Halvädelstenar i Pärlros smycken

Meet the stones I work with.

Jade

Mottled beads in green and pink tones, sold under the trade name jade.

Pink quartz with a soft, often slightly cloudy and translucent appearance.

A variety of chalcedony; ‘frosted’ describes the bead’s matt surface finish, not a separate type of stone.

Deep blue sodalite with natural white and grey areas that make each bead different.

Purple quartz that naturally varies from light lavender to deeper violet.

Feldspar with a soft play of light, here in warm peach, grey and cream tones.

A blue-green variety of microcline, a mineral in the feldspar group.

Orange to red-orange chalcedony with a warm, often slightly translucent appearance.

Dark green chalcedony with red iron-oxide spots and naturally varying lighter areas.