Clear Creek, CA Magnesite Necklace

A large Clear Creek, California Magnesite that has been created into a lovely cabochon of unusual shape and size.  It has been woven and wire wrapped with Sterling Silver and Gold Fill wires. 

 It is enhanced with a necklace created of polymer clay tubes, beads and lampwork beads from Tangible Light designer Michelle Davis.  The necklace is approximately 18 inches in length because the stone is too large to hang lower.  At this length the necklace does not feel heavy shows itself off as the spectacular design which it is.

Magnesite is a white, colorless, or lightly tinted mineral consisting of naturally occurring magnesium carbonate in hexagonal crystalline form: a source of magnesium and also used in the manufacture of refractory bricks.