Rock Reprieve

Well, not really.  I got a reprieve from slate.  I finished laying it, but I still need to use the stylus and add color.  I jsut put it in place to make sure that it still fit.  It does.

I have a good excuse for not finishing the floor.  I was not here to finish it.

I was forced to go to the gem show...Honest.  Walter made me do it.

Each one o these polished stones cost me one or two dollars... Total fourteen dollars for all...they are various types.  I will probably wire wrap or bead around these.

These are all fossils.  Some were fifty cents and some one dollar. Mostly for wire wrapping.  Not really for beading, but I might attempt to do one or two. The color is a lot richer than the photo.

I have my eye on the terracotta one at the far left.  I have beads that would look good with that.

I apologise for the terrible photo.  These were the expensive ones...Kind of.  The two on the left are embedded with opal.  I think that they call them rock opals because they aren't dug out of the stone that they are in.  The whole thing is just polished.

I don't remember the name of the other stone.  It is not turquoise.  It is faceted.  The most expensive stone I bought was eight dollars....That was the turquoise one.  The other two were five a piece...Once a year I splurge.  This was the day.  All of this for under forty dollars.  Not a bad haul at all.  Did I mention that I love the Tucson Gem and Mineral Show?

I am going back and play with my new rocks now...

See you tomorrow.