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 pairs we have for now. We’ll be listing them in the next few days.
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.
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 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…
We have a handful of new top quality Rain Forest Jasper cabochons listed in the store. This material is from Australia. We’re very particular about what we cut in this material and love to cut from slices that have cool pools of agate. Here are a few of them.
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?
Yerilla chrysoprase comes from Western Australia. These are some pieces we will be listing here on our website and in our Etsy Shop at www.etsy.com/shop/sparklequest in the next few days.
Labradorite is gorgeous when you see the flash. The rest of the time, not so much. These are two side drilled beads we did out of a large chunk. Finding the “flash” when we were sawing it was time consuming and frustrating. The material is massive and the grain changes “willy nilly”, so we had…
Blue sheen moonstone is something new for us. We love stones that change, wink, and dance depending on how you hold them or how the light strikes them. We’ll be listing these here and in our Etsy Shop, SparkleQuest in the next few days.
