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.
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Awesome Old Stock Deschutes Jasper Cabochons Coming
I have to admit that as much as I love rocks and gems I’ve never really been much of a collector. As a dealer I am so lucky to get to touch and admire them every day. But I’m not much for leaving them a shelf to look at. So we’re getting ready…
Blue Zircon
This blue zircon came from Cambodia. It caught my eye today because the color made me think of summer and summer clothes. We’ve got spring fever here at Rogue Gems. Check out our spring fever sale in our Etsy Shop, SparkleQuest at www.etsy.com/shop/sparklequest
Fossilized Dinosaur Bone Pendant beads
This is fossilized dinosaur bone from the American Southwest. The big dudes, as in brontosuarus, t-rex, triceratops… roamed there during the Cretaceous period. I like to think that our dinosaur bone came from a girl dinosaur, like maybe a big tough triceratops. Big, successful, able to take care of herself kind of girl. When faced…
k2
K2 is azurite in granite from Northern Pakistan. It is found at the base of a mountain called K2. K2 is the second highest mountain on earth and has the second highest fatality rate for those who climb it. For every four people who have reached the summit, one has died trying. It’s amazing the…
New Exotica, SciFi, Porcelain Jasper Designer Cabs
Awhile back we talked here about a huge terrific slice of Exotica jasper we had. You know, that stone so cool they named it three times. It was truly one of the nicest slabs we’d seen of this material. We we turned it into a handful (large) of very nice designer cabs. A…
Hell’s Canyon Petrified Wood
Just in. Customers have been asking for it. Love the pattern. The holes in the bottom right are the result of dry rot from before the tree was petrified. The wood is sequoia. We’ll post about the cabs we make out of it.
New Batch of Designer Cabochons and Beads
We have made a new batch of fantastic cabs in many materials including for example Indonesian Fossil Coral, Sonora Sunrise, Ocean Jasper, and polychrome jasper just to name a few. For example we just listed this super nice fossil coral pendant or focal bead. Also just a heads up that we will be attending the…
New Rough In: Cherry Orchard (Vocano) Agate
We’re aways looking for something different to offer. So I jumped at the opportunity to buy a parcel of Cherry Orchard Agate. This is an agate from India which is sometimes called Vocano Agate. I’m going with Cherry Orchard because it just seems to fit better with the stone. I’ve seen the material from time…
Behold the Purple Cow: Agate Cabochons
Last year at the big Madras, Oregon rock show I had my first introduction to the Purple Cow, a new “old” agate from extreme Southeastern Oregon It is from near the tiny town of McDermitt which is very nearly on the Oregon Nevada border. Not many even realize that Oregon shares a border with Nevada….