Friday, June 18, 2010

Rectangular Pendants

Picked out a few stones from my stash. They are rainbow moonstones, labradorite, and turquoise. Unfortunately, the marquise shaped lab disappeared after dropping onto my floor. Maybe I'll find it, I hope. And then disaster hit the setting for the turquoise on the left. I'll try to fix that pendant next week.

While photographing these pendants, I'm beginning to understand why moonstones got that name. It's like the darker the surrounding, the more vivid the irridescence.

Check out the orange diagonal strip on the moonstone to the left. It is so striking and makes for a very interesting stone. On either side of the stripe are some gorgeous blue and green schiller. The labradorite in the middle is small but has an intense icy blue flash. The smaller moonstone has soft peacock color and a dash of orange. I chose to use a chain with rectangular links to go with the pendant shape.

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

New to your blog. These necklaces are lovely.

WOLODO said...

Hola,
I love your necklaces.
Good work.
Greetings from Germany/Hamburg
Doris

mermaiden said...

very strong statements, and beautiful. i'm glad to know someone else drops things that disappear! that is a huge frustration of mine.