We thought we’d share this great parcel of five more Australian boulder opals with everyone. These are new in. We are now very fortunate to have a great selection of these in cabochons and beads. We have beads drilled side to side and drilled front to back. And we have matched pairs. These are some…
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Shattuckite Rough
These two dudes are ready to go into the saw. We got them in Tucson from our supplier from the Congo. We think he made the right decision to roughly polish the outsides. We just couldn’t resist.
Bubble Opal
This is bubble opal from Utah. I was intrigued. I only got these two pieces since I’d never seen it finished. Then a couple of days later I saw some carved. WOW. We’ll see how this turns out.
Sonora Sunrise Last Call
Sonora Sunrise, the spectacular combination of red cuprite, blue chrysocolla, and black tenorite stormed on to the lapidary scene a few short years back and has been a top seller for us the entire time. Unfortunately, we were told the material was mined out. Luckily we still had a small stash of rough (very small). …
Happy New Year
2012 is the year of the dragon in the Chinese calendar. It will be an exciting year with lots of opportunities for the brave and the daring. Here is a a dragon carved in to the back of a drilled cabochon. This item is in our Etsy shop, Sparklequest. …
Chrysocolla and Malachite
A while back we posted a photo of a slab of old material that a friend found in an estate and asked for help with it’s name/origin. Several readers responded (Thank you) to say that it was from Arizona either from around Gila or from Bisbee. Here’s a cab our friend made out of the…
Gemstone Carvings
We just added a new category: Gemstone Carvings. Here is a trio of carved watermelon tourmaline. They are carved on both sides.
Yikes! Snakes?
We found this piece of Polka Dot Agate years ago when we took Ken’s Grandpa on our annual spring rock hunting trip. We went to Ashwood, which is outside of Madras Oregon, where we’d arranged to be taken up to the Polka Dot mine, which was closed. But we were able to look for pieces…
White Cat’s Eye Moonstone Cabochon Pairs
We love moonstones of all kinds and always try to have a nice stock of unusual ones. Moonstones have a dream ethereal quality that makes them unique. These white moonstones with cool cat’s eyes are no exceptions. They come from India. We have these in well matched pairs. We hope they inspire great earring designs. …