Two beautiful and very different choices of birthstone gift for December born folk…Vicki takes a peek: TURQUOISE This stone has been known by many names through the millennia, Turquoise comes from the French word for Turkish ‘Turquois’. One of my very favourite gemstones, Turquoise epitomises the wonder and beauty of mother nature. Read more…
Got a November birthday? Those lucky folk have two of the most beautiful gemstones as birthstones – Topaz and Citrine. Lets take a look at topaz first; it’s as tough as old boots – clocking in at 8 on the mohs scale of hardness! It comes in an array of gorgeous sparkling colours Read more…
Those lucky enough to have an October birthday have a wonderful birthstone – Opal. Perhaps best known to originate from Australia, there are many wonderful different types of this amazing gemstone, all magical and from all over the world. Technically, opals are hydrated amorphous forms of silica. They’re classed as Read more…
Sapphire is a variety of the mineral corundum – pretty much as tough as it comes clocking it at a 9 on the mohs hardness scale & classed as a precious gemstone. It is a beautiful and durable gem for jewellery. Typically we think of sapphires as blue and some Read more…
I haven’t gone all cultured or foody on you but who’d have thought a marine gastropod and underwater skeletons could be so beautiful? Abalone Abalone is the common name for any kind of sea snail of the genus Haliotis – small or large, actually very large in some cases. From Read more…
Peridot is a green semi-precious mineral & variety of Olivine, & Jodie’s favourite gemstone, so she rues the fact she is not August born! It’s also one of the rare gemstones that occurs in one colour only – a striking olive green. The appearance of the stone does depend on the percentage Read more…
One of the best bits about being in our little shop for me (Vicki) is all the stunning jewellery and the silver and gemstone jewellery especially. Whatever your thoughts on the power of gemstones, I certainly feel positive vibes when handling stones and gain huge pleasure when just looking through Read more…
“Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby! Nah nah nah nahnahna…. Roooooby, Don’t take your love to town.” “Goodbye Ruby Tuesday, who could hang a name on you, when you smile with every new day…. ” Have we got your foot tapping yet?! Hang on a minute! It’s even the name for computer Read more…
Those born in January have a gemstone which is said to bring the wearer good health, prosperity and peace. It is a beautiful gemstone, most often red in colour but does also occur in a rainbow of other colours including oranges and greens and even some colour changing garnets have Read more…
Hi eclecticats, Vicki here…. Where oh where has December gone?! Feeling a little like I’ve been in a coma – especially since Snowmaggedon last week. It has this morning, dawned on me I still have some shopping to do and very little time to do it…Then I came to the Read more…