BECKHAM'S BARN ROCK AND GEM SHOP
1751 KENNERLY ROAD IRMO, SC 29063
Email Newsletter,
September 26, 2003
Saturday,
Oct. 4, 2003 10:00
A.M. - 12:00 P.M.
$10.00 fee covers
use of tools and beads, or bring your own.
Pre-registration
required - Call 803-781-3589 or register by email now
Sapphire is
Septemberıs birthstone.
Even though the month is about gone itıs not too late to get your sapphire and
we have many from which to choose - one especially nice 8x6mm oval. As
well as the familiar blue, we also have smaller pink, yellow and clear
sapphires and star cabochons in white, black and blue.
Jewelry Section
New - Magnetic clasps for bracelet or
necklace. We also have SS and GF lobster claws and toggle clasps. We have
Soft Flex and Soft Touch wire for stringing, including the new gold color Soft
Flex .019. Ask for our bulk price on crimp beads, bead tips, and SS and
GF beads.
New shape -Coin shape makes
lovely bracelets mixed with Bali and other beads.
Double and triple pearls that grew together make a show necklace.
Rectangular
flat beads exhibit flashes of purple, pink and green on a gray background.
Beautiful quality...$11.95 and $29.95
Blue sponge coral * Citrine
nugget * Large well patterned Botswana agate nuggets and ³dog bone shape² *
Gray and white stripe flat oval * Rose quartz potato shape * and others.
Wire Wrapping
We just received a shipment of fine
silver wire, round, in 30 and 28 gauges. We also now have 26 and 24 gauge sterling,
dead soft. You can pick up the latest Wire Artist magazine and one
of the new books - Wire Jewelry in an Afternoon, Wonderful Wire and Bead
Crafts or Making Silver Chains. Be sure to check out our
special forming pliers, some with nylon covered jaws.
Minerals
Here's
a new discovery from Africa - amethyst, ametrine and clear crystals are covered
with many smaller crystals...$9.95 and up
Single crystals, most will
exhibit phantom. $.85 each. 4 oz. bags for $7.50.
Rare
hydrothermal crystals, "celestial blue" color from Madagascar. 2"
clusters...$5.95 and larger up to 5² specimens
Also
rare, intense green garnet druze crystals on matrix. From Saranovskiy
Mine in the Middle Ural Mountains of Russia. We purchased from the Russian
dealer showing in Tucson.
Bright green crystals on
white calcite matrix. Specimens from Argentina and Russia (same Russian
dealer as Uvarovite)
New purchase of well polished
amber with inclusions from Colombia at good prices. Enjoy viewing our
museum specimen.
Joan Beckham
joan@beckhamsbarn.com
www.beckhamsbarn.com
803-781-3589