Hand crafted gem stones and the tools and equipment to make them
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     Hand crafted gemstone pendants...
All pendants are created by starting with rough material. Slabs are cut from this rough and shaped on diamond wheels.  After shaping I use progressively finer grit diamond wheels to create the final polished pendants. The pendants are all hand made by myself.
Charles Van Meter

NOTE: Items marked sold may still be available if I still have some of the material, call and we probably can make a similar pendant for you......

All pendents come with a FREE medium weight  18" silver plated chain.  To see the free chain go to the bottom of the neck wire page.  Height measurements include bails. All large bails measure .4 " and are heavy plated silver. Options of anti-tarnish silver alloy chain or several attractive neck wires are available.  For details click here.

Picture Jasper - Africa

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Item # 7107
Size - 2.2 x 1
Price $33.00

African Queen Picture Jasper, from Namibia, SA. It is a beautiful tan and brown desert landscape scene.



Gila Monster Jasper- Northern, AZ

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Item # 7163
Size 2.2 x 1
Price $28.00
New find this past year from the NE corner of Arizona

Ocean Jasper Druzy- Madagascar

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Item # 7089
Size - 2.8 x 1.2
Price 79.00

The Ocean Jasper forms at sea level and was mined at low tide by hand. It was a small deposit and has been mined out.


Trilobite - Utah

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Item # 7101
Size 1.5 x .8
Price #29.00
 Trilobite Fossil specimen! It is in the Elrathia Kingi, Alokistocaridea Family, and it comes from the Wheeler Shale Formation in SW Utah. 
 Cambrian Era circa 500 million years old! 


Burrow Creek Lavender
Jasper Heart

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Item #6972
Size 1-3/4 x 1- 1/8

This jasper material is no longer
available, the area in NW  Arizona where  it comes from has been closed to collecting.

Price $43.00

Turquoise Heart Pendant with
infused bronze

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Item #6978 SOLD
Size 1-1/2 x 7/8
This turquoise is from the Colbaugh mine in Kingman, AZ.
It is made from the turquoise and is  created with a process at the mine. I enjoy carving out the hearts from this material.  
Price $44.00

Biggs Picture Jasper- Oregon

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7113
Size 2.3 x 1.3
Price #42.00
Biggs was discovered about mid 1960's in Oregon when a highway was cut through Biggs Canyon and this beautiful material was found. There was a scramble to obtain as  much as possible before the highway was completed and covered the deposit.

Moss Agate - USA

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7132
Size 2.3 x 1.4
Price #39.00
You can peer directly in to this intricate stone. It reminds me of some of the galaxies and worlds in outer space.

Turquoise Pendant with
infused bronze

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Item #6958
Size
This turquoise is from the Colbaugh mine in Kingman, AZ.
It is made from the turquoise and is  created with a process at the mine. It is a very graceful and  attractive stone.



Price $52.00

Sodalite Heart
Pendant

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Item #6977
Size 2- x 1-1/4
Sodalite is a dark blue stone with white calcite interspersed. It is sometimes confused with lapis lazuli as it also has small specks of pyrite in it.
The Sodalite pendants go great with jeans.

Price $37.00 SOLD

Silver Lace Onyx W/dendrites
- California

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7109
Size - 2.2 x .8
Price $38.00 SOLD
Silver lace onyx is from the Calico Mtns of CA and has color bands of gray and white with some yellow and contains black dendrites

Silver Lace Onyx W/dendrites
- California

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7112
Size - 2.4 x 1.3
Price $46.00 SOLD
Silver lace onyx was assayed and found to contain silver  in the dendrites. Silver lace onyx makes beautiful and unique cabochons.

Pink Opalite - Peru

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Item # 6970
Size - 1.4 x 1.1
Price $ 32.00
 Opals from Peru are found in the Andean mountains. Pink opals basic composition is in the quartz family of gemstones.

Coprolite heart pendant

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Item # 6968
Size - 2.1 x 1 
Coprolite is fossilized dinosaur feces. Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence of the animal's behavior (in this case, diet). The colors in the agate come from the minerals in the ground as the fossil forms.
Price $36.00  SOLD

Rhodenite - Australia

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7130
Size 2.2 x 1.2
Price $36.00
Rhodenite is an attractive mineral and is used for carving, cutting, shaping and polishing into interesting pendants .

Rhodochrosite - Peru

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7129
Size 2 x .85
Price $39.00
Rhodochrosite is an elegant pink and white stone called the "stone of love and balance".  Argentina has an old Incan silver mine that has produced fine stalactitic examples of rhodochrosite.

Bisbee AZ Turquoise

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Item #6962
Size
The Lavender Pit copper mine closed in the 70's. That was the last time the famous Bisbee Turquoies came from the mine.





Price $ 99.00

Coprolite Heart Pendant

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Item # 6967
Size
Coprolite is fossilized dinosaur  feces. "Dino poop" Coprolites are classified as trace fossils as opposed to body fossils, as they give evidence of the animal's behavior (in this case, diet).



Price $ 36.00

Banded Iron
Pendant

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Item # 6993
Size 2.4 x 1.25
Banded iron formations (BIF's) are distinctive sedimentary rock that are always of Precambrian age. A typical BIF consists of repeated thin layers of silver to black iron oxides, either magnetite  or hematite alternating with a
 red jasper. Very attractive when cut and domed.
Price $ 39.00

Turquoise in Deer Antler
Button Pendant

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Item # 6994
Size 2.1 x 1.6
Turquoise size .7 Dia.
Deer shed antlers between January and April, after the mating season draws to a close. At the base of the antler is the button. The turquoise is natural unstabilized quality Kingman turquoise. Comes with sterling silver bail and chain.        Price $ 69.00

Copper with Quartz

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Item #  7165 L  or  R
The quarts attached to these solid copper chunks is stained green from the copper oxides. The piece on the right is a profile 
bust of Ben Franklin.
Left 1 - 3/4" x 7/8"  SOLD        
Right 1.8" x .8" $32.00     SOLD

For information or order click here

Boulder Turquoise Bisbee, AZ

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Item # 7138 ( L, Ct, R)
L - 1.8 x .7   $39.00
Ct - 2.4 xx 1.4  $54.00
R - 1.5 x .6  $30.00
This Turquoise is from a mine owned by a friend.  The turquoise is in a thin band in the matrix of stone.  This is the New Bisbee turquoise .


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