Saturday, April 26, 2014

Few more necklaces I made

Acrylic Leaf Pendant Beads with Acrylic foil beads.

The blue necklace has peruvian opal and opalite beads.

The middle one has agate with a bronzite pendant.

The left green one has jade.
Lepidolite Necklace

 






Saturday, March 29, 2014

Hand Made One-of-a-Kind Gemstone Necklaces

A necklace made with irregular quartz beads which have been Titanium Coated/Treated to produce a rainbow hued metallic effect.  The spacer beads are gold plated Tibetan Silver.

This necklace is made with Chinese "Picasso Jasper" beads which come in an array of mixed earth tone hues.  The spacer beads are faceted flat frosted man made "crystal" glass coin beads in a champagne color.

The stone beads on this necklace are from India and are believed to bear the element Lithium.
The pearls are glass. 

The needle-shaped beads on this necklace are opalized Czech Glass.  The square translucent beads are man made pink opal.

This necklace is made of special color-changing bluish-lavender faceted glass "Alexandrite" beads.
I am not sure how these beads are made.  Depending on the light - indoor or outdoor, and what you are wearing, etc. -- these beads may appear blue or purple.  The large faceted focus beads are man made "crystal" which are made of glass and treated to produce rainbow "AB" hues.  The spacer beads and clasp are gold plated Tibetan Silver.

A necklace made with beads made of various hues of Tourmaline.  The pendant is yellow gold filled with a faceted Cubic Zirconia crystal.  The spacer beads and clasp are gold plated Tibetan Silver.

A necklace made with opalized "milk glass" twisted beads.  The bead caps are gold plated Tibetan Silver.  The large focus beads inside the bead caps are faceted opalite.

A necklace made with red ruby beads.  The square pink beads are man made pink opal.
The tiny pink spacer beads are made of pearlized glass.

A necklace made with drizzled Millefiori glass beads and blue glass pearl spacer beads.

Necklace made from frosted white agate beads and white coral spacer beads.

This necklace is made with gold "sand quartz" beads, which are man made and made of glass.

  A necklace made with faceted glass rondelle beads graduated in size and having a Smoky Quartz color.  I added some faceted man made "crystal" beads at the ends which are made of glass.

The oval beads on this necklace are made of lilac or lavender jade.  The rest of the beads are made of lilac or purple Alexandrite, which is a color changing stone.  When viewed in various types of light (indoor, outdoor, etc.), the beads may appear bluish or purple.

This necklace is made with shell beads and the polka dotted beads with holes are carved out of bone.

Necklace made with faceted man made rainbow AB "crystal" beads made of glass, and a man made gold sand quartz pendant bead.

A necklace and earrings set made with blue agate beads.  The bead caps are Tibetan Silver and the Earring Hooks are Stainless Steel.

The large beads on this necklace are Kunzite and the green beads are jade.

The teardrop shape beads on this necklace are pink Agate and the round beads are pink Jade.

A necklace made with blueish green Beryl beads.

A necklace with an egg shaped Green Jasper pendant.  The faceted large beads are man made Cats Eye.  The small green beads are African jade.

A necklace made with ruby beads.

A necklace made with matte (frosted) black stone beads.  The coiled pendant is hand carved and made of Mahogany Obsidian.

This necklace is made with Watermelon Tourmaline, South American Topaz and complimented with faceted man made "crystal" (glass) beads. 

Necklace made with Dragon Vein Agate beads.

The large blue oval beads on this necklace are etched glass.  The tiny seed beads are also glass.  The small striped beads are acrylic.

A necklace made with agate (teardrop beads), garnet (large dark round beads) and rubies (small round beads and large bright red beads).

The large oval beads are matte black stone.  The round grey beads are grey Jasper.  The grey & black beads are Snowflake Obsidian.  The earring hooks are solid silver.

A necklace made with a Tibetan Silver Fairy Pendant and tibetan Silver bead caps and spacer beads.  The stone beads are grey agate.

The round beads on this necklace are Smoky Quartz.  The rough small beads are greenish-brown Tourmaline.

 The large beads on this necklace are Crab Agate.  The bead caps are Tibetan Silver.  The green spacer beads are jade.

The triangular beads on this necklace are Larvakite.  The other stone beads are Grey Tourmaline.  The metallic rainbow hued spacer beads are treated glass.

Necklace and earring set made from Mexican Opal beads (man made).  The earring hooks are solid silver.

The round beads with designs are hand carved jade.  The large faceted beads are Chalcedony.  The small faceted rondelle beads are glass.

The large speckled beads are called Kiwi Jasper.  They are also called Sesame Jasper or Dalmation Jasper.  The pearl beads are acrylic and the bead caps and spacer beads are Tibetan Silver.

The pearl beads are glass.  The large focal beads are Chalcedony.  The orange beads are Peach Aventurine.  The light pink and whitish beads are rose Lepidolite.

The black beads are Lignite (Black Amber).  The large white beads are quartz.  The small white beads are glass.

The cubed beads are Lemon Jade.  The small beads are luster acrylic.

This necklace is made with Pietersite and also shell beads. 


A necklace made with gold rimmed black glass beads and grey Tourmaline beads.


The grey beads are Spider or Spiderweb Jasper.  The large black beads are Lignite (Black Amber).

 Man made blue sandstone beads with Tibetan Silver jewelry findings.

Apatite beads on this necklace.

The pattern on these agate beads is not natural; a certain technique is done and the pattern is applied permanently to the exterior of the beads.  The yellow beads are crab agate.  The black gold trimmed beads are glass. 

 This is a green Aventurine egg pendant on this necklace.  The faceted beads are man made Cats Eye.  The other green beads are jade.

A necklace made with African Jade and Chrysoprase.

 The green beads are Fuchsite.  The clear beads are man made quartz.

A necklace made of Opalite (man made).

The round beads and circle beads are magnetized Hematite which are given a rainbow Titanium treatment/coating.  The faceted beads are glass which are also treated to be given a rainbow metallic hue.

Necklace made with Fish Scale jasper and Tibetan Silver bead caps.  The Fish Scale beads have "flash".

A necklace made with Bronzite beads.  Bronzite also has "flash", which means chatoyant properties.

Necklace made with Kunzite beads.

Purple Dragon Vein beads have a vein pattern on them.  The bright purple faceted rondelle beads and large round dark purple beads are Russian Amethyst.    The light purploe beads are color-changing glass Alexandrite beads.

A necklace made from man made treated ("AB") crystal beads, which are actually glass.

Necklace and Earrings made from faceted glass rondelle beads graduated in size.

The black rectangular beads are Hypersthene, which also are chatoyant (have flash).
The green beads are Fuchsite, which contain Mica, which also gives them some flash.


The large beads are Biotite.  The small beads are Hematite.



The small beads are Kunzite.  The large beads are made of Howlite, which has been dyed. 


Blue agate with Tibetan Silver.

Gold plated Tibetan Silver findings with "Turkey Turquoise" - man made.

Acrylic fish beads along with glass beads.

Opalite beads along with black glass beads.

The small irregular beads are jasper.  The large beads are Howlite which have been dyed.

The triangular beads are Larvikite.  The faceted red heart beads are Garnet.  The small beads are agate.


This necklace and earrings are made from Rose Alexandrite.


Necklace made from matte black stone beads.

Fuchsite beads with rubies in them.


The brown beads are Bronzite.  The etched cream beads are carved boan with faces on them.  The other beads are glass.


Blue agate beads with glass pearl spacer beads.

Light beads are color changing man made Alexandrite beads (glass).  The darker purple beads are Lilac or Lavender Alexandrite beads.

Gray agate with Tibetan Silver.


The larger coin beads are African Jade.  The smaller coin beads are green Aventurine.

This necklace features Tibetan Silver Hand Charms, Tibetan Silver Beads and man made turquoise beads made from Howlite.

Rectangle & Square beads are Chrysoprase.  The round beads are African Jade. 

Faceted Cats Eye beads (man made).  The findings are gold plated Tibetan Silver.


The tube beads are green Peruvian Opal.  The large focus bead is faceted Chalcedony.  The spacer beads are opalized glass.

The squared tube beads are Blue Peruvian Opal.  The clearer beads are Opalite (man made), including the pendant bead.

Necklace with Bronzite Pendant.  The oval beads are Pietersite.  The tan heart beads are Picture Jasper.  Findings are Gold Plated Tibetan Silver.

Fish Scale Jasper with Tibetan Silver findings.

Small dark wooden beads are Sandalwood beads.  They smell like Sandalwood.
The carved cream beads are carved bone.
The bright red beads are ruby.
The small faceted stone beads are garnet.

Necklace made from lavender or lilac Alexandrite with beads made from real tree seeds.  Also some tiny wooden beads.

Earrings and necklace made from rose agate and gold plated Tibetan Silver bead caps.

Earrings and necklace made from man made "crystal" which is glass, and rainbow treated to give it an "AB" description.

Oval beads are alexandrite.  Small beads are amethyst.

Necklace made with Gold Plated Tibetan Silver findings, Bronzite beads and glass bronze pearls.

Bracelet with faceted glass beads with Tibetan Silver



Round baby blue beads are Blue Peruvian Opal.  The clear beads are silver trimmed glass beads.  The other small beads are faceted glass.

The faceted glass bead necklace to match the bracelet above. This has Tibetan Silver findings.

Pendant is Titan Treated Hematite.  Rest is faceted glass treated to make them metallic and rainbow colored.