Ametrine was one of the great finds at the last gem show because you don't see a lot of it around, so I was very happy to find a lot of good quality are reasonable prices. Layers of Amethyst and Citrine, which comprise Ametrine, are only created when the heat of formation is hovering around the 500°C mark. Below that you get Amethyst but above, Citrine. So it's an unusual quirk of Nature. The nice thing, as with most natural partnerships, is that they are very complementary energies. I love Amethyst, but can't wear it because it pushes me too far into my natural spirituality and away from t...

Got a really efficient production line going on those uploads now. Can't believe how long it used to take me ! So in New Jewelry you'll see some really lovely "A" grade Rhodochrosite - I think we all need a bit of that warm loving self indulgent energy ! There's a new range of Manifestation quartz, an ideal stone for manifesting in this ONE year as we start a new cycle ( great prices too. ) An extraordinary and beautiful star shape Golden Rutile ring, and tonight's contribution is a lovely range of Malachite, so we can detox those negative energies and associated thoughts and focus our natu...

Arrived back in Melbourne 10 days ago with a nasty Flu which of course I made worse by pushing myself to get organised. But at last I'm back on track ! Uploaded various Opals this evening, tomorrow I'll do Aquamarine Rough and Cacoxenite. So "New Jewellery " will be well worth a look over the next month ! Apologies though for the Crystal pages - we've massive amounts of lovely stock, just not enough time to upload it . . . . . working on that :-) Did you have a particularly intense Full Moon over the last week ? We certainly did. Right at the peak of our dramas, a customer made an interesti...

Yes, I finally got away for a break before the Gem Show. But just before I left we had another influx of stock so I put a few long shifts in photographing it.  According to plan, I'm now sitting on my Balcony in Thailand devoting a few hours to uploading. Because I don't what you all to get bored with the site !!! It's all going into the New Jewellery collection. There's lots so I'll do an hour a day. OK, off to the pool now :-)

Don't know about you all out there, but in the Crystal Heart microcosm it seems a lot of us have had a hard time over the last few days. Personally I've been feeling exhausted, grumpy and pointless ! A lot of this is due to preparation for the current 1 year, which really demands we let go of unnecessary old baggage. Particularly negative self beliefs. For me, the negative overload was beginning to manifest some worrying physical symptoms so a couple of nights ago I dug deep and called on healing energy. I could egoise that, for after all I had the faith to make the effort -  but as I had t...

Thanks again for all your support - I really do value it more as each year goes by. Well, it was a record December on all fronts but left me totally exhausted and I'm only now getting back into gear with some new uploads. Numerologically, 2017 is a " One Year " ( 2+0+1+7 = 10, 1+0 = 1 ) which means new beginnings. I think I believe in this now - looking back to previous 1 years. In 2008 we moved to this big new shop, which meant more departments, more staff, more pressure ! The first few years were really tough but by 2016, the completing nine year we had it sussed. Go back to 1999, I took ...