Lynn Harrisberger | Handcrafted Fine Art Jewelry | Virginia Beach, VA | Jewelry Artist, Silversmith and Lapidary
Drusy, druse, druzy, drusies – are just a few of the ways you’ll see Drusy spelled online and off. But, no matter how it’s spelled, Drusy is the term used to describe the tiny quartz micro-crystals that form on or within the surface of stones. Some of the natural minerals found in this form are [...] Read more »
Chrysocolla Drusy is a prized gemstone known for it’s exquisite Robin’s egg blue color – unlike that of any other gemstone. It’s most often confused with Turquoise – I call it Turquoise’s second cousin – Chrysocolla is found wherever copper deposits occur and is often found with other minerals such as malachite, azurite and turquoise – which are also found in copper deposits. Read more »
This Blue Moon Turquoise is even more beautiful when it’s cut and polished! In the picture above, you can see the beautiful black chert spider web veining, and the variety of colors this mine is producing. Below is a smaller picture of the rough turquoise I wrote about in a previous post so you can [...] Read more »
Blue Moon Turquoise is high grade and gem grade turquoise with and without the beautiful black chert spider-web matrix. Some nuggets also have the hard brown matrix of the native host rock mixed with the black chert. I’m absolutely positive that turquoise and jewelry collectors alike are going to fall head over heels in love with this beautiful natural* material... Read more »
This summer - we shared a much needed 2 days of fun between Mom's surgeries and recoveries, so I took her back up to Tonopah – a short 3 1/2 hour drive from Las Vegas. Our friends, the Otteson's showed us this spot over coffee - after Dean and I got back from the Turquoise mine (Mom excluded - she parked herself in the Otteson's coffee shop with Donna and played with her Kindle while I was on the mountain!) - and it had us rolling on the floor! Read more »
The Orthoceras has become one of my favorite fossils because of their color and interesting markings. These guys are actually ancient mollusks that lived and hunted in the oceans over 400 million years ago during the Paleozoic period. The name Orthoceras means “straight horn” referring to the long, straight, conical shell which is all that [...] Read more »
A recent EXTREME Makeover in the studio’s “Lapidary Division” resulted in all the lapidary rough organized by color in “see-through” containers. (Be gone you dusty old cardboard boxes!) Sometimes it’s hard to believe that all those gemstones start with this. It’s the eye for color and the patterns in the stone that inspires the beautiful [...] Read more »
I’m off and running on some new cuffs and bracelets. The models above are made of brass and copper with a little sterling. In the past, I’ve made models out of sterling so I can see the “real deal” concept take shape from 2D to 3D – but with sterling at today’s prices, copper and [...] Read more »
The inspiration is flowing! At the drafting table with my inspiration: sketchbook, stones, chain, previous work and “old school” tools to work out the design and fabrication engineering for the series. A few of the stones pictured are test cuts on the flat lap! Read more »
After thinking about this for years, doing the preliminary “brand” research, and two wonderful conversations with the ever-so-kind and helpful Quannah of Ameritool – I finally took the plunge! This beauty arrived on my doorstep yesterday as I was leaving for a Gallery opening. Boy was I ever tempted to open that box and get [...] Read more »
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