Travel Theme: Buying Sparkling Rubies in Thailand
Who wants to go to Thailand, the land of a thousand gem scams, and buy some rubies? I do, I do! First off, I am not talking about buying high […]
Category Archives: Jewelry
Cultivated Pearl Farm in Halong Bay
On our Halong Bay cruise we made a side trip to a Cultivated Pearl Farm, where we viewed the whole procedure from its icky surgical start to the glowing pearl at the […]
The Jade Market in Mandalay
We were expecting the jade market in Mandalay to be row after row of shops selling jade trinkets and jewelry. But what we found was a flourishing wholesale jade market, […]
The ‘Frida Kahlo Stone’ Necklaces
The ‘Frida Kahlo Stones’ are two rather bland stones, one whitish, the other gray, that I picked up on a beach in Costa Rica. They are distinguished by the fact that they have large natural […]
Mayan Jewelry Journey through Mexico & Guatemala
In 2005, I went on a trip from Mexico City through Oaxaca and Chiapas, and on into Guatemala. In Oaxaca I found some charming silver animal charms, in San Cristobal […]
black-winged dragonfly captured in Laos silver
There were so many different dragonflies in Laos. These ones with black wings looked like black orchids tumbling in the breeze. Below is a necklace inspired by these beauties. The […]
