However, even these seemingly straightforward characteristics can lead you on a wild goose chase, as crystals can be chameleonic, showing different colors depending on their impurities or environmental factors. You start by examining the basics: color, shape, and size. When setting out on the quest to identify crystals, you're essentially becoming a crystal detective, relying on your sharp observational skills. The world of crystals is a kaleidoscope of colors, shapes, and sizes, and each variation tells a story of its formation and journey through the Earth's crust. It's almost like they have a secret language of their own, with different dialects spoken by crystals from different locations, inclusions giving them unique personalities, and the part of the stone they originate from, known as their matrix, adding another layer of complexity. PLEASE realize that Covid-19 may affect our operating hours please call Glassando at (319)341-7887 for the latest information.Identifying crystals and rocks can be quite a puzzle, and the variations within each mineral family can be astonishing. Please feel free to give Glassando a call at (319)341-7887 with any questions. Our store hours are Monday thru Friday from 10 AM until 6 PM, Saturday 10 AM to 6 PM, and Sunday closed. Glassando’s retail store is located inside downtown Iowa City’s Old Capitol Mall. You can shop for selected ornaments online now as well! Glassando carries lots of green jewelry including pendants, earrings, and rings made from naturally expired butterfly wings! These butterfly wing pieces help sustain the butterfly farms in the rainforest that the butterflies are raised in.Īround the Holiday Season we also add glass ornaments! Stop by the store for the full selection. Our large collections of fossil jewelry includes ammonite fossils, trilobite fossils, fossilized shark teeth, fossilized sand dollars, and even fossilized dinosaur bone jewelry! We feature unique stone jewelry as well including turquoise, pearls, amethyst, druzy, jaspers, geodes, and fossils. Some of our most popular pieces include green, cognac, and yellow amber! Amber jewelry makes a great gift that will be treasured for years to come! Inlaid Baltic amber and carved Baltic amber are favorites in our Iowa City store. Styles include traditional cognac (brown) amber but also contain, green amber, yellow in both lemon and butter scotch amber, and cherry amber. Several styles of Baltic amber jewelry feature sterling silver. Our store also offers Baltic amber jewelry. Many families on Murano have been blowing glass for generations! When you buy Murano glass you can rest assured that you are getting some of the finest art glass available. Glassmakers have been on the Venetian lagoon since 1291, when the Venetian republic ordered the glassmakers to move their foundries because of the fire danger to Venice’s wooden buildings. Glass making in the area dates back to the seventh century. What does Murano glass mean? Murano glass is art glass that comes from an island in the Venetian lagoon known for master glassmaking. We feature pieces by selected American artists (including dichroic glass)but the majority or our pieces are Murano glass. Glassando wants to be your source for art glass jewelry. Many more unusual pieces of jewelry are available in the store, plus stock is always changing! Many of our jewelry items make great gifts! New items will be added to our online shop so please don’t forget to visit often. Murano glass jewelry direct from Venice, Italy, Baltic amber jewelry, handcrafted artisan jewelry and more are available at Glassando in Iowa City and online! Shop online now or stop by our jewelry store when you are in Iowa City.
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