Sunday, March 04, 2012

Aquamarines, Emeralds, and Labradorite

March is the month for aquamarines although anytime is a good time for aquamarines!  Who doesn't love them?  From pale green to turquoise to strong blue, aquamarines are just luscious - and they go so well with so many other gemstones.  Above is a simple aquamarine bracelet with cultured freshwater pearls.  The smaller aquamarine nuggets are a gorgeous shade of blue with great faceting.
Below, aquamarine nuggets and rondelles are paired with a pretty deeper green peridot for a striking result.  The intricate braided-look sterling silver chain adds to the bracelet's complexity, and a single pendant-like charms has a faceted, bezel-set peridot in a pretty star or flower-like shape. 
I always love emeralds (I'm a May baby so I'm fortunate to have the emerald as my birthstone). Two views of the same emerald bracelet, below show how wonderful emeralds look with sterling silver.  There are two strands of emeralds, large and small, and little Thai Karen Hill Tribes sterling flower charms hang at intervals along the bracelet.

Labradorite with its blue and blue-green flash is amazing.  The photos here really don't show the great flsh of the main focal nugget, but it is great! The other labradorite stones all have flash as well.  And the toggle clasp is a sterling silver dragonfly!

Finally, a simple citrine necklace has a pretty dangle with carved, nugget, and gem-quality citrines hanging from the main strand.

8 comments:

Namitha said...

WOW!!!, thats a gr8 collection.

costume jewelry said...

I like your beautiful collection. I like all pix of your jewellery. Its look too good and cool.

Catta said...

FANTASTIC!!!!!!

Joyeria Corma said...

I find your jewelry collection very cool. These bracelets with stones are quite creative and beautiful.

Charm Bracelets said...

The blue green colour of the stones is very soothing and can be popularly used by many with common apparels.Like the lively look fo the pieces.

IP lawyer said...

Beautiful colours!

Miss Patent Box said...

I love that aquamarine, it treads the line between elegant and playful perfectly.

Holiday Paintings Guy said...

They really are luscious! Love the greens especially!