.25 inches with a lobster claw clasp. The string used is a durable synthetic string that moves like silk but won't shred, stretch, or fray like silk.
$4,200
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Gaff Sloop
One of a kind formed and fabricated
piece. The top stone is a boulder
opal with a unique pattern and blue
flash. The bottom opal is actually
opalized ammonite fossil from Southern
Alberta, Canada. It is called ammolite.
This piece is an enhancer so you can
wear it on your omega, pearls, chains...
The bezels on the pendant are 22k
gold and the underbezels are sterling
silver. The enhancer finding and loop
are 14k gold. It is a marriage of
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The pendant dimensions
are approximately 2 inches x 1 7/16
inches. The enhancer includes a 17.5
inch rust color-enhanced, fresh water,
cultured potato shaped pearl necklace
with a 14k lobster claw clasp. Beads
in the photo are not included.
$2,300.

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