Winter Designs of Drusy Amethyst

All new designs for the winter season...featuring natural color drusy amethyst pendants! Visit Timeless Designs online to see these and more of our Collections!

White drusy amethyst pendant with cluster of freshwater cultured pearls and faceted black onyx rondelles.









Gray drusy amethyst pendant with red branch coral and faceted black onxy, some painted.

Gray drusy amethyst pendant with red branch coral stick & nuggets with faceted painted black onyx.

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Natural Colored Amethyst Drusy

It is a rare and unique occurrence with Amethyst, but it does happen and when it does there is no other beauty like it. I am talking about the most spectacular all naturally colored amethyst drusy. 
 
The color spectrum ranges from light rose, pink, purple, pale gray, cream, and blue to medium rust, yellow, orchid, and pink to deep green, brown and dark purple colors and everything in between. 

There are 'bubble' and cactus formations, drusy and larger crystals.  All have been left in their 'earth' form, untouched, with just a few having the outter rim polished and the outside is all smooth.



It all starts in a premier mine in Uruguay, where some of the world's most sought after, highest quality amethyst comes from. 

  

 
Among the deep dark purple amethyst is a natural color in different shades; this is caused by the reflection of the jasper beneath the quartz crystal and the result is some of the unique, breathtaking drusy colors of amethyst you will ever see.

Visit our store, TimelessDesigns online at Ruby Lane to browse and shop our selection of the finest naturally colored drusy amethyst. There you will find mounted pendants (wire wrapped pendant to be released in the Fall, 2012), jewelry sets and collector specimens. 


Later this fall we will have amazing amethyst drusy geode jewelry boxes, more pendants & jewelry sets and larger collector specimens!

Trilobite Fossils

Trilobite or Proteus Granulosus are similar to the horseshoe crab, Trilobites – meaning 3 lobes – lived from 550 to 200 million years ago in the Cambrian, Paleozonic, and Devonian seas.





There are hundreds of species of Trilobites, but they are most closely related to the chelicerates, which include the horseshoe crabs and spiders.

They are now all extinct, but their fossil remains are found in many places in the U.S and worldwide. Some, in the Canadian Rockies, have been found as large as 2 ½ feet in length. 







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Natural Framed Butterflies

A little something for the collector or home decor; Peruvian butterfly frames. These beautiful frames feature real butterflies raised on farms in the Amazon Jungle. Each frame features a collection of butterflies and/or moths; each labeled with their scientific names by a licensed biologist in Peru.  

The frames look best displayed with natural light but it is recommended that they are kept out of direct sunlight. See a selection of these butterflies and moths at our online shop along with other collectibles of nature; fossils, minerals and rocks!

Raw Mineral Wired Pendants

In Tucson I found these amazing drusy pendants in black amethyst and lavender drusy quartz minerals. They are so incredible, the drusy just sparkles and they very lovely done in various wired colors. I have hand wire wrapped a few of them; a couple have been left as an individual pendant to wear on different types of collars, cords or chains and the a few others have been incorporated into necklace sets.



Amethyst is a type of quartz that has taken on a violet or purple coloration due to trace impurities of iron and aluminum. The exact hue and depth varies depending on its source. It can be found in many parts of the world, the best quality specimens tend to come from Uruguay, Brazil, or southern Africa. It is often found lining the insides of geodes, especially those composed of agate; these are hollow, often spherical rock structures. 






These pendants are black amethyst from Uruguay, hand wired in non-tarnish silver wire. Their colors vary, from deep black to a mix of black and purple; the crystals really sparkle in the sunlight.













This necklace features a center pendant of lavender drusy quartz; hand wire wrapped in rose colored non-tarnish wire. 

 The necklace also features bronzite, light amethyst faceted stones and lampwork beads and crystals. It is a most unique piece and one-of-a-kind that is a little bit bold with a mix of chic style.




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Fun Beach Sandal Flip Flops

These pendants are so cute and they make the perfect center focal for some of my new summer designs. Each one is made from mother-of-Pearl and inlay as a mosaic pattern on the sandal or flip flop; one is a creamy white color and the other yellow. 



White Mother-of-Pearl sandal pendant and accented with lots of charms in all faceted crystals and cultured freshwater pearls. The necklace strands are finished with square pink aventurine stones, cloisonne beads and more faceted crystals in several sizes, shapes and shades of pink. The metal accents are silver pewter and it is finished with a hook clasp and extender chain; wear this sparkling beauty at different lengths to fit your outfit!







Yellow Mother-of-Pearl sandal pendant that I accented with tones of cultured freshwater pearls and faceted crystals. The necklace strands are finished with more crystals, lime cloisonne beads and metal accents in gold pewter. It is finished with a hook clasp and chain extender for wearing this chic design at different lengths to fit your outfit!

Find these and many other new designs at Timeless Designs online shop at Ruby Lane.

Celebrate Spring with Timeless Designs

New designs for Spring, Summer or any time of the year! 

Cool your heals in soft Caribbean waters --- dichoric glass pendant in cool teal-green colors and accents in faceted crystals!
  

Yummy colors of spring/summer -- dichroic glass pendant accented by lampwork beads, crystals and lemon chrysoprase. 

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Fun Fiesta Flair

A little bit sassy, a little bit of fun and fiesta with a whole lot of hot colors! This necklace set is ready for the coming season and can be worn any time of year.

It features a 17” lime ribbon cord, lampwork glass beads in fun hot colors for summer and tons of hand twisted charms in all faceted crystals in coordinating colors!  The set includes matching hoop dangle earrings!

 






Visit Timeless Designs to browse this little number and many other new designs for the coming spring and summer fashions!

Creative Premier Gemstone Designs

Many people have been requesting the return of our very popular premier designer sets. These designs go beyond our usual styles in chic looks and delicate features using an array of stones and techniques. This year we are going to bring them back and will offer them from time to time through-out the year. These beauties will feature a complete set of matching necklace, earrings and something new, a bracelet. 

Visit Timeless Designs online and see the first of our Premier sets within our jewelry collection!

This first set is fit for royalty; full of brilliant sparkling crystals, the bail contains individually hand twisted charms in dark to light hues of peach, copper and light champagne. The ex-large donut pendant has a hand wired bail in non-tarnish brass.












This set features a wire wrap accent technique on teal & black drusy agates; a huge pendant and matching nuggets with crystals. Perfect for any season during the year.

New Designs for Spring & Summer

These new designs are just right for the coming spring and summer season, but are versatile enough to wear any time of the year! 

Bracelets are all the rage this year and we have earrings to match these styles.  Choose from designs in lampwork, crystals, natural gemstones and more. 

 

 

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Drusy Wire Wrap Pendants

When I found these drusy pendants in Tucson I bought all the high quality ones I could get my hands on. I knew these would be a great new wire wrap material for pendants. Most of them are light weight, nice sized ranging from 25mm to 50mm in diameter, they will be a challenge to wire with all the different angles to them and trying not to break any of the crystals or drusy sections. 

They are the most beautiful pendants I have seen in a long time. The drusy has so much sparkle and the colors just radiate in the light.  The material is lavender quartz drusy, black amethyst. and a couple of small amethyst pieces.  Watch for these little ones to show up in the future as single pendants and pendant incorporated into necklaces.

All Fossil of Morocco

These Moroccan fossils were a find in Tucson this year; I did a little price bartering in purchasing them, which was a lot of fun! They are all high quality fossils; the mixed freestanding statue of Ammonites/Orthoceras fossils are highly polished on the front with a matte finished on the backside. Each of these shows a lot of details on and around the fossils; the black/white statue has several smaller pieces of orthoceras fossils among the larger fossils, which is hard to come by. The single standing statue of orthoceras have multiple fossils and are smaller, but I was also able to barter for a really tall (and heavy) larger statue containing many of these fossils.

During my trip I was able to get quite a bit of Trilobite fossils and to get these high quality real fossils is very pricy. I am excited to bring these and several more in different sizes to my customers (per their request!) this year. The best find was the large plate with 2 large individual trilobites in very good condition and showing much detail, this was quite a find and I was excited to get this new treasure!

Here's a little about each of these fossils....some of them will be listed in the coming weeks on our website for sale and others will be available at our Spring shows in the next few months. Something new this year, I was able to find some really nice metal stands for r the fossils and minerals that are not free-standing. They are pictured here with a few of the fossils and will be available as part of the purchase with the fossil or mineral.

Ammonites (pictured mixed with orthoceras fossils; top left & bottom left) are an extinct subclass of cephalopods, whose present-day descendants include the octopus, squid and nautilus. Ammonites lived from approximately 400 to 65 million years ago (late Cretaceous). Their well-preserved fossilized shells are found today, and are often cut and polished.

Orthoceras fossils (pictured top right) are squid fossils that lived in shells, an ancient mollusk whose fossil shells are found and polished in the Sahara Desert of Morocco. In the Devonian geologic period, some 350 million years ago, these ocean dwellers, reaching a length of up to 6 feet, swam in an ocean which covered the area. After death, their shells weer preserved in the black marble where they are found today. They moved by ejecting water through an opening and by moving their tentacles. The tentacles caught food while their parrot-shaped beaks cut the food up.

Trilobite (pictured middle & bottom right) or Proteus Granulosus are similar to the horseshoe crab, Trilobites – meaning 3 lobes – lived from 550 to 200 million years ago in the Cambrian, Paleozonic, and Devonian seas. There are hundreds of species of Trilobites, but they are most closely related to the chelicerates, which include the horseshoe crabs and spiders. They are now all extinct, but their fossil remains are found in many places in the U.S and worldwide. Some, in the Canadian Rockies, have been found as large as 2 ½ feet in length. 

Beautiful Earthy Geode Agates

This is a great find from my Tucson trip this year and with geodes, you never really know what you are going to get until you crack them open. And these set of 5 bookends are no exception when it comes to high quality and stunning beauty. When I found these bookends I was hooked by their brilliant colors and striking drusy centers. They are all very heavy and solid, highly polished on three sides with the backside left in the rough. 

Each one is unique in color and the way they have been cut. It took a large diamond tip saw blade to cut these magnificent treasures. The colors of each range of sunsets to earthy tones and skylines. You have rusty orange with hues of cream, another in creamy white with hues of gray, a striking changes of blues, and the other two are in light colors of beige and hues of very light pale pink. 

What I think makes these bookends so unique and stunning is the drusy centers. Each center is a complimentary color to the agate, some are in a dark colors and others more of a pale. They all are so full of sparkle and really catch the light, a perfect compliment against the very high polish of these geode agates colors. The pictures really do not do these the justice of their beauty.

Tucson Day 3 & 4 In Review

Tucson again showed me the diversity of what is available to purchase throughout the city. The many shows range from wholesale bead shows (some retail and open to the public), to setups along the streets. 

On day 3 I sepnt a lot of time shopping the wholesale bead shows such as Gem Mall , Lucky Gems, and JOGS, ending the day with a journey down to the mineral show at the Hotel Tucson on St. Mary's -- this is an awsome show and one that should be added to you list of 'must see shows'.  Here I was able to pick up raw chunks (they were unloading from the mining barrels, how cool is that!) of some really great aquamarine with mica and assorted other minerals from vendors (I know, pictures, pictures, pictures, but I was so tired food was first on my mind -- next year).  I wish I had more time to really shop and browse the entire show and next year I will make a point to put this one on my list as an entire day to shop and browse.

On day 4, the journey took me back to a mix of outdoor shows, some along the streets of Speedway, Park St., and then back to Electric Park show. Here are a few pictures from Electric Park show.

Massive rocks & minerals on display at the Electric Park Show

 Fun with rocks, this is a fish and they have added an old miners cart to the end.

Tucson Experience Day 1 & 2

Tucson is the ultimate in shopping experience for lapidary, geology, minerals, fossils, and much more. Follow along as we post about the shows, our experiences, the ups & downs, and just in general everything Gem & Mineral Show. Arrived bright and early and off to a fast start, we saw plenty of minerals; amethyst, citrine, black amethyst, celestite, agate, jasper, and much more. Day 2 brought on much more and some of the displays and exhibits are just stunning. Here is just a little of what we saw for the past few days.....

Huge Amethyst Drusy display -- Pueblo Show

Beautiful agate bookends with druzy in the centers - Wholesale show

 Amethyst cathedral with a scene taking place - Street Vendors along I10

 Stunning Florite from Mexico - Globe X/Days Inn Show

Huge croniod fossil plates - street vendors

Massive petrified wood sphere - street vendors

Raw calacite - Globe X/Days Inn show

Street Vendor - Globe X/Days Inn

We continue our adventure and hunting treasures around Tucson.........