On a trip to New Mexico, I spent a night at the famed Ghost Ranch. As the day turned to dusk, the entire sky turned this unbelievable shade of lavender-purple. I had never seen anything like it before. Eureka! It happened to be the exact color of this gorgeous Holley purple agate center gemstone – a stone that I had fallen in love with for it's luminescent, almost electric, hue and had been holding on to since 2003. I just never had the inspiration for what to put with it. Luckily, an evening under the New Mexico skies provided the vision. Holley agate is a rare lavender colored agate that comes from western Oregon; the mining locations are closed and good specimens are limited.