Semiprecious Stone Collection

The stone in this piece was the one that inspired me to come up with the hot-air balloon series. The stone is a perfect shape like a hot-air balloon. Even the markings are similar to some balloons. This balloon is suspended on a background of honey-comb...

For those who follow me on Facebook, I did a tiny video showing a Fluorite stone that had fallen on the floor and the bottom broke off. When I looked at the broken-off piece, it looked to me just like a whale. I worked some magic on that piece and added...

The striations across this stone reminded me of a clay vase. I gave it a fine silver basket-weave border and put silver vines, leaves and flowers in it. The middle of the flowers are red colored cubic zirconia.  This unique one of a kind item was...

This Red Snowflake Obsidian stone has pink dots connected by fine lines. It reminds me a a pink rosebush climbing up a trellis. I added a Peach Moonstone to reflect the color in the roses. The pendant dangles from vines on a branch and a rose and leaves...

This is the medium-small sized pendant in the Eclipse Collection. I love the stone because it looks like the a leopard or the Moon's surface. ECLIPSE COLLECTION: During a solar eclipse, there is an effect known as the Diamond Ring. At this point in the...

This is the large sized pendant in the Eclipse Collection. The blue flashes of Labradorite in the blackness of the Gabbro give this eclipse scene a lot of panache!  ECLIPSE COLLECTION: During a solar eclipse, there is an effect known as the...

This is the large sized pendant in the Eclipse Collection. The blue flashes of Labradorite in the blackness of the Gabbro give this eclipse scene a lot of panache! ECLIPSE COLLECTION: During a solar eclipse, there is an effect known as the...

This is the medium sized pendant in the Eclipse Collection. I love the stone because it reminds me of the red color on Mars. ECLIPSE COLLECTION: During a solar eclipse, there is an effect known as the Diamond Ring. At this point in the solar eclipse,...

This is the medium-small sized pendant in the Eclipse Collection. I love the stone because it looks like the swirling clouds found on Jupiter. ECLIPSE COLLECTION: During a solar eclipse, there is an effect known as the Diamond Ring. At this point in...

Did you hear a rustle over there in the garden? There's someone watching over you. Over there in the thicket of vines and flowers you can just barely see a face peeking through the branches. The stone is Chinese Writing stone because the white spots...

The focal pendant is a hand-selected Rhodochrosite pendant. I found some great Czech Glass pink leaves that match the color of the Rhodochrosite and alternate them with Rhodochrosite beads and close it with a copper toggle-clasp. This Rhodochrosite is...