Accidental pearls, healing crystals, Ta-da!

I was playing with some new materials and have fallen obsessively in love. Above is a 30 inch necklace made of pyrite and vermeil chain.  The large gems are worn to one side for a cool asymmetric yet balanced look. I don't understand why it works but it does. It works so my twenty something daughters each snagged one the minute they laid eyes on them. I am really excited with this new direction in my designs and am hoping to get them up on my site for sale soon ($65). I am reopening my Etsy store too in order to facilitate shopping for everyone.

The necklace features a rough cut pyrite chunk juxtaposed (there I go again) next to a Keshi pearl. While most Keshi pearls today are intentionally formed, originally they happened by accident or mishap when a pearl formed without a nucleus. I love the concept of beauty emerging, as it so often does, when things go wrong.

The third element in the necklace is a 'Herkimer diamond'  or double terminated quartz crystal. I love how it is drilled right through the middle causing it to hang in unlikely horizontal surprise.

James chides me that I should not include that both pyrite and the crystal are thought to have beneficial metaphysical properties, and while debunked by science copper is thought to have healing properties as well.  I joked with him that I felt so much better after photographing the necklace he might want to consider holding it for a while.  Regardless of whether minerals can radiate good karma, I believe beauty does the job all by itself.