Featured The tale of a weekend....

You got some really lovely stuff! Coincidentally, I just picked up a malachite necklace this weekend. Mine has two spacer beads between each malachite bead. Wondering why so many similar I see on the Internet are called Soviet? It’s only in taking the photo now that I see it must be missing some of the small malachite beads since the clasp is off center when the largest bead is centered. Oh well, it was only three dollars and I guess I could always move a couple of the small malachite beads to the other side of the clasp.

 

I knew I’d seen wired Juliana somewhere but I have no idea if it’s similar to yours rather than just individual rhinestones on wires.

 

Fabulous finds!!

 

I did wonder D&E. Not sure the wiring is quite the same, but it needs digging. @bluumz , I've no clue why Soviet either. I think three dollars was a bargain, malachite beads aren't cheap.

It was a very bling weekend.

 

No idea why Soviet on the malachite either. Those beads look "native cut", i.e. not made by machine. The green glass seed bead spacers were used for a while with those beads.