January 3-9, 2005
In This Installment:
** New Items
** Coming Soon
** Stone Fun Facts
** News & Stuff
** Fortnightly Sale
** Insider's Sale
** Last Week's Top Sellers
New Items
All Sorts of Odds & Ends
This week I am cleaning up my site, adding pictures to existing listings,
and generally getting all those bits and pieces where they belong. This
week we have a nice hodgepodge--a little something for everyone!
Chrysotile Chip Beads
What is Chrysotile? Well, it's what asbestos is made out of, for one
thing! Am I just making these stones up now? Seriously, who has ever
heard of Chrysotile? A nice warm mixture of reds, golds, and
yellows.
Blue Chalcedony Chip Beads
Ladies and gentlemen, may I present the single most expensive bead in my
store? A lot of people really like Blue Chalcedony, so I am making it
available, but personally I would just go with Blue Lace Agate, which is
essentially the same color. Blue Chalcedony doesn't have white bands,
though, and it's glassier than Blue Lace. It's incredibly pretty, but I
don't understand why it is so expensive. Anyway, here it is for those who
really, REALLY want it!
Lodalite Chip Beads
This is what you might call "Dirty Quartz," as it is clear quartz with lots
of colored occlusions and junk in it. I personally think it is wonderful,
so don't let the "Dirty Quartz" thing stop you. Shinier than Black
Rutilated Quartz, this is like Quartz with attitude.
Big Huge Round Garnet Beads
Seriously big, 12mm or so round beads, solid Garnet. Too strange to
be believed; you have to see them. Garnet apparently is cloudy in its
massive state, so these have almost NO translucency, and they are so dark it's
sort of hard to see the deep red color. Buy them to make interesting
chunky jewelry and impress your friends! "Oh yes, these are real
garnets!" (Then hand them my business card.)
Citrine Brick Beads
Nicely hand-cut clear yellow beads. Good quality, very pretty.
Kambaba Jasper Long Chip Beads
Another freaky stone. This is a black stone mottled with dark
green. These are not regular chips, they are long (or "Hawaiian") chips,
so they are in the Misc. Beads category instead of regular chips. I'd love
to get these in regular chips eventually, though. Use these to make really
dramatic necklaces.
Faceted Square Beads
So pretty! An assortment of gemstones make up these lovely beads, 8mm
on a side. These will look nice against Pearls or Clear Quartz. Sold
individually, your choice of stone.
Clear Quartz Mini Eggs
I haven't had any new gemstone eggs in a while. These are good
semi-clear Quartz specimens of about an inch long.
Rose Quartz Mini-Marbles
Cute! I bought a handful of these tiny marbles, and am offering them
for just a buck each. Lots are available, so have a ball!
(Literally.)
Tiger Eye Marbles
These are just gorgeous, strong chatoyancy, very striking.
Malachite Marbles
I couldn't believe my luck in obtaining five of this incredibly rare stone
in marble form! These marbles are sort of wobbly, as if they weren't quite
ground down before they were polished. (Did the maker just get
bored?) So you won't want to use these as real marbles (do you anyway?),
but as display items they work fine, as it's hard to tell they are wobbly unless
you run your fingers over them. If you've been looking for Malachite at a
good price and are willing to have a second-quality sphere made out of a
top-quality stone, you can't do any better.
Coming Soon
New Beads:
Opaque Citrine Chip, Frosted Quartz Round, Citrine Round, Citrine Tube,
Black Onyx Rondell, Golden Abalone Stick
Ocarinas (clay flutes)
"Fortune Cookie" Silk Purses
Solid Perfume in Soapstone Jars
Spring Bracelets
Large Fan Collars
More Faceted Beads
New Marbles: Picasso, Rutilated Quartz,
Ametrine
Stone Fun Facts
Smoky Quartz
** Please see general information on Quartz
HERE.
** Smoky Quartz is named for its color, which is light tan or brown or
gray. The color is thought to be the result of chemical impurities in the
quartz, but it is also widely believed that the color is due to small amounts of
radiation. Natural Smoky Quartz usually occurs in rocks with a small but
persistent amount of radioactivity, and the stone is sometimes artificially
created by irradiating Clear Quartz to darken it.
** The color of Smoky Quartz is rather rare in the mineral world, as there
are only a few other naturally dark brown stones.
** There are three famous types of Smoky Quartz:
~ Cairngoran--A light color that originates in
Scotland.
~ Morion--A dark brown or black variety.
~ Coon Tail--A dark and light striped type.
** Smoky Quartz is thought to be a warm, soothing stone, bringing calm and
comfort to the wearer. It helps to heal grief, and promotes
creativity.
** Smoky Quartz is said to be beneficial to groups, fostering
cooperation. (You mothers of young kids out there might try adorning your
active children with Smoky Quartz to see if it helps them get along!)
** The energy in Smoky Quartz is more subtle than the energy of Clear
Quartz, so the effects of the stone happen gradually.
** This stone carries the anchoring energies of the earth, and is helpful
in creating a deeper appreciation of the earth, and a greater concern for the
environment.
** Smoky Quartz is the gemstone for the 70th wedding anniversary.
Please see other Stone Fun Facts
here:
News and Stuff
Dollar Off Shipping for Return
Customers
We now offer $1.00 off shipping on all orders of $10.00 or more for
returning customers. You should get a coupon in your next package, but if
I forget, or if you get the coupon but go slightly past the expiration date,
feel free to take the dollar off anyway.
Still Trouble with AOL
For about a month now I have not been able to get any messages through to
my AOL subscribers. I think AOL must have upgraded its spam filters and is
automatically rejecting my e-mail. On the off chance any of my AOL folks
manage to get this message, please update your spam filter to accept
dallape@charter.net. I feel badly
that about 30 of my subscribers (some of whom are regular customers) are not
getting this newsletter, and I don't have any way of contacting them. I
don't want anyone to think I am neglecting her or him! If anyone out there
has some sort of workaround that might enable me to slip past the spam filters,
please let me know!
Now Accepting Credit Cards
I got a merchant's account, so now you may use your Visa or MasterCard to
pay for purchases on Ephemerala Online.
Fortnightly Sale
Ring Into 2005
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the
snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the
true.
I first read these words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson a couple of years ago,
and for some reason they always comfort me. These days I happen to have a
lot of ringing out of the false I wish to do, so I find myself repeating this
poem quite often. To celebrate the New Year, all Rings will be on
sale. As 2004 turns into 2005, so do four purchases become five.
When you buy four rings, I will include a fifth one free. Free ring(s)
will be my choice and might be of any size, stone, or style. There is no
limit to the number of free rings you may earn, so RING IN THE NEW!
Or see a larger selection on Ephemerala Online:
Ring Into 2005 Offer is good through January 9,
2005.
Penny Sale
Every two weeks, I hide a new special offer somewhere on my online
site. This listing will offer a certain product for ONE CENT, with any
purchase of $10.00 or more. The item and its location will change every
two weeks, so be sure to look often. Simply go to my online store site:
and browse until you find the hidden listing. Add it to your cart,
along with the rest of your $10+ order, and it will be included for just a
penny. Happy Hunting!
(Recent keen-eyed customers got a WHITE QUARTZ CHIP BOTTLE for a
penny. What will you be able to get this week?)
Insider's Special
100-Bag Bead Collection
This week's special sale is a collection of 100 bags of
assorted beads for $75.00. Most will be of gemstone, but there may be an
odd glass bag in there now and then. You can expect to find any of the
beads I sell online, plus some more that are not listed. Each bag will
contain 50 chip beads or 25 gemstone beads or 10 chunky beads or 2 large
beads. Each bag will be labeled with the stone's name for easy
identification. This special sale allows you to get 100 bags of beads for
only 75 cents each--a deal that doesn't come up often. There is no limit
to the number of collections you may buy.
100-Bag Bead Collection Offer is good through January 9,
2005.
Last Week's Top Sellers
(You know you want to be just like everyone
else!)
1. Gemstone Rings (sale!)
2. Rainbow Calsilica Chip Beads
3. Fluorite Chips Beads
4. Ruby Chip Beads
5. Emerald Chip Beads
6. Tourmaline Chip Beads
7. Citrine Chip Beads
8. Moonstone Chip Beads
9. Pyrite Chip Beads
10. Rhodochrosite Chip Beads
That's it for this issue. Talk to you
again in a week.
--Suzanne Dallapè
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