We specialize in rare,unusual, and unique gemstone pendants, made from pink, gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium sterling. Each piece is artistically wire-wrapped in a manner that enhances the gemstone and makes the stone the star in the pendant. We strive never to distract from a beautiful gemstone by using excessive amounts of wire. Most ...
We specialize in rare,unusual, and unique gemstone pendants, made from pink, gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium sterling. Each piece is artistically wire-wrapped in a manner that enhances the gemstone and makes the stone the star in the pendant. We strive never to distract from a beautiful gemstone by using excessive amounts of wire. Most of our stones are hand cut in our own lapidary shop.
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Agate stone jewelry is featured from Africa, Mexico, Brazil and many United States locations. Each stone is sharp, distinctive, and elegantly wire-wrapped to create quality pendants for you.
Our Amber pendants are elegantly wire wrapped prehistoric resin from the Baltic shores, with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Bumblebee is a rare rock from the volcanic vents of the Indonesia islands. The yellow, orange and black colors make striking natural stone jewelry.
Our Charoite jewelry is from gorgeous purple stone characterized by a fibrous textural look, and comes from the Ural Mountains of Russia, elegantly wire wrapped in 14/20 yellow or pink gold and tarnish-resistant argentium silver.
Copper is so fashionable, find a variety of jewelry stones which have copper inclusions in them. Most of this stone jewelry comes from the Copper Country of Michigan's Upper Peninsula, but check here for surprise copper stone from other locations as they become available!
Our Mexican Crazy Lace Agate jewelry features agate coveted by jewelry-makers for years, due to the wide color range, the close banding, the orbs and fortification shapes that make crazy lace agate so interesting. Crazy Lace Agate can also come from Australia. Our jewelry is elegantly wire wrapped in 14/20 yellow or pink gold and tarnish-resistant argentium silver.
Bone of ancient dinosaurs sometimes petrified and left behind these rocky pieces of prehistoric life. The red, pink, brown colors and appearance of these dinosaur relics are often surprising. Dinosaur poop is also made into fine jewelry, see for yourself!
A most popular jewelry stone, the treated Druzy (or Drusy) quartz crystals offer shimmer and shine for affordable prices. Vapors of various precious metals are incorporated into white stone, giving these lovely bright colors. We also have select natural crystals, all wrapped with our elegant wire-wrapping techniques into quality stone jewelry.
Layered paint from automotive & boat factories oversprayed in historic factories of Ford, General Motors, American Motors, body shops and Century Boat Company has been reclaimed and formed into exquisitely wire wrapped pendants using gold, pink gold, and argentium silver wires.
Fossils from around the world can be made into unique jewelry. Look here for our selections of Mastadon teeth, Mammoth Ivory, Ammonite, Turritella Agate and others.
Jaspers are found worldwide. Picture Jaspers are some of the most popular, especially Biggs and Bruneau. Royal Imperial Jasper makes colorful jewelry, as does Mookaite and Mushroom Jasper.
Beautiful deep royal blue gemgrade, untreated Lapis Lazuli is formed into exquisitely wire wrapped pendants using gold, pink gold, and argentium silver wires.
Larimar is an aqua blue stone with light white marbling, giving a 3-D shimmer. Coming from only one square mile of the earth, in the Dominican Republic, it was created in volcanic rock, but looks like the ocean! Beautiful and highly acclaimed, look for great, choice stones. Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Leland Blue Stone is a unique material from the eastern shores of Lake Michigan. Around the area of Leland, Michigan beachcombers treasure the bits of blue, green, brown, or purple colors they find on the shores. A byproduct of iron smelting in the late 1800's, foundries were built to take advantage of the beech and maple trees and the local limestone source. The industrial waste slag has lasted long beyond the industry itself and is now useful for stone pendants.
Popular Malachite from Africa is beautifully presented in tasteful wire wrapping. Contrasting light and dark green bands make interesting sometimes humorous patterns, inviting stunning jewelry pendants. Recently man-created malachite has been available for purchase, currently we do not offer any of these synthetic stones, only quality natural stone.
Muoniolusta Meteorites and Seymchan Pallasite Meteorites make stunning out-of-this world distinctive jewelry. These carefully selected meteorites have characteristic Widmanstatten patterns, or olivine crystals that set them apart. Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Montana Moss Agate is the featured stone, with scenic vistas, ferns and trees seemingly encased in stone. The pictures are truly bits of minerals arranged in interesting ways, not fossil remains. The transparent look makes beautiful jewelry. We also have moss agate from Kazakhstan. Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Mystic Topaz is a popular faceted stone because of the bright colors and way it changes in appearance as blue, purple and green tones catch the light. A natural clear gemstone has been enhanced to give the desirable rainbow effect.
Ocean Jasper is a fascinating stone characterized by obicular patterns in a wide range of colors. Green, white, and pink predominate, but may be found in interesting circular combinations with yellow, red, and peach. Pockets of druzy andd botryoidal formations add further interest. Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Opal pendants from key opal sites around the world including Mexican Fire Opal, Australian black opal, crystal opal, Yowah Nut opal, carved opal fish, Andamooka opal, and Lightning Rodge.
Petrified Wood is a colorful fossil of ancient trees, polished and elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Gorgeous natural pietersite from South Africa has chatoyancy that is captivating. Blue, yellow, golden, and red vie for your eyes attention. The real thing will be even more fascinating that the picture! Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Quartz is a large and varied category incuding smokey quartz, and amethyst. Many of our pendants contain interesting inclusions such as rutile, hematite, tourmaline and manganese.
Queensland agate is very colorful, especially with orange, yellow, and pink tones, and comes to us from Australia. Our polished cabochons are elegantly wire wrapped in precious metal wires.
Highly prized gemstone rhodochrosite shines in high quality jewelry. Stone patterns may include red/white banding, botryoidal cabochons, pink/brown cabochons, heart shapes and other variations. Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped in 14/20 yellow or pink gold and tarnish-resistant argentium silver.
Teepee Canyon agates come from the western Black Hills area of South Dakota, found in select limestone nodules. Sharp and bright colors make striking jewelry. Our pendants are elegantly wire wrapped in 14/20 yellow or pink gold and tarnish-resistant argentium silver.
Trilobites are a fossil creature. From Delta, Utah, our Trilobites have excellent features, and we are especially fond of our "doubles".
Wire-wrapped pendants feature Turkish Stick Agate from Cubuk, or Ankara. Full of needle-like inclusion it can also have surprising agate features. Miners tell us it is very hard to find and mine, and has only been discovered in recent decades.
Select pieces of Turquoise are combined with precious metals to create one-of-a-kind pendants. Using the best Turquoise from western United States mines as well as choice Chinese mines, we offer a wide variety of turquoise selections. Sleeping Beauty, Royston, Bisbee, Morency, Kingman, Cripple Creek, Campiko, and Pilot Mountain are some of the Western mines we use for jewelry. Our pendants are wrapped in 14/20 gold fill, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver.
A semi-precious stone prized for beautiful green colors may be enhanced by striations of browns or white, exquisitely formed into wire wrapped pendants using gold, pink gold, and argentium silver wires. Most of our stone comes from western US or Australia.
Victoria Stone is a man-created stone of limited availability. Lovely jewelry is constucted from pieces cut in the lapidary and wire-wrapped in elegant settings. Favorite colors available are blues, greens, black, white, and wine, with some pieces enhanced by precious gems or cubic zirconia.
From time to time we choose a few items for a discount! Enjoy the shopping opportunity. As always, these pendants are elegantly wire wrapped with top-quality 14/20 yellow gold, pink gold, and tarnish-resistant argentium silver wires.
Sterling silver, argentium silver, rose gold, and gold fill chains of varying sizes, lengths, styles and chain patterns.
Wire-wrapped semiprecious gemstone pendant and earring sets, wire wrapped by master artist Don Reed. Stone selection represent agates, jaspers, turquoise, and Michigan gemstones.
Favorite stones from the Great Lakes area, some official State Stones, Gems and local favorites
Mother's Day, Anniversary Gift, Special Occasion or Prom jewelry from the Great Lakes area and beyond, handcrafted by master wire artist Don Reed
An oval banded Queensland Agate pendant is centered around a deep orange/apricot with bands that go all the way around it. Wire work is all gold.
Love a piece with gold bling? Here's an unusual one, with lovely gold looking inclusions running across the face, set in a beautiful god wrap. Nice! Who do you know who would love this? Buy it!
A Leland Blue pendant wire wrapped in argentium silver and pink gold wires.
Scenic pictures in a natural stone are always a delight, each person can see it a bit differently. This timeless stone is wire wrapped in Argentium silver with hints of gold to reflect the brown in the stone.
Great black and orange colors of the Bumblebee Jasper are paired with topaz Swarovski crystal in this charming pendant
Gold, red and black streaks grab your eye and won’t let go! The Binghamite autumn colors will gob smack you! And the yellow and pink gold setting has triple wire pulls on the from with a trio of twisted gold adding eye-catching bling. Few Binghamite pieces can match this, it is beautiful!
A bight red lake with a silvery island center might be the result of a volcanic eruption. This eye catching scene sits on this Century boat paint pendant, wire wrapped in silver and pink gold, waiting for you to take it for a ride! Reclaimed from industrial dumps, what a great creative recycled use! Jewelry with such a great story will be fun to wear!
A Blue Mountain or Iceberg beckons you. Enjoy wearing this rare scenic picture stone.
A beautiful blue Larimar gem cut from a homely volcanic rock. A beach rock like no other, this Larimar will dress you up like nothing else--it's fabulous!
A high-dome shows off nice chatoyant Greenstone pattern on this petite gold-wrapped pendant.
The coloration of Mohawkite can turn out to be any metallic color from silver to gold to rainbow. This versatile pendant is a very unusual brass color. Sealed with a proprietary coating, so the stone will remain the same and protect the wearer from any compounds in the stone. This is a remnant from an historic Keweenaw Mining area, a unique pendant for...
For the Pink lover! Here is a Queensland Agate with traditional banding and great pink colors. Bits of white at the top and bottom set off the many tones of pink in the banding. Elegant wire curls at the top and wire wrapping of twisted gold fill and square argentium wires make this a standout.
This is an excellent little copper agate that we found in the old C & H pile near Calumet Michigan. When you find these little nuggets, they are green, covered with chlorite. You can’t see what they have to offer, but when cut, this little guy had a copper bullseye in it! It's a beauty you will enjoy wearing!
Are you a Pudding Stone fan? Like a pudding with lots of raisins and nuts, this Pudding Stone has lots of interesting jasper stone bits. Gold and Argentium Sterling Silver wires make it a delightful Pudding Stone Pendant. It's a perfect and pleasing mix of everything expected in a Pudding Stone.
A very pretty pale larimar stone is wire wrapped in gold and argentium. Looking at Larimar is like looking at ocean waves washing up on the sandy beach, fitting for it's Caribbean origins! You'll adore wearing this one!
Sometimes Rutilated Quartz has so little rutile that you can barely even see it! You will love this full-of-life golden Catseye Rutilated Quartz pendant. Its large and lovely, perfect for your best gal!
Amethyst is the most well known and admired jewelry stone. This is an unusual chevron Amethyst pattern, alternating purple and white quartz, cut in a slim attractive designer shape. Three inches long and lovely.
Need a Renaissance look? Or a special occasion piece? This will make any gal feel like a queen! Beautiful green chrysocolla is handsomely combined with some bead, pearl and silver to create a royal worthy pendant to help make you "best dressed" at the ball! Buy now-only one available!
A very pretty pink gemstone from the North Shore of Lake Superior is set in twisted pink gold and argentium wires. Small pink and white circles make a cheerful pattern across the face of the stone.
Loving the Metallic look? Bright blue pops out from stripes of white, black, red, all metallic paints from historic automotive paint chunks. Wire wrapped with many twisted argentium wires that reflect the metal look of the paint. A distinctive designer triangular shape makes it snappy looking. Buy and enjoy!
Swirls of autumn colors and circular patterns mix across the face of this stone pendant, a colorful agate from the mountains of Argentina. Tall with a stately, crisp wire setting of silver and pink gold, this could be a staple item in your jewelry case, especially if you prefer the autumn colors. Great with reds and browns, enjoy!
Here is a party-themed pendant, a gorgeous Black Opal Similant ripe with color change and wrapped in Pink Gold and Argentium Sterling.
It's all about the eye! A Cool Pink stone surrounds a pastel eye front and center in this small pendant. This is a charming stone simply wrapped, a perfect delight from the North Shore of Lake Superior.