The long beads are lapis lazuli . I think the lapis in the necklace above is from Afghanistan. It is a clear bright blue and has tiny specs of pyrite in it .There are three round vintage satin finished blue Murano glass beads, and rondelles of turquoise, green variscite, and orange spiny oyster.
The Spiny oyster is a genus of bivalve mollusk called spondylus. It comes in red, orange, purple and rarely yellow. It is harvested from the Sea of Cortez , Baja Mexico. I love the orange color shown above. It is relatively expensive, so I use it infrequently.
The variscite is a phosphate mineral found in Utah and Nevada in the USA, Queensland in Australia, Germany and Brazil. It is a wonderful shade of medium blue green. Variscite is hard to find. This too is used infrequently.
Native American Jewelry can be seen on the website www.pueblodirect.com . They describe themselves as"highest quality Native American Arts at the very best prices. The jewelry looked high quality to me.
The necklace pictured above may be purchased by sending a request through the comment section of this blog. Price is $295
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