STERLING – Inside Northland Mall sits a diamond within the tough.

Rissa’s Rocks and Gems is the little cart holding a blinding show of crystals, gem stones, and jewellery.

Proprietor Clarissa Minge took her ardour for geology and commenced creating customized jewellery orders by way of Fb. As orders started to ramp up, she determined to broaden her enterprise into the mall.

“I’ve at all times had an curiosity in geology and spent lots of my early years in Utah out amassing rocks and fossils. Once I received older, I fell in love with wire-wrapping and making jewellery. The whole lot else form of took off from there,” proprietor Clarissa Minge mentioned.

Minge makes her jewellery by wrapping copper and Sterling silver wiring round varied rocks and valuable gem stones. Minge additionally carries uncooked stones for collectors, crystal towers, and different ornamental items.

Rissa’s Rocks and Gems is open from 10 a.m. to eight p.m. Wednesday by way of Saturday and from midday to five p.m. on Sundays. Prospects can verify the shop’s Fb web page for updates on new stock.

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