Macrame Necklace: Bolivianita catched in a web with seeds

This necklace features a beautiful raw bolivianita, trapped in a web on a jacaranda seed.
The bolivianita is the national stone of the my country Bolivia, where it is treasured for it’s great beauty. The bolivianita is ametrine stone, that is a natural occurring mixture of amethyst and citrine in the same stone.

The jacaranda is a nice flower tree that grows throughout South America, the jacaranda shells which contain the seeds inside hangs playfully from the tree. When mature they fall to the ground where the sun opens them up. In this necklace I used one half of the shell, which I picked up in Bolivia. It is truly beautiful, a wooden wonder. The size of the jacaranda shells will depend on the tree, some can be very small, of only one inch diameter and very thin like a leaf, while the biggest can be up to 4 inch diameter and one inch thick. The leaf from the tree make a wonderful cough medicine, we just put a couple leaves in hot water and drink it.

Hanging from the jacaranda, are various amazonic seeds, like acai and jarina, seeds from palm trees of the Amazon jungle. The necklace has a macrame designs with a burgundy and brown linen, also decorated with seeds.

To clasp the necklace insert the seeds into the bead opening. The necklace can be washed with gentle soap and a soft brush. It can be used in water since all of its materials are water resistant.