Rarely seen (if at all) in jewelry stores, is the uniquely attractive Rutilated Quartz stone.  It usually is seen with gold or black striated thin streaks of gold or iron ore suspended in transparent or opaque Quartz...

I found some interesting glass "shell" shaped beads that looked very similar to the Unikite gemstone.   So I added 10 & 12mm round beads to expound on the look.  Vintage (1930) 4mm orange spacers offered a...