Handmade Gemstone Jewelry - bead shapes - a primer - nuggets and chips

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Faceted sugilite nuggetswith gaspeite
Turquoise nuggets with othergemstones
 
Nugget shaped bead gemstones are among my favorites, probably because they're close to their natural state. Nugget shapes can be smooth, rough, faceted, unfaceted, polished or not, long, short, fat - basically any shape, kind of. I like the casual look they create.
 
Purple Sleeping Beauty turquoise chips with Nacozari turquoise
 
Kingman turquoise Chipswith Mohave turquoise

Chips are, well, chips. I don't know this for a fact, but I would assume they are a byproduct of cutting larger stones. They are usually flat, but not always, they can be quite small or rather huge. Chips also can be polished, or not - rough, or not. Like nuggets, just about anything goes. I like the way they stack on each other, kind of like a pile of rocks.

Chips and nuggets add texture to a piece of jewelry. They're definitely fun.

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