Firsty apologies for my tardiness - time has gotten away from me again! There is something terribly attractive about smoky quartz. To think ...

There are so many new stones on the market it is often hard to know what you are going to get! As a gemmologist who studied decades ago (eek...

Obsidian is a volcanic glass and is named after the Roman, Obsius. Used in jewellery for thousands of years, it can be black, gray, brown, r...

Ametrine has always fascinated me. The beautiful combination of mellow wheaten yellow of citrine with the lavender hues of amethyst are such...

Ahhh, a busy day of jewellery making! Very satisfying :) And writing here two days in a row. Unheard of!! I wanted to share this gorgeous ...

Hmmm, so much for writing in this blog regularly. Ah well. 2007 is a new year..... Whilst my love affair with fluorite continues (see last p...

Welcome to my new blog! I thought I would start by talking a bit about my current favourite stone - fluorite or fluorspar, as it is also ca...