More fossilized wood!

You’ve loved the fossilized wood beads that I recently introduced; so fascinating, they appear exactly like wood with all the markings and cellulose type patterns, but feel like stone. That’s because they are stone; ancient wood that has been infiltrated with silicon heavy deposits over thousands of years, leading to petrification. And they have the same fantastic matt finish, that makes them feel smooth as silk. So I’ve got some more in different sizes. First up is a cube bead, smaller than the original ones, in a 11-12mm, at $42 per strand. Same fantastic and fascinating colours and finish, just smaller and lighter. I also have the same shape but slightly bigger, at 17-18mm; very impactful. These are $50 per strand. Finally I have an 11-12mm square rondelle, and these are priced at $42 per strand. You can shop the collection here.

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All things greeny-blue

What’s the collective noun for beads? A bundle? A clutch? Or…maybe something a little more esoteric? A sweetshop? Well, whatever it is, I am listing it. So many different ones to choose from, many of Chrysoprase rough rondelle, matt finishthem in that fantastic and unusual silky matt finish. First up is all things greeny-blue. My personal favourites are these fantastic rough chrysoprase rondelles (right). And I mean rough; with bits of matrix, crevasses and druzy-filled gaps. They really are fantastic. With a matt finish that accentuates the patterning on the stone, I can see these looking great with some hammered silver spacers, so unusual and distincJoopy Gems Chrysoprase rondelle 7-8mm matt finishtive. These are quite large, around 12-17mm and the strings are vaguely graduated so that they are smaller at the ends and larger in the middle. Also in chrysoprase I have some smaller, slightly more regular rondelles, 7-8mm in both matt and gloss finish. These are $45 for the matt option and $30 for the gloss.

Moving into a slJoopy Gems Amazonite beads 13-14mm roundightly more aqua colour scheme I have amazonite round beads, again with a lovely silky matt finish. I can’t resist the sea-green shade of this stone, similar to turquoise, but with distinctive white markings. These are the most beautiful soft colour, highlighted by the matt finish, and I have them in a 7-8mm and a 13-14mm (pictured right), the smaller ones $25 per strand and the larger ones $45.

Turquoise Joopy gems Turquoise beads 9-10mm matt finishis always very popular and this is African material, speckled with dark matrix, again in the matt finish that highlights the patterns on the stone and gives a fantastic organic look and feel. I have these in a 7-8mm at $25 and a 9-10mm round at $30.

Finally I have some chrysocolla rondelles. Chrysocolla-in-chalcedony, to give it its full name takes its name from the mineral chrysocolla, and it is that that gives it its blue colour. The Joopy Gems Chrysocolla rondelle 7-8mm beads AB grade matt finishmaterial I have is opaque and looks as though it is mixed with other minerals. I have an AB grade at $37 per strand, which is broadly bluish-green and a B grade (pictured right) at $20 per strand, which, in my opinion is more beautiful still, with an array of different colours mottling the beads. I have both of these in a matt 7-8mm rondelle.

Look out for more beads over the next few days!

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