Tag Archive: Aquamarine

Aquamarine Cabochons

Aquamarine is a variety of beryl. Emerald is the green variety of beryl, morganite is the pink. In years past there were abundant deposits of Aquamarine in Brazil, but in recent years the stone has become more rare. It is one of the world’s finest gemstones. We have matched pairs listed here on the website….

Cabochons, cabochons, cabochons!

Here are three materials not so frequently seen as cabochons; the top is blue sapphire, the coppery cab is schiller Oregon Sunstone, and the aqua colored cab is aquamarine.  These cabs offer designers the fabulous colors of these materials at a fraction of the price of the transparent faceted stones.  And cabochons are so well…