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Category Archives: Jewelry

Silversmith working on Damascene jewelry in Toledo, Spain

Workshops for Hand-Crafted Jewelry

September 11, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 6 Comments

Some jewelry workshops. A jewelry maker’s studio in San Sebastian, Mexico.By the time we had made it back down Inle Lake in Myanmar it was late. The market was closed […]

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Collections from Around the World, Jewelry, One Word Photo Challenge
Rubies and star rubies for sale. On the shelf beneath them are more gemstones, mostly more rubies as well as greyish sapphires and other stones.

Travel Theme: Buying Sparkling Rubies in Thailand

January 5, 2015by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

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 […]

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Jewelry, Thailand, Travel Theme

Cultivated Pearl Farm in Halong Bay

February 24, 2014by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

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 […]

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Jewelry, Vietnam

The Jade Market in Mandalay

November 28, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

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, […]

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Jewelry, Myanmar, Weekly Photo Challenge

The ‘Frida Kahlo Stone’ Necklaces

April 6, 2013by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

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 […]

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Jewelry
charm bracelet using Mexican amber & silver charms

Mayan Jewelry Journey through Mexico & Guatemala

August 30, 2012by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

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 […]

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Guatemala, Jewelry, Mexico
close-up of silver dragonfly from Laos

black-winged dragonfly captured in Laos silver

August 29, 2012by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

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 […]

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