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Warm, nature-made, amber is lovely and lightweight to wear. Try it once and you’ll want to slip it around your wrist or neck again and again. It comes in so many colors and even has claims made in its name to health benefits.

Nothing is yummier than gemstones and beads from India. Shopping at the wholesale shows in Tucson every year, I’m hard pressed not to buy everything in sight, but especially Indian stones in the jewel colors of ripe fruit. 

The Beauty in Darkness collection was formed around the work of artisan Marc Griffith. The pendants and links he creates from found objects, stones, and beads are wrapped in tin, soldered, and oxidized so the tin turns black. Components for...