There are many many ways to use natural stones as pendants. Of course probably the best and most well known is that of using a faceted gemstone and it being placed in gold, silver or platinum mounting and then strung on a chain or incorporated into a complete necklace. However, the use of natural gems and stones is becoming more and more popular and there are several mounting methods that allows them to be used as pendants.
.The simplest is drilling a hole and hanging the stone from a bail like has been done with these sliced Agates.
and sliced Druzy Geodes.
Another method is to surround the stone with a very thin strip of brass, bronze, plated silver or gold and "pound" the metal into the edge surface of the stone, and then attach a bail for it to hang from a chain or lanyard.
. The following pieces of quartz have been finished in that manner.
And then for those with wire-wrapping skills, the various stones can be incased in various types of metal and held there by the simplest or most complicated styles of wire-wrapping.
.This is an Indonesial Coral Fossil Stone in a basic wrap.
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Pieces of Pietersite and Obsidian are held in place by a slihtly more complicated wrap.
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Here an Amethyst Geode is held by a simple wire-wrap.
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While this Crazy Lace Agete is held by a more complicated wire-warp.
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Thanks to several who provided pieces or pictures to use as samples.
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