Marvelous Malachite

Marvelous Malachite

Is there anything more life affirming than glowing, saturated, natural green? Green fields, green mountains, bright green new grass or green Malachite. Now while all those plant type things are green due to the chlorophyll inside their structures, Malachite is green...
The Magical Topaz of… Invisibility?

The Magical Topaz of… Invisibility?

Fabulous Friday Gemstones I come across more lapidary artists than I can shake a stick at (or afford), but one of my major down falls are unusually cut gemstones, like this stunning blue Topaz from Dr. Barbara Smigel’s course on Gemology shown here from her website:...