New at Lava Jewelry: Saw-Pierced Pendants!

October 15, 2007

I’m proud to introduce the latest item I’ve added to the Lava Jewelry Etsy shop: saw-pierced pendants. I’ve made pendants using my own designs in three types of metal: copper, brass, and nickel silver. ***About copper: Yes, this is solid copper, and it will tarnish. If you would like to keep it shiny, I recommend […]

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October’s Birthstones at Lava Jewelry

October 1, 2007

I have plenty of jewelry featuring October’s birthstones (opal and tourmaline) available now at Lava Jewelry. Pink opal earrings Opal is a type of quartz that contains water in its crystal structure. It occurs in almost every color imaginable. Some varieties of opal include fire opal, black opal, blue opal, boulder opal, Peruvian opal, and […]

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New at Lava Jewelry: Rings!

September 17, 2007

Black onyx copper wire-wrapped ring Many of you have been asking me for rings for awhile now, and now I have them available for sale in my Etsy shop! My rings are wire-wrapped using a herringbone weave around a central gemstone. I’ve listed just a few rings so far. If you would like me to […]

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Yosemite, Part 2

September 16, 2007

Here are more photos from the Yosemite trip I took with my brother… Michael at our almost-perfect lunch spot Our lunch spot; notice Half Dome in the distance Olmstead Point with Half Dome in the distance, looking westward down Yosemite Valley May Lake Mount Hoffman Scenic view from May Lake trail Cathedral Peak Cathedral Peak […]

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A Very Short Walk

September 15, 2007

I took a walk near my house the other day, and I took the following photo… Doesn’t it look like an alien landscape? I know what it is, but you do you? Post your guesses here. I’m absolutely certain that there are people reading my blog who can tell you more about this than I […]

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Gemstone of the Day: Tanzanite

September 14, 2007

Tanzanite is a beautiful blue-violet precious gemstone. Tanzanite was discovered in 1967, and it is found only in the African country of Tanzania. Because of the beauty of the stone and its scarcity, it is one of the world’s few precious gemstones. (The precious gemstones are diamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, and tanzanite.) Tanzanite is the […]

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My Brother Russell

September 14, 2007

My brother Russell is an auto mechanic living in Northern Virginia, working on Acuras. Many of my Russell stories are included in my post about my brother Kevin. The three of us hung out a lot until I left for college. Russell is the fifth child in our family, and he is the youngest of […]

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Yosemite, Part 1

September 9, 2007

I spent Thursday, Friday, and Saturday camping in Yosemite National Park with my brother Michael. I’ve spent a lot of time at Yosemite in the past, but it was always for the purpose of doing geology field work. This is the first time I was able to go there, and just relax, enjoy myself, and […]

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September’s Birthstone at Lava Jewelry

August 31, 2007

Sapphire is September’s beautiful birthstone, and I have several lovely blue sapphire pieces available for sale in my Etsy shop. Sapphire is one of the few precious gemstones (the others are diamond, ruby, emerald, and tanzanite.) Sapphire is a gemstone variety of the mineral corundum. Ruby is the red variety of corundum, and the term […]

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My Brother Kevin

August 30, 2007

This is the fifth post in the series of family stories I’m writing. This time, I’m going to tell a couple of stories about my brother Kevin. Kevin is currently living in Korea with his wife Pat and his five-year-old son Paul. Kevin was also a Marine (he and Kara signed up the same summer, […]

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