This gemstone is reserved for a lovely customer.
The lovely malachite gemstone cabochon shown here is 22mm diameter.
Malachite has a high copper content, which is what gives it that fabulous green colouring. It was given its name because of its resemblance to the leaves of the Mallow plant. Read more about Malachite here.
The lovely malachite gemstone cabochon shown here is 29mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
Malachite has a high copper content, which is what gives it that fabulous green colouring. It was given its name because of its resemblance to the leaves of the Mallow plant. Read more about Malachite here.
I was very excited yesterday to discover that a treasury I curated had made it to the front page of Etsy Australia! For those who might not know, Etsy is an online handmade marketplace, where thousands of individual sellers host their own shops, and millions of fabulous handcrafted or vintage items can be drooled over (and bought). (My shop can be found here, if you haven’t been already!)
Etsy members can curate online collections of sixteen items each, called a treasury. Selected treasuries are displayed on the front page of Etsy each day. Recently I’ve been making lots of them, in part because a couple of Etsy teams I belong to curate as a means of promotion, but mainly because it’s a great way to window shop and come across marvellous things you would never otherwise have seen! Each of my treasuries has a theme, be it a particular item that the treasury is built around, or something I love, or a colour scheme. It’s very zen and quite addictive!! I find myself thinking in curator mode as I walk around IRL. 🙂
Anyway, enough background, on with the tale! I belatedly discovered that one of my treasuries was chosen to appear on the front page! Very exciting, and quite an accolade! The only sad moment was that I wasn’t online while it was on display, so missed seeing it. 🙁
Never mind, I was very happy, and hope that the lovely sellers whom I chose to feature in it were happy too. I’m hoping another of my curated collections is selected to appear on the front page soon! Now, off to Etsy to do some more dreaming and drooling. 🙂
I bought two divine lodolite bullet shaped cabs a while ago, and I spent some time contemplating how to do them justice. I was waiting for inspiration to strike me, and it eventually did!
Lodolite is commonly known as Garden Quartz.
It is clear quartz with inclusions, which look like a landscape scene – garden or underwater garden!
I feel the organic vine-like nature of the ring complements the beautiful stone.
I’m looking forward to making another ring with my second gorgeous piece of Lodolite!
The delicious mint green swirly oval drusy agate gemstone cabochon shown here is 28mm long. It is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you. You can read more about what drusy agate is here.
Agate is traditionally believed to help you to discern truth, improve memory and concentration, increase stamina, prevent insomnia and ensure pleasant dreams, enhance personal courage, protect you against danger, and provide a calming influence. It is the mystical birthstone for September. It is also the birth stone for the Zodiac sign of Gemini. Agate is the accepted gemstone for the 12th and 14th wedding anniversaries.
The gorgeous grass green drusy agate gemstone cabochon shown here is 26mm long. You can read more about what drusy agate is here.
Agate is traditionally believed to help you to discern truth, improve memory and concentration, increase stamina, prevent insomnia and ensure pleasant dreams, enhance personal courage, protect you against danger, and provide a calming influence.
I used this cabochon to create this custom piece:
The lovely dark sea green oval seraphinite gemstone cabochon shown here is 20mm long.
The word seraphim refers to angels, and seraphinite is supposed to have gotten its name due to its resemblance to feathers. Seraphinite is mined in a limited area of eastern Siberia in Russia. It was originally known as green chlorite.
Seraphinite is believed to promote self healing and aid with contacting the spirit world.
I used this cabochon to create this custom piece:
PLEASE NOTE: This cabochon is reserved for a lovely client.
The striking parrot wing chrysocolla gemstone cabochon shown here is 34mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
Like malachite, chrysocolla has a high copper content, which is what gives it that fabulous blue/green colouring. The name comes from the Greek chrysos, (gold), and kolla, (glue).
It is believed to have a calming influence, and also to attract love. It is supposed to help heal burns, fever, and detoxify the liver.
The beautiful prehnite gemstone cabochon with inclusions shown here is 21mm long.
Prehnite contains calcium and aluminium. It is the first mineral to be named after someone, and was initially discovered in 1789 in Haslach, Harzburg and Oberstein, Germany. It was named for Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn (1733–1785), commander of the military forces of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope from 1768 to 1780.
Prehnite is thought to be a protective stone. It is believed to be helpful in the healing of gout, anemia and kidney problems, and in toxin removal, stimulating the metabolism as well as regenerating the body.
I used this cabochon to create this custom piece:
The lovely prehnite gemstone cabochon shown here is 24mm long, and is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you. This cabochon comes from Wave Hill, Northern Territory, Australia. Extensive deposits of gem quality prehnite occur in the basalt tableland surrounding Wave Hill.
Prehnite contains calcium and aluminium. It is the first mineral to be named after someone, and was initially discovered in 1789 in Haslach, Harzburg and Oberstein, Germany. It was named for Colonel Hendrik Von Prehn (1733–1785), commander of the military forces of the Dutch colony at the Cape of Good Hope from 1768 to 1780.
Prehnite is thought to be a protective stone. It is believed to be helpful in the healing of gout, anemia and kidney problems, and in toxin removal, stimulating the metabolism as well as regenerating the body.