Revamp SooChin's Natural Crystals Part I

I have promised my dear friend Soo Chin to design some jewelry for her, and weeks ago, she,handed me a bunch of her "EXPENSIVE" precious natural crystal collection during our dinner session.

I feel so thrill to see those "collector items" which she has been collecting years ago and still keeping them like precious.. I know that some single bracelet cost few thousands  for each.  I'm glad I have the honor to redesign and make them fashionable, special and most important made by me  :).

All 13 natural crystal bracelet has 5 very interesting varieties of Rutiles, 3 Amethyst, 2bStar Rose quartz, 1 Star Garnet, 2 Green Phantoms, and some clear crystal beads which was originally beaded with the rest of the crystals using just elastic cords.

Soo Chin's Natural Crystals collection.

I start with Rutiles... especially the one which are most pricey... There is the Round beads Cat's Eye Golden Rutile bracelets.., Oval Rutiles and I had combined 2 multi color rutile bracelets into one design and decorated the beads with some metal bead caps...

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can you see those gold needles inside the rutiles... these needles are still growing..

Other rutiles single strand bracelets:

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Looking at this beautiful Star Rose Quartz. but the whole bracelet of the same tone beads does not make this natural crystal stands out, since it has a sweet, fresh color, I created a set of necklace with matching earrings for Soo Chin:

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to be continue...