Sunday 21 October 2012

Kingman Boulder Turquoise Rondelles, Chinese Saucer Beads, Shell Birds

Finally motorvating on the turquoise. The colour is pretty accurate in these photos: I've also described the colours. Prices follow the pictures in each section.

Kingman Boulder Turquoise Rondelles






10mm rondelles - 1/2 string $36.00; 1/4 string $20.00; single bead $1.25
  8mm rondelles - 1/2 string $32.00; 1/4 string $18.00; single bead $1.00
  6mm rondelles - 1/2 string $23.00; 1/4 string $13.50; single bead $0.75
  5mm rondelles - 1/2 string $21.00; 1/4 string $11.50; single bead $0.60

"Boulder" refers to turquoise with a defined, rich brown matrix. As you can see in the bins of individual beads, some of the full strings came with generalised matrix across all the beads, but blue/blue-green predominating; other strings were graduated from mostly brown to mostly blue/blue-green rondelles. This has a bearing on the prices. I have duplicated the graduating as much as possible in the respective 1/2 and 1/4 strings.

10mm Chinese Turquoise Saucer Beads


10mm diameter: 1/2 string, $19.50; 1/4 string, $10

These look to be colour-washed which is typical of much of the Chinese turquoise, but are a lively greenish blue with a light mix of black or brown matrix and some brown iron staining.

White Moonshell Bird Beads


The birds are hand-carved and vary from 3/4" to 7/8" or 16mm to 19mm in length.
String of 25 birds, $8.00

Pink Luanes Shell Birds


The birds are hand-carved and vary from 3/4" to 7/8" or 16mm to 19mm in length. The beauty of these is they are carved so that the delicate pinkish-orange layer forms their wings.
String of 25 birds, $8.00

General Notes: Please email me for availability. Postage is extra and will need to be calculated on the total order weight and insurance you choose. I take PayPal and Interac/email bank transfer.
Thank you for looking!

1 comment:

Crystal Dee's Creations said...

do you have the pink shell bird beads available and how many do you have?