Blog of Lava Jewelry / Zbella

$40.00These lovely chunky gemstones were sold to me as garnet, but they look like quartz to me. They are transparent to translucent, and have a wonderful range of colors including green, yellow, orange and brown. In addition to the mystery stones, I used round 10mm green tourmalated quartz beads, and pretty little sterling silver beads […]

$45.00There is definitely something to be said about simplicity. This necklace is made of sterling silver curved link chain with a single faceted coin-shaped smoky quartz gemstone between each link. There are 22 gemstones in total, and the necklace measures about 18 inches (45cm) in length. It closes with a small sterling silver lobster clap. […]

$23.00These earrings have 8x4mm faceted marquis-cut grade A peridot gemstones, which I set into pre-made sterling silver prong settings. Each sterling silver setting has six prongs holding the sparkling gemstones in place. Peridot is August's birthstone. ——————–All Lava Jewelry purchases are carefully packaged in a gift box and shipped within two business days of receiving […]

$45.00I made this bracelet using faceted chunks of whiskey quartz, genuine amber, and upcycled seed beads. The seed beads in this bracelet were part of my favorite necklace in high school, and when the necklace broke, I saved all of the beads, knowing that I would eventually find a good use for them. I guess […]