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Last weekend I went to the mineral and stones exhibition to take some photos and also look for some souvenir. I posted about my experience here. Today I'd like to show you more beauties you may have never seen.

Jewelry was what I was looking for and there it was. Necklaces, bracelets, earrings, sets, of all colors, if you like this style.

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While I was looking at these, was thinking if I could make my own jewelry. I used to do that years ago and was quite good at it, sold a lot, had a lot of orders, so technically would not be a problem. The problem is always the cost of materials and instead of going around trying to find what I need, I thought rather buy it here. But as you may already know, I only bought 3 bracelets.

These necklaces looked good, I loved the coral like ones, especially those with long stones standing out left and right, but red does not suit me, so ... I had to pass. Maybe if I can get my hands on some blue or other color.

those accessories in the box are what you need to make jewelry. I have a similar box, full of similar accessories, waiting for me to make something out of them, or sell them. I'm postponing the decision, but one nice day I have to do something with them.

These were elastic bracelets. It's more convenient to put them on as you don't have to bother with the lock, but I don't like my bracelets stick to my wrist, besides, these costed 3 times more. So why buy these? Last year a bracelet like this costed 15 ron, now it was 20 ron. Quite a surprise, isn't it? Last year a friend of mine bought 10 for himself :)

Amethyst, maybe amber, but I'm not sure about the latter. Once amber was very popular and highly valued but I suppose those times are over.

Minerals ready to be worn by those who like this type of jewelry. I was wondering how much time and experience is necessary to bring these minerals to the state you see them in. Whoever is making them is a master.

I liked the shape of these stones, but purple and me, we're not friends. The green one was cool though.

This was where I spotted a nice piece and thought it would worth buying it.

It was 9€ and what I loved the most was its rough surface and the layers visible on the stone. Initially I thought it was very interesting, but once I took it in my hand and turned it over, changed my mind and finally left without buying it.

At this point I was fed up with these boxes not being arranged nicely. So all my photos look bad but I could not start making order among the boxes.

At this point I gave up hope to find something that I really like, but then I saw those small beads. I love necklaces made of small beads. Too bad these were not something I like. You can ruin a nice necklace with one stone and those had several stones I did not like.

Good thing I did not like any of these as the prices were 😵.

There were a few I liked, but not enough to ask for a price.

Judged by the price, these were most likely encased in silver. Divide the number you see by 5 and you'll get the price in euro.

Same here.

Those on the top are Malachite and I loved them. The pattern of the stone is amazing.

Malachite is a copper carbonate hydroxide mineral, with the formula Cu2CO3(OH)2. This opaque, green-banded mineral crystallizes in the monoclinic crystal system, and most often forms botryoidal, fibrous, or stalagmitic masses, in fractures and deep, underground spaces, where the water table and hydrothermal fluids provide the means for chemical precipitation. Individual crystals are rare, but occur as slender to acicular prisms. Pseudomorphs after more tabular or blocky azurite crystals also occur. source