Beads

The Ancaster Gem show was pretty cool to see - there were so many mineral samples to look at & buy. And beads. Oh the beads! There were also some classes, seminars & demonstrations being held the entire weekend. I wanted to see a glass-making demo this morning - but we got a little turned around finding the Ancaster fairgrounds & we missed it...

I did enjoy browsing through all the booths though. Here's what I ended up with:

A nice haul I think. There are some ceramic beads:

A neat jasper stone that looks like a fossil:

Yep, you can see through it:

A large fire agate egg-shaped bead:

And -what I'm most excited about - a strand of lepidocrocite Madagascar quartz:

The dark speckles in the large quartz nuggets are really pretty.

I haven't yet decided what to make with all these... going to start thinking of designs.