The ELEGANCE COLLECTION - Simple and Dainty !

Crazy Lace Agate oval beads and tanzanite colored Crystals join with silver plated accents to make this 20 inch simply elegant necklace.

The necklace is finished with a silve platd Toggle clasp.

Silver plated French Hook dangle earrings with matching tanzanite colored Crystals complete the set.

Crazy Lace Agate is one of many varieties of cryptocrystalline Quartz that fall under the general group referred to as "Agate." The variety that has been named Crazy Lace tends to have, as the name implies, lacy patterns that are fairly random. Much of the material found on the market today has colors of banding that tends to be various shades of white and gray with some blue, however material from older collections displays a wide variety of bright colors, but predominantly reds and browns mixed with whites. Some of the bands in Agates can be translucent to transparent. Occasionally Agate nodules will have hollows inside that have small drusy Quartz Crystals projecting from the walls. A specific Crazy Lace Agate that contains blue and white stripes is also known as Mexican Agate, coming from Chihuahua. It is an attractive, white, opaque stone, with blue patterns like a beautiful, multicolored paisley cloth. Sometimes when cutting this stone, the connection between individual bands is not that strong. When successfully cut, however, it creates beautiful and unique stones with fascinating patterns.

Czech Crystal is also used in this set.

GEMSTONE JEWELRY - A Crazy Stone !

In this case not a 'crazy stone' but the name applied to one of the more colorful stones in the Agate family. Agates come in all colors and designs within the stones, but one of the most popular is called "Crazy Lace Agate", coming out of the Sierra Santa Lucia and Durango areas of Mexico.

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In this design, we actually used two gemstones to highlight the piece. Three of the five puff oval Stabilized Arizona Turquoise beads make up the pendant with two more inbetween the four squares of Mexican Crazy Lace Agate. Additional stabilized Turquoise rounds and barrels and an extender with a Lobster clasp complete the necklace. Matching dangle leverback earrings finish the set.

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Crazy Lace Agate, also known as Mexican Agate, is an attractive, white, opaque stone, patterned like a beautiful, multicolored paisley cloth. It is a cryptocrystalline quartz, found in Mexico. It is almost always found composed of multicoloured twisting and turning bands and thus fits into the microcrystalline quartz family. It can range in color from brown, through the reds and yellows, to purples and even blues. Many time it is named based on its color, ie., Blue Lace Agate.

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Stabilized turquoise - Turquoise that is soft or normally referred to as "chalk" Turquoise is infused with a clear epoxy resin. This resin, under pressure, is absorbed into the rock, which permanently hardens the rock and deepens the color. Unlike the collectible natural Turquoise which deepens in color over time by gradually absorbing oils from the skin as it is worn, the colors in stabilized Turquoise are permanent. Most of the Turquoise on the market today is stabilized and should not cost as much as natural Turquoise. Stabilized turquoise can be very beautiful, and is a good buy. Because of it's hardness and consistant color, stabilized Turquoise wears much better in Jewelry.

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