While bead shopping with my friend Kate recently, we both spotted this charoite at the same time. “If you don’t buy some of that, I’m going to smack you” said Kate, and because one does NOT argue with a 6-foot-tall redhead who owns a lot of lye and more than a few swords, I dutifully added some to my pile of beads. 

(I mean, I would have done that anyway, but a little motivation never hurt anyone except possibly my bank account.)