Southwest Sky

We shopped at their tent at balloon fiesta then visited the shop inside Jackalope. Very nice prices and helpful employees

SUMMATION: Located in the back corner of the Jackalope main building and has a great assortment of beads, jewelry, fossils [1], minerals, and stone animals. Service was friendly, helpful, and knowledgeable.NAME: Southwest Sky, LLCMY RATING: ExcellentTITLE: "Bountiful Beads" [Yelp, review #165, 19 November 2014 (TripAdvisor, not listed) and 5 January 2015]NEW MEXICO TRIP REVIEW NUMBER: 19TELEPHNE: (505) 203-8777LOCALITY: 11221 Morocco Road Northeast, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87111-2650Outpost in the original Jackalope 2820 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87507DIFFICULTY LOCATING: easyDIRECTIONS: Counters and tables in the back right-hand corner of the main building of Jackalope.OCCASION: Looking for beads. They had many unusual and not generally available ones. Also bought dragonfly earrings and an embedded insect pendant.HOURS OF OPERATION: 9 am-6 pm Monday-Thursday, 9 am-7 pm Friday-Saturday, 9:30 am-6 pm SundaySERVICE: Excellent, friendly, and he took out additional stock to show us. ENVIROMENTAL: They sell several kinds of Precious Coral [A], which is bad for the coral reefs.HISTORY: Founded in 2011FOOTNOTES:[1] Smallest trilobites I had ever seen, several kinds of nice shark teethSPECIES LIST[A] Precious Coral, Corallium rubrum, and some related species. They occur in the Pacific and the Mediterranean at great depths or in caves. They are bushy gorgonians that grow slowly and have been over harvested in many places. The red to pink skeleton can be polished and used in jewelry.

Great selection of Beads and Jewelry!! Lots of unique pieces!