Karen Riley's surprise gift of all those strands of spectacular gemstone beads turned up some fantastic treasures including a strand of variegated red-to-green tourmaline that looks almost like a roll of LifeSaver candies. Tourmaline is a most wonderful stone. One of my dearest friends had her wedding ring created from one of the most spectacular green tournalines I've ever seen in lieu of the traditional diamond. You can't quite pin down what a tourmaline is going to look like. It can be as pinky-red as a Burmese ruby; as green as an emerald; as black as obsidian or a golden as a citrine. I loved this strand because there is so much going on it it. It's like a party around the neck. Because the texture of the beads was so smooth, I felt it needed a little jazzing up with the gold I used. so there are corrugated roundels and filigree rounds of 14k gold, finished with a corrugated 14k golden ball clasp.Retail Price: $1500.00
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