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Musical dances within jewelry pieces is the theme for the Polyphony Series. This one has two Graveyard Plume Agates with Marcasite and two Thunder Egg Agates all doing their own unique jams. The top Plume Agate shows white horizontal fortification lines in glorious tiny detail while the middle Plume Agate has dragon like plumes flying through a sky of blue tinted agate. The bottom Thunder Egg Agates are one Tube Agate and one perfectly clear blue tinted Agate. The backs are left off the two larger gems and the whole glowing harmony is held together with Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, and Copper.

Jewelry often feels poetic, as a good haiku composition, and sometimes musical as well. This piece contains not only an allegory for the layers of the land and banks of the streams but the sounds of the earth in concert. A Pink Common Opal from a Thunder Egg from Central Oregon starts the measure off with a high note as Fine and Sterling pebbles mark off rhythm. A Deep wine colored Marcasite Plume Agate floats as the central key while a striated Red/Blue Thunder Egg adds a touch of base to the phrase.

This setting came together like a dream unraveling with the sleeper just playing witness. The stones wanted to dance with each other; the shapes becoming the rhythm, lines and curves, metallic highs and lows. An eggplant to lavender Thunder Egg with Druzy Quartz heads of the interplay while a Red Moss Agate and tinted Chalcedony bring in the power and grace. An Angel Wing Plume Agate and Pink Plume Agate end the procession but only after interludes of carved and faceted Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, and Copper islands.

This is a dainty truffle sampler of the good stuff in gentle hues of lavender and champagne from Oregon. Holley Blue Agate is rare and found on the West side of the Cascades if you’re lucky. This stone was found by friends and paired with an equally rare and unusual Marcasite Plume Agate from Eastern Oregon that boasts little glitter fields through the upper portion of the lavender/blue triangle. The 4mm hand polished Sunstone from Southern Oregon is the cherry on the Sunday having its own schiller light. The whole thing is set in an asymmetrical sculpted Fine Silver setting for contemporary flare.

Cairn is the Scottish-Gaelic word for a stone stack used to mark a special place. All the stones are from special places and these Moss Agates are no exception. The lowest is brimming with bright green dendrites while the center one has a few wisps meandering gracefully through clear agate. To top this, the white pluming of Angel Wing Plume Agate oversees all the growth down below. Set in Fine silver with Fine Silver spheres and stack, this Cairn marks where the special place is you.

Moss Agate occurs in a multitude of colors, especially greens. This piece is more like ‘lichen agate’ with it’s gracefully light hues and shapes within the clear agate. The perfect pairing is a similarly colored 5mm Green Petrified Wood cabochon displaying an emerald green striation of wood against mint ice cream green. These forest stones are stacked with sculpted Fine Silver suggesting the wind through the trees tipping the stone balance.

A juicy Bing Cherry Red Moss Agate sits high atop a gem stone stack or Cairn. Multicolored Plume Agate featuring green, pink, white and red teeters above a 5mm Angel Wing Plume Agate. These balance deeply carved Sterling Silver revealing Copper underneath. All stones are set in Fine Silver and backed with a Sterling and Copper base.

Not all Petrified Woods are created equal. This glassy gem boasts Common Opal striations in various radiant, warm shades of gold through chocolate brown. From nearby the wood’s birthplace in central Oregon, this Thunder Egg Agate glows with a copper colored inclusion and blush fortification lines continuing where the wood left off. Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, and Copper hold these stones in a delightfully asymmetrical cairn.

With this rock stack, beauty teeters in the balance. A Red Moss Agate from Central Oregon sits at the top with tendrils of Crimson Red tracing through blue-green Agate. A glimmering Quartz Druzy Crystal encrusted Agate Thunder Egg sits underneath with some of the most brilliant natural faceting I have ever seen. The bottom stone is an Australian Crystal Opal that I bought directly from the miner 25-30 years ago and have hoarded ever since. These stones are punctuated by Fine and Sterling Silver settings hand carved for more faces and angles for flash.

The stones choose their shapes. This Rhyolite from South East Oregon has broken in teardrop shapes several times now. What an interesting coincidence mimicking their lava flow birth! Deep shades of eggplant and maroon are contrasted by dancing splashes of mauve, white, and light green. Another ‘droplet’ in the flow is a sweet green 4mm Rhyolite cab. The lava flow on the left is Fine Silver and the flow on the right is Copper with a Fine Silver sphere at the bottom. The composition creates a circuit of the gemstone lava flow dropping from the volcano, coming out from the earth, and finding its way around to you.

The Rhyolite from the far East of the state of Oregon loves soft, teardrop shapes. This pair of Egglplant through brown and beige tones gemstones has intricate patterns of crazing from the volcanic event that created them. Set in Fine Silver, they are flanked with a swath of Sterling silver on one side and Copper ground on the other for contrast and warmth. These are part of the Flow body of work are pair well with those and any Rhyolite or earth-tone jewelry and fashion combos.

Here’s a chameleon-like Thunder Egg gemstone from the Blue Bed in Central Oregon. When worn and viewed under normal lighting, it’s got striations of light to darkly tinted blue and earth-tone agate. When in bright light and back-lit, the stone shows off light undulations of warmth. The back is left open on this stone so your skin or clothing further tints the stone. Enveloped in a Fine Silver Setting, this is both a cool and hot piece of jewelry to rock.

This far Eastern Oregon Rhyolite gem has delicate swirls of Eggplant, Seafoam Green, Blue, and White through its high domed polish. It reminds me of an impressionistic painting of cherry blossoms. The lower stone is a Green Rhyolite from the same region and is flanked by fine silver and copper.

Moss Agates always charge the imagination with the little worlds inside the stones. Botryoidal Agates add yet another element of interest with a terrain like smooth, stacked bubbles. With the magic of lapidary, we can peer inside the bubbles to see what they contain. Evergreen minerals plume and moss below the blue tinted Agate set in Fine Silver with a 4mm Moss Agate drop below.

From the Blue Bed, I personally pulled this Thunder Egg out of the ground in Central Oregon. Varying colors of blue tint through black and clear Agate swirl around the interior of this beautiful gemstone. The drop 5mm stone is also Thunder Egg with fortification lines running through it. A fine silver setting with an open back allows this piece plenty of glow.

Like a storm cloud parting with a few rain drops, this Angel Wing Plume Agate from Graveyard Point has a few Fine Silver drops of rain adorning its setting. With an open back, the drama of the detailed white opaque plumes may be viewed through the clear agate. A Druzy Quartz cave adds lightning to the weather in the lower right corner while the whole system is held to your neck with Greek Leather and Sterling Silver.

Like raindrops frozen in time, a cascading line of three Fine Silver spheres ends with a ‘droplet’ of Marcasite Plume Agate. Each Marcasite Plume Agate is set in Fine Silver but left backless to let the light shine through and illuminate the shapes and Dendrites the minerals create. These glowing raindrops fall from your ears by Sterling Silver Earring Wires.

This Thunder Egg Agate from the Blue Bed in Madras, Oregon is about as fancy as they come in a small package. Fortification lines in blue, black, white, clear, and blush tones create angles and curves throughout the stone repeated in the setting. Mounted in Fine and Sterling Silver with the back left open, more views of the gem show more and more detail.

Just East of the Steens Mountains, a great thunder was heard. It was the Mega Volcano that tossed lava and minerals all over the area for us to find. This little Thunder Egg is a perfect example of the red and purple Rhyolite, dark metallic materials, blue tinted Agate, and Druzy Quartz all coming together. Above it sits a 5mm Tube Agate containing red striations of mineral.

What a surprise, a heart of stone! A Thunder Egg from the far South Eastern reaches of Oregon contained this gorgeous Jasper-Agate with varying hues of reds and earthy purple tones. The best part is the triangle of white fortification lines at the top delineating the heart shape. The jewel atop this crown is a lavender Holly Blue Agate with the whole ensemble set in Fine Silver.

An incredibly deep purple Washington Amethyst floats over the brilliant white Angel Wing Agate from Graveyard Point, Oregon. Perfect light and dark contrast are held in check by Sterling and fine Silver effortlessly framing them in their balanced Cairn or stack.

This Blue Oregon Opal from a Thunder Egg and Rhyolite, from the Steens Mountains, vacillates from cool to hot with icy blues and heat through the purples, maroons, and pinks of the rhyolite. The contrast is repeated with the setting in Fine and Sterling Silver and Copper with layered areas carved for flow and intensity.

Delicate lines of crystalline layers build a story of volcanic episodes and changing landscapes. The fortification lines in this Blue Bed Thunder Egg Agate undulate in waves and then lie perpendicular in a defiance of order for creative beauty. Dark blues blend with clear and earth-tones of agate flanking a white common opal center with a druzy quartz spot in the middle. Sterling Silver, Fine Silver and Copper are sculpted and poised to present this incredible show.

Cheery colors of Spring emanate from this pendant! An unusually minty green 5 mm round petrified wood hovers above a Thunder Egg Agate/Common Opal swirled with pinks, corals, oranges, yellows, green, and clear. These pastel colors are held by Fine Silver and Copper in the setting that further accentuates the fresh hues.

From the famed Graveyard Point area, Plume Agate of a variety of colors are waiting to be found. Blue is always sought after and this fantastically asymmetrical chunk has the color of the stormy desert sky. Above, black dendrites craze amid washes of warm, yellow Agate and sparkling Quartz Druzy crystals. A 4mm Angel Wing Plume Agate collaborates on framing the piece in Fine Silver, Sterling silver, and Copper.

There is a rare, Red Moss Agate from Central Oregon that is reminiscent of how Monet painted. Red dendrites grew their limbs through blue-green Agate in such a way that the stone appears wine red, purple, or blueish-green with red inclusions depending on the angle and light. In a contrasting dance of shapes and mixing, Angel Wing Plume Agate soars above the Moss Agate with both crystal clear Agate and bright white inclusions. Fine and Sterling Silver hold this size 7 ring to your lucky finger.

Colors mimic the native terrain and ripple deeply in this Owyhee Thunder Egg Agate. Shades of crimson ribbon through orange, clear, and blue agate. Little Rhyolite islands contain flashes of silicate faces bubbling through the gem. Fine Silver holds the stone while Sterling and Copper branch like the dew clad twigs of Spring.

This pairing had to happen. The Moss Agate from Central Oregon is so generously sized that there is an entire world of detail within. Cloudy and blue-green agate alternate fortification lines creating designs amid emerald and forest green mossy dendrites. A blue-green Crystal Opal (from Australian old stock) with emerald green flashes was added to carved Fine and Sterling silver creating a waterfall, cascade, and bubbles in this delightfully water-themed, yet abstract ensemble.

In the deepest Southeast reaches of the Oregon High Desert, there lies Thunder Egg Agate and Jasper that contains purples, mauves, maroons and other rare hues to be found in our local. This stone is both Jasper and Agate, boasts all those colors above, and even a glittery stream of Druzy Quartz running through it’s sweet heart. Above, an old stock, blush-pink Baroque Pearl exchanges light and color from the lower stone. Carved Sterling and Fine Silver create the flowing asymmetrical setting.

Like a high desert sunset, linear fortification lines of the Thunder Egg Agate and Common opal create the background for a red mineral growing like Red Sagebrush. This dendritic (or tree like) mineral throws sparkles within its red limbs while pink Common Opal and blush agate make a great horizon and sky. To add to the landscape, silver hammered terrain borders the bottom upon copper ground ending with Fine Silver spheres above. It’s the beloved high desert in a capsule, like where the Thunder Egg was found.

This Central Oregon Thunder Egg sports cherry red agate, or Carnelian, that flows like ombre’ to light warm shades of yellow and white. An Island of Rhyolite in the upper left hand corner reminds of how this sweet treat was created inside a hard rock bubble. Like the lava that made it, Fine Silver and Copper flow below, combined by heat and hammer, until they are almost a seamless soup of metal. Fine Silver bubbles embellish the scene that is left open backed so you can see through the gem.

A circular Agate, the color of blue-lavender fog hangs over a Thunder Egg Landscape like the full Moon. Downward striations in the Thunder Egg mimic a cloudburst that meet an undulating fortified terrain. Subtle hues of blues and earth-tones are contrasted by white Common Opal. Backlit, the details show through both stones that are left open backed in their Fine and Sterling Silver settings.

A striated Thunder Egg Agate from the Blue Bed in Central Oregon has blush colored Agate like the sun rising over Rhyolite hills and Common Opal clouds above. The upper stone is a 5mm Plume Agate with red, pink, and clear like that morning sun. The desert is carved from Sterling Silver over Copper and the stones are set in Fine Silver.

I’ve never met a desert thunder storm I didn’t like. This Blue Bed, Richardson’s Thunder Egg seems to contain a mini landscape of rolling hills and a stormy red sky with billowing clouds. The land in the scape are fortification lines and botryoidal undulations in varying layers of dark blue Agate and clear. Carved Fine Silver revealing copper lies below resembling flood plane. The sky scene is created from Agate mixing with the Common Opal like the sun going down on a super cell.

A blue sky and copper gorge are made with a multitude of fortification lines in this detailed Blue Bed Thunder Egg Agate mined from Richardson’s. Gently undulating Fine Silver and Copper carved into an abstracted terrain serves as the setting while 18 gauge Sterling Silver wraps this 8.5 ‘two into one’ band around your finger.

The metallic mineral Marcasite grew through this clear agate in a delicate spire formation called tube agate. As though they’re floating, these maroon colored tendrils shoot and fan out through the slightly blue-green tinted agate in an elegant dance. The top, 5mm stone, is a Red Dendrite (Moss) Agate with blue-green tinted milky agate that contains a craze of Quartz Crystal Druzy. The scene is set back into the ground by way of carved Fine, Sterling Silver, and Copper in a topographic terrain.

The first out of a new batch of Moss Agate, fresh from polishing, I just couldn’t wait to set this stone. It cleaved in an elegant diamond shape with deep facets. Emerald to forest green dendrites drift through clear to blue-green tinted Agate. Above the Moss Agate, an Angel Wing 5mm cab offers contrasting texture and color. Set in Fine Silver with a Sterling Silver base, the ‘wing’ below is carved by hand from the metals and a Fine Silver sphere balances on the opposite side.

Out of a very special cache of Common Opal Petrified Wood, some particularly yellow-green pieces emerged. The top 5mm cabochons glow with fresh light like blades of grass in the sun. The lower, dark Moss Agate boasts thick tendrils of olive colored branches through clear Agate. These organic stones are pulled together with carved fine and sterling silver in an undulating landscape reminiscent of their origin. These forests are ready to hang from your ears with sterling silver earring wires.

Not all petrified woods are just stones. Some of them are ‘gemmy’ and this one is a good example. The wood grain striations are not just opaque but translucent and light is held in the cells in a luminous way. I recently viewed some petrified wood under an old microscope, using a mirror instead of the light-bulb for light. The scene was magical; every cell that had been crystallized lit up with the spectrum! These woods do light up the forest. On top, a 5mm Thunder Egg Agate shares the same colors but in a bulls-eye pattern, that of tube agate. These two stones are lovely and earthy to look at and even more exciting on close inspection.

This is some of my favorite Plume Agate from one of my favorite places. A variety of pink tones from ballet slipper pink to Rose’ wine intertwine in ribbons of complexity while clear agate and white common opal collaborate within the artist expression. Pockets of Druzy Quartz add glittering punctuation joining the sparkling flow of the Fine Silver, Sterling Silver, and Copper setting. The mixed metals are layered and hand sculpted with care to create the mountain terrain and glossy flowing texture to catch the light.

This Pink Plume Agate from the Central East border of Oregon was plucked from the high desert like a rose. Swirling shades of pink are joined by sunshine yellow, clear and white agate. Glimmering like dew drops on its petals, this stone is graced by a Quartz Crystal Druzy seam through the center. The surrounding silver landscape is hand carved Fine and Sterling silver with a Sterling Silver band to poise this rock rose to your 8.75 sized finger.

Green Petrified Wood is a rare treat. This Common Opal piece from central Oregon is striated from emerald hues through sea-foam to white in gorgeous, vertical grains. The top 5mm round is a Moss Agate from the same region with beautifully defined forest green mineral filaments. Around them, the terrain is carved from Fine and Sterling Silver with peaks and valleys replicating the striking landscapes from which they were born.

In a brilliant flash of excitement, a Priday Thunder Egg from Central Oregon burst open with the flashiest Quartz Crystal Druzy. Blue tinted Agate formed around amber colored reed-like minerals before the quartz crystals grew like sugar on top. These are view-able through the open back setting as well as the varying hues of the Washington Amethyst. I hardly ever use other folks found stones but this ‘friend-stone’ has been so pretty to work with (and is so purple!). Hand sculpted Fine and Sterling Silver flow like the terrain to make the rest of this unique setting.

Thunder Egg Agate never ceases to amaze. Every one has utterly distinct colors, fortification lines, and other unique features. This large ‘Priday Bed’ gem cleaved off the ‘mother lava bubble’ in an almost perfect arrowhead configuration. Fine Fortification lines work their way from blue at the top, through clear and champagne tints to hazelnut down below. The second gem is a blue tinted Druzy Quartz on Agate Thunder Egg from the same seam of the bed! They were in bed together! Carved Silver and Copper finish the flow of this powerful duo.

This sweet Moss Agate from the Ochoco Mountains in Oregon has a gorgeous sweep of mossing through lovely clear agate. The top stone is Angel Wing Plume Agate from far Eastern Oregon and has beautiful detailing as well. These two are set in Fine Silver with a Fine, Sterling, and Copper carved terrain flowing below.

Angel Wing Plume Agates are the perfect neutral compliment to wear with anything. The variations in the dainty 5mm stones are reflected in the hand carved Fine, Sterling Silver, and Copper settings. The mirror finish, sculpted terrain undulates through different heights that flash and twinkle as they hang from your ears on Sterling Silver earring wires.

The joy of having not just one but two stones break in this intriguing shape can’t be beat with a jewelry hammer. These Marcasite Plume Agates are from the far East edge of Oregon and contain tiny flecks of Marcasite in crystal form that create the dark blue-gray color inclusions and a sweet surprise glimmer inside. They are marbled intermittently with some warm, honey agate so the hand carved Copper, Sterling, and Fine Silver setting mimics the hue variations.

How do we get so lucky with so many varieties of Moss Agate in Oregon? These two stones come from the same neighborhood with very different results. The top stone is a Thunder Egg Agate with white Common Opal and ‘mossing’ with Agate interplay. The bottom stone is gorgeously clear with olive green inclusions of ‘mossing’ and faint fortification lines tracing the patterns of the dendrites. Hand carved Fine Silver, Sterling, and Copper finish the setting to this inspired Moss Agate spire.

We took a special trip to Central Oregon get this Thunder Egg Common Opal. The color is a light seafoam green that tints to yellow and blue depending on the lighting. This sweet gem has an emerald green mineral inclusion that makes it look like the Moss Agate continues up through the stone. The lower Moss Agate has olive green moss heavily lacing through clear agate. The sculpted Fine Silver setting draws the two worlds into one with graceful asymmetry.

Two stones out of the Blue Bed Thunder Eggs that are wonderful ‘not blue’ colors. Pink was the fun score of the day and the top stone boasts Pink Common Opal and clear Agate. The bottom stone is a gorgeous blend of pinks through yellow and green marbled together like rainbow Sherbet Common Opal. Set in an asymmetrical balance of Fine Silver, Sterling Silver (hammered for texture), and warm Copper, this Tribal Contemporary piece stands out with unique style.

Oh how I love hoops! These free flowing, hammered hoops keep the gemstone moving so the earrings have asymmetrical energy of their own. The gems are 5 mm Blue-Black Thunder Egg Agates with so much density they are a dark neutral pairing for fashion (aka: they will go with anything!). Set in Fine Silver and Sterling Silver, these fun earrings are a staple for daily wear.

One of the best Moss Agates I’ve ever polished. Emerald Green forest blooming through blue-green clear agate with a ribbon of fortification clouds delineating the center of the stone in a dramatic fan shape. The companion gem is an old stock green beryl, or Emerald, in rough polish collected 3 decades ago, by myself, saved for just such an occasion. The Moss Agate from Central Oregon is left open backed to enjoy and the cross bar is Sterling and Fine Silver to add to the composition and balance of the piece.

In keeping with the Moss Agate jag lately, these evergreen trees are ready to dangle from your ears. The Oregon Moss Agate from the Ochoco Mountains is so full of dendrites (mossing) that they look like a couple of pretty emeralds at first glance. Left backless so the light can shine through, you can see the detailed filigree of excitement within. Hammered Sterling Silver and fine Silver hold these stones in contemporary but earthy fashion and flash.

A clear Moss Agate triangle with evergreen branches is nestled in a hand hewn, hammered open sided triangle. Balancing the angles is a 5mm Moss Agate circle with intense green dendrites. A collision of two bodies of work, the music of Polyphony meets the Contemporary Tribal, this piece hearkens back to the feeling of ancient times with fresh appeal.

Hammered Copper throws a warm glow behind these intricate 5mm Plume Agates. From the high desert of Eastern Oregon, these plumes meander through warm neutrals contrasted by dark dendritic inclusions. Set in Fine Silver, the contrasts continue with the Sterling Silver dangles and Sterling earring wires.

Are these Butterflies or Rays in the Bay? Sterling Silver, Fine Silver, and Copper were hammered, heated and combined into these asymmetrical shapes. Pink Plume Agate from Graveyard Point and Silver ‘dots’ were added to the texture and contrast feast to create abstract art to fly around your ears from Sterling drop wires.

With fresh, contemporary lines, these Moss Agate drop earrings are dazzling when back-lit. Each of the Central Oregon Moss Agates has complex tendrils of forest green dendrites cruising through clear and blue-green tinted Agate. Fine and Sterling Silver hold the gems in a stylized, carved rendering of the water’s edge and silver bubble spheres. Sterling earring wires dangle these little worlds from your ears.

Quartz Crystals contained inside the white and blue tinted Agate, flanked by the plum colored Rhyolite, cascade down the face of the Oregon native stone like so many of its waterfalls. Above, a Crystal Opal illuminates the scene like the moon. Contemporary curves in Fine and Sterling Silver hint at Art Deco inspiration while commanding style with simplicity.

Suspended between two Sterling Silver sweeping columns are Plum Rhyolite 5mm gems. Swirling colors of mauve through eggplant, these jasper Rhyolite gems were plucked from the high desert of Eastern Oregon. They hang in air elegantly from your ears with Sterling Silver earring wires.

Tiny evergreen threads of ‘moss’ (green dendrites) trace through a clear agate with wisps of clouds in the fortification layers. A 4mm plum Rhyolite with white agate inclusion hangs above in complimenting colors. Fine and Sterling Silver complete the setting for this dainty pendant with a contemporary dual bail holding onto the Greek leather cord.

Swaths of Sterling Silver surround these 5mm Marcasite Plume Agates like fissures of the earth from which they were found. Hammered heavily for texture, they exude the power of the volcanic activity giving birth to the stones. Fine silver post earrings hang these powerful earrings for your pleasure.

A Dendritic Agate with the deepest of Crimson inclusions is embraced by Sterling and Fine Silver topped with Thunder Egg common Opal. The ‘Moss Agate’ has delicate tendrils of varying colors of red tracing through clear and blue tinted Agate. The Thunder Egg gem on top is Pink Common Opal with fortification striations of faint red and clear. This ‘Embrace’ style pendant hearkens to an earlier body of work that is well worth revisiting.

Agates have such a huge variety of characteristics due to the way they are formed. In this case, this ‘Tube Agate’ formed striations of red minerals coursing through the clear and blue tinted agate like lighting through the air. A unique specimen of Eastern Oregon Agate, this gem deserved an ‘Embrace’ style setting in Sterling Silver so the entire stone can be observed and enjoyed.

From the far East reaches of Oregon comes some of the most amazing Plume Agate known to gem lovers. This Graveyard Point beauty boasts ripples of orange plumes against ribbons of dark Marcasite edged with clear and warm tone undulations of agate. Marcasite is a metallic crystal like Pyrite and when it grows in agate, it looks like someone added glitter to the stone. Captured in Copper and Fine Silver, these warm colors are ready to heat things up for the winter months.

An Agate Limb Cast is the memory of an ancient tree’s limb as preserved by agate (typically in a series of volcanic events and time). In this case, the texture of the bark can be seen at the bottom of the stone, green minerals bloom in the center, and a Druzy Quartz cave makes this unique blue-green tinted Agate glitter from within. A Sterling and Fine Silver embrace frames the gem and its interesting history.

Sometimes a gem is so spectacular, the setting just wants to hold the stone like the frame on a painting. This masterpiece made by nature is emerald green Moss Agate from Central Oregon with white fortification lines and Druzy Quartz within them. Usually with Moss Agate, the thinner the cabochon the better. This one is fantastically thick but clear enough that the detail of the moss all the way through it can by enjoyed. The ‘Lucid’ setting is all Fine Silver, left open backed, with Sterling loops from which it hangs.

Minute Moss Agate tendrils lace through clear agate within this 5mm cabochon so thick that it looks like the gem is straight green. Rewarding detail upon closer inspection of the stone reveals a gorgeous lattice of evergreen. A hammered Keum Boo (23.5k Gold with Fine Silver) and open 18 gauge Sterling Silver band holds this miniature world to your 8-8.5 finger with style.

Elements are presented in contemporary fashion for your finger here. A sleek rectangular Angel Wing Plume Agate represents the waves lapping at a dark, 5mm chocolate and ebony Petrified Wood Agate like the Oregon beaches reaching the Sitka forests. A hammered Keum Boo sun oversees it all from the open 18 gauge Sterling Silver band of the ring. The ban splits into to limbs that hold the Fine Silver setting for the gemstones.

Delicate hues of pinks, coral, honey, white, and clear undulate their way through this Pink Plume Agate complete with a Druzy Quartz window. Topped like a blush sun over a warm desert landscape, a Pink Thunder Egg Agate illuminates the scene.

This Moss Agate is like fire and ice; the dendrites are deep crimson and the surrounding agate is blueish white. The 5mm stone is set in Fine Silver with sculpted Fine Silver in an abstracted blaze design. The 18 gauge Sterling Silver band wraps asymmetrically from high to low for a striking addition to any size 7 finger.

Thunder Eggs always seem to serve up the best little landscapes. This midnight blue Thunder Egg Agate has detailed fortification lines with common agate tonal changes and, the best part, druzy where the stone is the darkest. It looks like a scene peering through the mouth of a cave to the water and a sparkling midnight starry sky above. A Fine Silver sculpted, free form setting holds the gem while a split, two to one 18 gauge Sterling Silver band holds this landscape to your size 9.5 finger.

This unusual Red Moss agate fingers it’s way through blue-green Agate in a dazzling display of unique color mixing. The stone is ‘high dome’ polished and faceted to allow for lovely gazing into the stone. A rare Green Petrified Wood cabochon is poised above flaunting a delicate sea-foam green tinting with emerald green pores. These are set into Fine Silver with a Sterling Silver band that wraps this unique piece around your 8.5 sized finger.

A recent trip to the Central Oregon Ochoco Mountains produced some lovely duo-tone moss agates with crisp detail. Deep olive and acid green dendrites wander through crystal clear agate. A rare Green Opal Petrified Wood 5mm cabochon rides next to an Angel Wing Plume Agate 4mm cabochon for contrast and continuity. It’s amazing the similar palette that nature uses in unique geology from different locals.

We owe it to the minerals how the stones find each other’s hues so nicely. An olive green Moss Agate is the perfect tone match to the common opal, grass green Petrified Wood. The rich, varying color within both stones make their interaction even more exciting. A white and clear Angel Wing Plume Agate is a great contrast and shows off how lovely the green agates are. Set in Fine and Sterling Silver, this 7 3/4-8 Ring is a delightful statement piece for your finger.