Rita considered stone beads an essential elements in most of her necklace designs. Many of Rita's favorite personal necklaces were made from antique and ancient stone beads.
Rita's collection includes ancient amazonite beads, ancient serpentine beads, ancient stone beads from West Africa (carnelian, rock crystal, and agate), granite beads, turquoise, antique carved and Idar Oberstein beads, amethyst, howlite and malachite beads.
