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A quartz crystal set in an antelope horn. Overall length about 6-1/2 inches. Fill for the join is 1/50 inch diameter black glass microbeads. The crystal has a very unusual natural shape (to my eye it has an illusory spiraling look when seen in 3-D, though it is all flat planes at the standard quartz angles).

A wand is a type of intention tool, and so (sometimes) is a crystal (with or without a handle). Is this a wand, or a crystal with a handle?
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*JOCAPS Apr 10, 2008
marvelous piece Don!
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*DonSimpson Apr 10, 2008
Thank you. :)
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*Zhon Mar 24, 2008  Professional Artisan Crafter
Oh wow!!!
You are amazing!!!!
This is way better than the wand-like crystal thing I made back in high school (Renaissance faire inspired at the time)
How did you set the crystal in the horn? (granted I've only wrapped them in sinew thread)

Fantastic Job!!!!
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*DonSimpson Mar 24, 2008
Thank you. I do regard this as one of the better results (there always being some things better and some worse than one's current usual output).

The horn is hollow, so the rough end of the crystal is fitted into the hollow and glued (I use cyanoacrylate), and the gaps are filled with a mix of glue and black glass microspheres, shaped to blend the forms together (though I had picked out a crystal specifically for how well it blended with and complemented the horn.).
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*LadyBlacksword Mar 21, 2008   Digital Artist
VERY cool.

Where dis you get the microspheres? They look like they would be fun to play with.
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*DonSimpson Mar 21, 2008
I have a large and eclectic colection of things gathered over the decades from surplus stores, garage sales, discards by friends in high-tech industries, and so on. I don't recall where I got my little vial of itsy black spheres, but I suspect they were originally from some scientific or technical supply place.
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*LadyBlacksword Mar 22, 2008   Digital Artist
Hmm. Could you take a pic of the vial?
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*DonSimpson Mar 22, 2008
I probably could, but it's plain and has no labels. I have, or had, vials of red and blue ones, also. and clear ones of various larger sizes. Plus ordinary miceospheres of the sort that are mixed with paint to make reflective traffic markings.
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*LadyBlacksword Mar 22, 2008   Digital Artist
Wanted the pic to get a clearer idea of the spheres and what they look like unused. And the idea about paint additives is helpful.
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*DonSimpson Mar 23, 2008
Well, some of the vials have labels, but at least some of the vials are not the original containers. Until my next scanning session, here is some information:
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Black glass roughly .02 inch, maybe on the low side. -- Origin unknown
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Red and blue glass roughly .03 inch -- From Berger Specialty Company, aka Berger Beads, in Los Angeles [link] (who may not stock them anymore)
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Clear glass roughly .03 inch -- From Carry-All Hobby and Craft Supplies (local store, long out of business)
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Clear glass marked as .08 and .11 inch -- Probably lab supply, as "glass microspheres" [link]
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