This agate comes from Northern Mexico. These colors are completely natural and the material is very translucent. This will make some gorgeous cabs.
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Ring Stones
This carnelian cabochon, which is listed in our Oregon Carnelian section, would make an elegant ring. Customers frequently ask us about a stone’s hardness when they are considering using it in a ring. But hardness, how hard or easy it is to scratch the surface, is only part of the picture. Equally important is a…
Chrysocolla in Quartz for Earrings!
The colors of chrysocolla make us think of summer. Blue skies, green trees, turquoise colored capri pants… These will make some wonderful earrings.
Azurite Malachite for Earrings
These pairs are done as double sided cabs, drilled from side to side near the top with small drill holes. Tell us what you think of these designs.
Sonora Sunrise
New Sonora Sunrise matched pairs. This mix of chrysocolla and cuprite, called Sonora Sunrise, comes from the State of Sonora in Mexico. We’ve been told that the mines, which are just over the Arizona Mexico border, have been closed. We’re not seeing much new rough material, but we’re always looking. These are the matched…
New Oregon Carnelian Agate
These cabs from our Oregon Carnelian turned out especially well. We had to cut a lot of material to find these colors. Some are listed in our Etsy shop now https://www.etsy.com/listing/151956283/oregon-carnelian-agate-designer-cabochon?ref=shop_home_active And we’ll be listing more in the next few days.
Drusy Collection
These drusy pieces were made our customer, Daria Syrtsova, who sells on a site in Russia at http://www.livemaster.ru/myshop/pums Thanks Daria for the photos.
Carnelian
Carnelian is the name of brownish red and orange colored chalcedony. The stone was been used in jewelry since ancient times. Our carnelian came from southwestern Oregon. It has a lot of variations in color and pattern and produces stones with “character”. The three pieces of rough pictured above came out of the ground looking…
New Style Drops
These were an experiment for us. They are identical on both sides and measure 12 x 20 mm and are about 6 mm thick. They’re drilled at the top. We’re thinking of doing them in other materials. What do you think?