One of the highlights of my trip out west was a visit to the Rock Shop. Please don't mock. I love rocks. Love. Adore. Fascinated by. Intrigued. You get the idea.
And much to my joy, after becoming giddy and excited, not to mention taking TONS of pictures, my children began to catch my enthusiasm too! I love me some catchable enthusiasm!
But seriously, check this stuff out. It's amazing. Rocks. Hanging out in the earth just waiting to be shared! The first ones were blue sodalite...so so cool. Then there was these...
And then I found "it". The basket of pure joy...I mean Peridot. Oh bliss! I love Peridot, and it happens to be Augusts birthstone, and guess what, it's August! Double joy!
So I had to buy one rock and bring it home...you know...for science!
Ain't she pretty?
And one little piece with very little lapidary work done to it - meaning made to look more like a gemstone - looks like this. Still so very cool!
Peridot is one of only a few gemstones that actually only comes in the color green! The greens can vary however, based on how much iron is in the crystal structure. It is August's birthstone and also the stone for your 16th wedding anniversary!
Peridot is know as the stone of "emotional healing". It fosters emotional balance and supposedly helps heal us from emotional wounds. That's a lot of power in a little green stone! It also gives common sense in the "affairs of the heart", so one website claimed. Maybe we should all be wearing this stone!
I purchased a small faceted oval stone as well. So gorgeous. Can't wait to make something with this beauty!
In the meantime I did have some round Peridot in my studio, so I created this necklace. It took me two days to wire wrap each of these pretties. Needless to say, this is a one of a kind piece. And if it doesn't sell by next week, it's MINE!
I'd love to know what you think!
Anyway, thanks for humoring my rock fetish and my adoration for Peridot. What's your birthstone?
BE creative!
~ lisa
And much to my joy, after becoming giddy and excited, not to mention taking TONS of pictures, my children began to catch my enthusiasm too! I love me some catchable enthusiasm!But seriously, check this stuff out. It's amazing. Rocks. Hanging out in the earth just waiting to be shared! The first ones were blue sodalite...so so cool. Then there was these...
And then I found "it". The basket of pure joy...I mean Peridot. Oh bliss! I love Peridot, and it happens to be Augusts birthstone, and guess what, it's August! Double joy!So I had to buy one rock and bring it home...you know...for science! Ain't she pretty?
And one little piece with very little lapidary work done to it - meaning made to look more like a gemstone - looks like this. Still so very cool!Peridot is one of only a few gemstones that actually only comes in the color green! The greens can vary however, based on how much iron is in the crystal structure. It is August's birthstone and also the stone for your 16th wedding anniversary!Peridot is know as the stone of "emotional healing". It fosters emotional balance and supposedly helps heal us from emotional wounds. That's a lot of power in a little green stone! It also gives common sense in the "affairs of the heart", so one website claimed. Maybe we should all be wearing this stone!
I purchased a small faceted oval stone as well. So gorgeous. Can't wait to make something with this beauty!In the meantime I did have some round Peridot in my studio, so I created this necklace. It took me two days to wire wrap each of these pretties. Needless to say, this is a one of a kind piece. And if it doesn't sell by next week, it's MINE!
I'd love to know what you think!Anyway, thanks for humoring my rock fetish and my adoration for Peridot. What's your birthstone?BE creative!
~ lisa
Gorgeous! Here in the Texas Hill Country you can sill stumble upon geodes occasionally. We will find one while walking and run home to break it open and see what treasure lies inside.
ReplyDeleteThere's a rock shop nearby similar to the one in your post and every time I drive past I have the urge to pull over and just go look at the pretties. Pure joy. Lisa~
Oh, my word, that necklace is gorgeous! I really like peridot. Green is one of my favorite colors and I love all the variations in color that peridot can have.
ReplyDeleteAnd what's my birthstone? Glad you asked. It's Peridot! Yup, I'm an August girl. =)
i love rocks too!!! i'm feb, so amythist amithist amythst ok, you know what i mean... the purple rock :)
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