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showing off some valuable stones in Mandalay's Jade Market

Jade, a Green Semi-Precious Stone

November 3, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

Jade comes in two recognized forms: Nephrite and Jadeite. Although they are distinctly different under the microscope they both share a certain ‘toughness’. This means that they both are easily […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Colour, Jewelry, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles
Custom-made Rock in Black and White

Patterned Stones in Black & White & In Between

March 5, 2019by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

I saw this black and white Pegmatite rock in the National History Museum in Copenhagen, Denmark. I thought the patterns on it were amazing and certainly worth a painting.Later I […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Colour, Jewelry, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles
Red Jasper on a beach in Wales

Semi-Precious Stones: Red Jasper

September 11, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

In Beaumaris, Wales I met a man selling Red Jasper, green Chert (a type of flint) and Slate which he had been cutting and polishing to make uniquely local pieces […]

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Jewelry, Rocks, Stones & Pebbles
Banff's Iridescent Ammonite

Banff Gemstones and Fossils

March 20, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures Leave a comment

A trip to Banff (and visit to one of their ‘rock’ shops) left me fascinated with Mother Nature’s ‘art’. Pyrite cubic crystals. Fossil trilobite. Fossil nautilus shell. Fossil fish. Bismuth […]

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Irish green & orange necklace on a peat brown linen shirt

A Necklace Inspired by Ireland

March 17, 2018by Albatz Travel Adventures 3 Comments

I have been wanting to put together a necklace inspired by the colours of Ireland: orange and green. My inspiration was the Irish flag which combines the ‘orange’ Protestants and […]

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Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Colour, Jewelry
bracelet of crudely-carved rhodonite beads

Rhodonite, a Pink Semi-Precious Stone

December 19, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 1 Comment

Rhodonite, with its distinctive rose pink colour, is often veined in olive green or black. Pink rhodonite, leopard jasper, rutilated quartz, ebony & brass necklace.Detail of heavily veined rhodonite, brass, ebony […]

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Jewelry
champagne in the snow: citrine & silver earrings

Quartz, a Semi-Precious Stone

December 12, 2017by Albatz Travel Adventures 2 Comments

One of the things that characterize Quartz is its crystalline structure. ‘Ice Storm’ necklace and earrings containing crystals of clear Quartz, often known as Crystal Quartz or Rock Crystal.  A […]

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