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
A one-of-a-kind Datolite Earring set! A matching salmon pink set with a white halo, with the backs tumble polished to show the white skin and veins of gray matrix. This is the last pair of Datolite earrings we have. Wear this with your favorite Datolite necklace and look fabulous!
Pretty strips of charcoal gray add accents across a mostly white datolite that is startling because of the salmon pink splashes of color across the white. The wire work is argentium with decorative accents of twisted rose gold.
If you love green, you'll adore this triple green combo! Green Petrified Wood, and Catseye Nephrite are adorned with Indian jasper beads, all together in a swinging piece set in tarnish-resistant Argentium silver wires. Rockhounds can go wild wearing this on St. Patrick's day, or any day!
A magnificent Charoite stone, richly swirled with shades of purple is reverently set in yellow gold fill wires. So iridescent, it looks almost 3D, bright and intricate. This high quality stone is enhanced with other faceted gems, like a crown for the princess. A beautiful piece!!!
Who loves a magical Quartz Crystal? This stone is a Garden of Quartz Crystals, lined up like flowers in a garden of Copper! You can be very sure that your rock friends aren't wearing the same jewelry! Perfect for the lover of Copper or Quartz, a great gift from Michigan's Copper Country.
Awesome flashy designer-cut, blue, black, red and silver Fordite pendant, encased in argentium and twisted rose gold wires. A good choice for the sporty person!
Love the look of shiny Copper? This Firebrick is a copper chunk wire wrapped in flattering argentium silver and pink gold which brings out the copper color. Lovely to look at, and full of historic significance. Wear and enjoy!
Do you love fabulous pink stones? Each piece of this set is a gorgeous stone, and together they are lovely. Red/pink with gemmy qualities are across each piece, and the gold fill wires are a perfect setting.
Who doesn't need a quiet space for reflection? This genuine paint pendant wire wrapped in silver offers white, red, black in unequal measures, giving swirls of quiet colorful delight, a Reverie if you will. Reclaimed from industrial dumps, what a great creative recycled use! Jewelry with such a great story will be fun to wear!
A rhyolite stone with twin spots for eyes became a whimsical owl wire-wrapped pendant handcrafted in US by master wire artist Don Reed. Fun to wear jewelry, an unusual gift.
Rose quartz and painted glass beads mix for a delicate-looking necklace set.
Dainty enough for your Princess, this Rose Quartz Pendant will delight. Simple swirls of wire at the top add a royal look, hinting at a crown for the pink Princess.
Eye-catching rubies shine from a green Fuchsite heart! Fuchsite is said to be a Fairy Crystal, "get ready to travel through life on the wings of angels". Well, it is pretty, and the Ruby is a heart stone,,,a lucky and lovely combination. What a special pendant to give someone you care about!
Looking at Eudialyte might remind you of Ruby Slippers. Eudialyte comes in assorted red tones, this appears to have rich dark red/purple crystals in it.
Large pink eyes are surrounded by dark needles with a striking designer wrap showcasing this North Shore Thomsonite from Minnesota.
Like branches and leaves left behind after a storm, this Pudding Stone features colorful bits of red jasper and colored quartz thrown around. Square Argentium Sterling Silver wires make a bold setting for the Pudding Stone. It's a perfect and pleasing mix of everything expected in a Pudding Stone.
Swirls of pastel blue and white wrapped in gold and silver
Here is a unique handcrafted Mohawkite jewelry from the Keweenaw copper mining area. Versatile, you can wear this with anything and recall this great area of the earth!
Line up several glasses of wine and see how many shades of wine coloring there are. Then compare them to all the colors in this one stone! Gold and silver wires wrap around this beautiful jasper that could go with so many clothes-a lovely Australian jasper for you to enjoy.
Looking for an affordable Sea-colored Larimar Pendant? Larimar brings out the sea lover in us all. Like looking into the shallow water around you on deck or in your boat, the white shadows mix with turquoise seas. Wire wrapped in square and twisted argentium wires, this pendant is affordable and lovely--a great reminder of nature's loveliness. Buy and...
A two-piece pendant of Australian picture tiger eye and Canadian ammolite is wire-wrapped in gold and pink gold.
Michigan's Isle Royale National Park is the source of this little treasure, collected decades ago. Delicately wrapped in 24 gauge 14kt gold-fill wires, the stone shimmers with silky dark and light green chatoyant patterns. A great memento from a remote National Park. Buy and enjoy!
Craving a Silver Copper nugget to show off? This tiny treasure from Michigan's Copper Country is a charming little copper/silver nugget wrapped in fine pink gold fill and silver wires. Each side is different, you could wear it either way depending on your mood! One side has more silver showing, the other side is more copper--a two for one bargain!