SPRING FLING

I ordered these prehnite beads from China thinking I could get more of them, but when I couldn't I thought: How can I pair these with something that will make both look good. I had a handful of these wonderful sand-blasted aquamarines left and let them sit together on my bench to sort of get acquainted. . . and they loved each other! The prehnite is like I like it -- filled with what looks like dry leaves but are really rutiles of another material captured for life. The aquamarine begs to be stroked. I threw in some figured vermeil beads as front accents and a vermeil clasp to complete the perfect spring and summer necklace.