Weaving A Gem Of A Life

I enjoy working with good quality rainbow fluorite. I find its transparent colors very attractive and appealing. I had used it many times before I realized that there really isn’t any such thing as “rainbow” fluorite – there’s green fluorite, yellow fluorite, purple fluorite, and clear fluorite. When they’re mixed together in [...]

As promised, this month I’m holding a contest. If you win, you’ll get a free healing gemstone talisman – totally free. I’ll pay for regular USPS shipping, too. In honor of spring, this month’s free talisman will be moss agate – a very earthy stone. I’ll post about the healing properties of this gemstone later [...]

Amazonite was named for the Amazon River, or maybe for the mythological Amazon women warriors. In fact, deposits of this lovely blue stone have not been found near the Amazon River, and who knows the real story of the Amazon women? How do things get named like this? People see something, think it looks like [...]