Friday, April 23, 2010
Robin's egg blue Sleeping Beauty Turquoise set in silver as post earrings.
I've had these cabs for over a year, set them as earrings over Christmas, and hadn't taken any photos till last week! And now I finally listed them in my Etsy shop.
I bought them at a local Gem and Mineral Show that's held twice a year at the fairgrounds. The dealer must have had hundreds of Sleeping Beauty cabs rattling around in a box and my daughter spent a long time sorting through them to find matching pairs for me. I still have about 8 matching pairs which, at my rate of setting them, should keep me busy for the next 8 years!
I never knew why this stone was called Sleeping Beauty. But I just googled it and found that it was named after the mountain in Arizona where it's mined, which resembles a lady in slumber.(Hmmm. I guess someone really had a vivid imagination.)
Well, if you want to see more pictures of these earrings, just go here.
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Nicole/Beadwright
Pretty funny.