So - what is in these?

First we put in a mineral, either a little garnet, peridot, tourmaline or agate.  This is what they look like:

Agate

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Garnet

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Peridot

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Tourmaline

We put the little stone into the mold:

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Then a little bit of clear resin on top and stir, then move the stone into the middle with a toothpick.

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Once that  layer has  hardened it’s time to put in some copper powder and a double terminated herkimer diamond crystal.

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This is what double terminated Herkimer diamonds look like:

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Then we fill the rest of the mold with aluminum shavings and more resin, the little sticker and let them all harden out in the sun.

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Once we take them out of the mold they look this cute:

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And now you have one of your very own…

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