Carved Agate Fox Amulet with Carnelian and Garnet Necklace
This statement amulet is all handcrafted. The center of this stone is composed of a wolf/fox from carved agate. All around it is a rainbow of small carnelian and garnet stones, adorned with hand sawn and hand stamped leaves. Agate is a common rock formation, consisting of chalcedony and quartz as its primary components, consisting of a wide variety of colors. Agates are primarily formed within volcanic and metamorphic rocks. The ornamental use of agate dates back to Ancient Greece in assorted jewelry and in the seal stones of Greek warriors. The stone was given its name by Theophrastus, a Greek philosopher and naturalist, who discovered the stone along the shore line of the Dirillo River in Sicily, sometime between the 4th and 3rd centuries BC. Agate is one of the most common materials used in the art of hardstone carving, and has been recovered at a number of ancient sites, indicating its widespread use in the ancient world
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Baltic Amber Jumping Fox
This necklace features a rough Baltic amber nugget (only slightly polished amber) of deep orange color. This Jumping fox is hand sawn and hand stamped by me on a layer of solid and resistant metal. In the center of the fox, sits a Baltic Amber. The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber. It dates from 44 million years ago (during the Eocene epoch). It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast, in Russia. What is amber? It is a fossilized resin of prehistoric trees that grew millions of years ago. And can range in color from clear, pale yellow, to orange, to dark brown.
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Sleeping Fox with Baltic Amber and Spessartine Garnet
This resting fox is hand sawn and hand stamped by me on a double layer of metal. On the right, there is a orange colored baltic amber, while on the leftof the fox, there are two spessartine granet rough stones. These spessartine garnets are rough garnets, but they have natural faceted crystals. Spessartine is member of the Garnet group, and is known for its beautiful orange and reddish-orange colors. This form of Garnet was once much rarer, but new abundant finds in Tanzania, China, and Pakistan have really put Spessartine on the map, making it very well regarded. Spessartine only occurs in trapezohedral crystals, often well developed with natural facets. Spessartine is named after the ‘Spessart Mountains’, in Bavaria, Germany, which is the type locality for this mineral. The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber. It dates from 44 million years ago (during the Eocene epoch). It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast, in Russia. What is amber? It is a fossilized resin of prehistoric trees that grew millions of years ago. And can range in color from clear, pale yellow, to orange, to dark brown.
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Crazy Lace Agate with Fox Landscape Necklace
This piece features a beautiful stone of natural 'crazy lace agate'. This small landscape features a small hand sawn jumping fox and pine trees. You can also admire the back of the stone through a cutout adorned by hand-sawn pines. The stone has a simple setting and also three prongs for a sturdier piece. Crazy Lace Agate is a variety of banded Chalcedony (Quartz family). The term 'lace' is used in its name to describe the beautiful swirls and patterns that this type of agate holds. Agate is usually white, with layers of creamy browns, blacks and grays. Some may include layers of yellow ochre, gold, scarlet and red. Crazy Lace Agate is quite ''young'' compared to other minerals that can be found on Earth. It is believed to have been created some 65 to 90 million years ago.
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Baltic Amber with Fox, Drei Zinnen Landscape Necklace
This necklace features an amazing cab of Baltic Amber. This specific stone has a very cool story. Did you know that this amber has been re-purposed? It belonged to a jewel made in the 70s, that was sold at a pawn shop for metal-weight. The precious metal was fused and recycled and this stone was taken out of the jewel and sold again, in hope to adorn a new piece, and have a new life of its own. I purchased it, despite the small scratches due to age that it has (that are not much visible but they are there and I think they give it unique light) and chose this design to encapsulate all it’s beauty. What is amber? It is a fossilized resin of prehistoric trees that grew millions of years ago. And can range in color from clear, pale yellow, to orange, to dark brown. This landscape features a hand-sawn tiny fox, adorned by oak leaves and rosehip branches. In the back there are the Drei Zinnen Alps, in the Italian Dolomites, also known as ‘’tre cime di Lavaredo’’ or in English ‘three peaks of Lavaredo’.
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Squirrel Tree House with Rough Citrine and one Small Carnelian Necklace
This Squirrel's Tree house is entirely made by me, on multiple layers of metal. Every detail has been engraved and hand-stamped. On the squirrel's hands,there is a little carnelian stone, symbolizing a small acorn. On top of the tree, sits three rough citrine crystals. Citrine is a variety of quartz whose color ranges from a pale yellow to brown due to ferric impurities. Brazil is the leading producer of citrine, with much of its production coming from the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The name is derived from the Latin word ‘citrina’ which means "yellow" and is also the origin of the word "citron". Sometimes citrine and amethyst can be found together in the same crystal, which is then referred to as ametrine. Citrine has been referred to as the "merchant's stone" or "money stone", due to a superstition that it would bring prosperity. Citrine was first appreciated as a golden-yellow gemstone in Greece between 300 and 150 BC, during the Hellenistic Age. The yellow quartz was used prior to that to decorate jewelry and tools but it was not highly sought after.
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Golden Rutile Quartz and Deer Landscape Necklace
This necklace features a small autumnal landscape of the woods. On top of a rutilated quartz, sits a forest scenery. In the middle of the night, during a full moon, a deer is spotted roaming aroung a pine forest, only emergind from the shadows from time to time, and illuminated by the full moon. All around this desing, is a small twig with leaves. All details have been hand sawn and hand stamped by me. On the left, there are two small golden pebbles of brass, to illuminate the design. The main stone il golden rutile quartz of high quality (it only has a small dent on one edge, visible in the photo). Rutilated quartz is a quartz that has needle-like inclusions. Rutile is a titanium dioxide mineral, and could contain large quantities of iron oxide. If the iron is high, the rutile will have a gold and red color, while if the iron content is low, it may have a darker, black color.
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Citrine Quartz Deer Necklace
This deer necklace is a cute smaller version of all the previous designs I ever did. Wrapped around the horns there are vines and small hand stamped leaves. Onthe center of the design, symbolizing the head, there is a Citrine stone. Citrine is a variety of quartz whose color ranges from a pale yellow to brown due to ferric impurities. Brazil is the leading producer of citrine, with much of its production coming from the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The name is derived from the Latin word ‘citrina’ which means "yellow" and is also the origin of the word "citron". Sometimes citrine and amethyst can be found together in the same crystal, which is then referred to as ametrine. Citrine has been referred to as the "merchant's stone" or "money stone", due to a superstition that it would bring prosperity. Citrine was first appreciated as a golden-yellow gemstone in Greece between 300 and 150 BC, during the Hellenistic Age. The yellow quartz was used prior to that to decorate jewelry and tools but it was not highly sought after.
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Mexican Cantera Precious Fire Opal and Small Carnelian Stones Necklace
This amazing deer Necklace features a can of precious fire opal from Mexico. This one is orange colored, an when exposed in direct sunlight, it will shine, with many small flashes of red, orange and a bit of green and yellow. Fire Opal gets its name for its brilliant red to orange colors, which is partly due to the presence of iron oxide in the stone. Mined in Mexico, this opal is lighter in weight than opals mined in other countries. These Mexican Fire Opals tend to have one body color and rarely they can also display flashes of light and color typical of other opals (like Australian or Ethiopian Opal). Cantera Fire Opal is a gemstone formed from the “Rhyolite”, which is a kind of “Igneous Rock”. These opals are sometimes cut in their rhyolitic host material. Opals mined in Mexico, are sometimes hydrophane opals. "Hydrophane" is a name used for a porous opal that has the ability to absorb water. A change in color or transparency often accompanies the water absorption, so beware of the stone getting in contact with water. All around the horns, there are small hand sawn and hand stamped oak leaves and tiny carnelian stones. Carnelian is a variety of the silica mineral chalcedony colored by impurities of iron oxide. The color can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black coloration. It is most commonly found in Indonesia, Brazil, India, Russia (Siberia), and Germany. Carnelian was used widely during Roman times to make engraved gems for signet or seal rings for imprinting a seal with wax on correspondence or other important documents (since hot wax does not stick to carnelian). Although now the more common term, "carnelian" is a 16th-century corruption of the 14th-century word "cornelian". Cornelian comes from the Mediaeval Latin ‘corneolus’, itself derived from the Latin word ‘cornum’, the cornel cherry, whose translucent red fruits resemble the stone.
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Statement Baltic Amber Acorn Rainbow Necklace
This necklace features at its center a big acorn, that holds an amazing cab of Baltic Amber. Did you know that this amber has been re-purposed? It belonged to a jewel made in the 70s, that was sold at a pawn shop for metal-weight. The precious metal was fused and recycled and this stone was taken out of the jewel and sold again, in hope to adorn a new piece, and have a new life of its own. I purchased it, despite the small scratches due to age that it has (that are not much visible but they are there and I think they give it unique light) and chose this design to incapsulate all it’s beauty. The chain of this acorn necklace is made of tiny link connecting lots of Baltic amber nuggets (it’s only slightly polished amber). Every nugget has been drilled by me so that the wire to make the chain could pass. The stones have been organized and positioned by their color, to form a beautiful rainbow. The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber. It dates from 44 million years ago (during the Eocene epoch). It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast, in Russia. What is amber? It is a fossilized resin of prehistoric trees that grew millions of years ago. And can range in color from clear, pale yellow, to orange, to dark brown.
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Baltic Amber Oak and Acorns Bracelet
This bracelet features five rough Baltic amber nuggets (only slightly polished amber). Each stone is different from one another. This bracelet is an ode to autumn, alternating amber, oak leaves and small acorns that are hand-sawn and hand-formed by me. The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber. It dates from 44 million years ago (during the Eocene epoch). It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast, in Russia. What is amber? It is a fossilized resin of prehistoric trees that grew millions of years ago. And can range in color from clear, pale yellow, to orange, to dark brown. To close the bracelet, it is very easy, you may just need a bit of practice when closing it one-handed. You will take the part with the little bar in one end, and put it inside the other end, in the bigger hole. Then, you can slide it in the smaller hole, so it is secured there and will not open. To open up the bracelet, you will just need to follow this procedure backwards.
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Baltic Amber Deer Antlers Stud Earrings
These earrings feature rough Baltic amber nuggets (only slightly polished amber). Each earring holds a hand-formed deer horn an a bright yellow amber stone. The Baltic region is home to the largest known deposit of amber, called Baltic amber. It dates from 44 million years ago (during the Eocene epoch). It has been estimated that these forests created more than 100,000 tons of amber. Today, more than 90% of the world's amber comes from Kaliningrad Oblast, in Russia. What is amber? It is a fossilized resin of prehistoric trees that grew millions of years ago. And can range in color from clear, pale yellow, to orange, to dark brown.
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