I went out to a hazel wood

…because a fire was in my head. A tiger’s eye is set in sterling silver. There are layers of light and movement inside a tiger’s eye, and in this one especially. It is a wonderful stone for public speaking and for empowering the will forces. Tiger’s eye can inspire creativity, expression, courage and confidence in one’s abilities. I enjoyed making this because while I was working on it, I could sense it’s healing energies at work within me.

Golden/Imperial Topaz

This form of topaz is orange in color. It is a tonic for the nervous system and helps to strengthen the body’s detoxifying processes ie. liver, pancreas, blood sugar balance. It will bring you into a more upright position literally and metaphorically. On a subtle level, orange topaz helps us to access hidden information and is associated with Mystery Schools. It has a healing effect on the solar plexus, third eye, and crown Chackra in particular. Topaz has a hardness of 8 on Moh’s scale.

Selenite pendant

The selenite pendant is 10cm X 7.5cm and the stone was bought in Amsterdam, Holland. I have wire wrapped it with sterling silver and it can be easily worn with a chain of your choice.
Selenite is a variety of gypsum that is common in sedimentary rocks. It is a clear, striated crystal which is soft and fragile, measuring 2 on Moh’s scale. Selenite is formed from evaporated salt water in land locked lakes or seas isolated from open oceans.

Malachite

Malachite, copper carbonate hydroxide, is a dark green stone with bands of paler shades moving across it. It is a medium to soft mineral, and when polished has a very soft texture. They are found in Russsia, Africa, the American southwest and Mexico.

Aquamarine

This is a clear light blue or blue-green stone, also called blue beryl. It has a hexagonal structure, recieving 8 on Moh’s scale. Many aquamarines are mined in Russia and Brazil, though some come from Sri Lanka or Africa. There is a source in Colorado, as well.
Aquamarine has long been associated with the sea, probably because of its watery color.
The clear blue beryl has a yellow counterpart called heliodor, a green called emerald, and a pink one called morganite.

Florite

Florite is by far one of the most unique stones if only for the fact that its comes in a variety
of transparent colors. Some include purple, green, blue, red and yellow-brown.
It’s geological setting is in hydrothermal veins, and it has a cubic structure. One of the unique characteristics of florite is florescence (the word florescence actually comes from florite). Under longwave UV light one can see new colors come from this stone, up to four different variations. They will also show different coloring when heated, or thermoluminescence.
Florites often contain phantoms, or minute mists that look like another crystal inside the stone.

I had the pleasure of seeing florite under longwave UV light this year and it was awesome.

Rhodocrosite

A lovely pink manganese carbonate, rhodocrosite is a minearal with rhombohedron structure. Sometimes clear pink, and othertimes solid pink with white, this mineral is from the calcite family.

Ammonite

Ammonite is a type of marine animal that existed over 65 million years ago. It is from the subclass Amonoidea, class chephalpoda, and phylum Mollusca. Ammonite fossils have a very destinct spiral pattern, and the colors vary.

Amber

This is fossilized tree resin and ranges in color from yellow to orange to green in some rare cases. Most amber that is used for decoration was formed between 30 and 90 million years ago. Although amber is not a mineral it is often used as a gemstone.

Amazonite

This is a green-blue variety of microline, a feldspar mineral. It sometimes has white streaks. It is commonly found in Colorado, but also the Urals of Russia.