Covellite, Sterling, 14K gold PEN457
1 1/8 x 1 5/8″
$175
This deep blue-black slightly iridescent stone comes from Montana.
I used a bit of gold to accent the Pyrite streaks in the stone.
Maxine Burkholder
“Jeepite”, Ruby (my cut), Sterling PEN447
1 1/8 x 2 3/4″
$225
Fordite, also known as Motor Agate, was made years ago, by the no longer used practice of hand spray-painting multiples of cars in automotive factories. The over-sprayed paint in the painting bays gradually built up into thick colorful layers. These layers were hardened in the ovens that the car bodies were baked to cure the paint. Crafts people soon discovered these rock hard chunks in the trash, This piece came from the Jeep factory—thus “Jeepite”
E269 Sterling, 14K gold, Indonesian Blue Opal Wood
5/8W x 1 1/2″ H
$285
These beautiful stones are an opalized petrified wood found only on the side of an ancient volcano, Mt. Tjikolak in West Java. Because of a lot of copper in the area, it can be found in many shades of blues to teal, often with visible specks of native copper.