We bought a small selection of Montana Agate to try out. It’s hard to find good pieces that aren’t fractured, but at it’s best Montana Agate is beautiful and durable enough to be considered a ring stone. We’ll post photos of the finished pieces when we have them.
Tag Archive: natural gemstone cabochon
Blank Slate: Huge Exotica Jasper Slice
While we wear many hats here at Rogue Gems, one of the most critical challenges is to create designs for our cabochon. It involves choosing only the very most interesting portions of the slabs and then selecting a shape that uses the selected portions of the slab to its greatest aesthetic advantage. One of the…
New Stones In Store: Spiderweb Jasper (Oregon)
A Little History What you’re seeing here are some great cabochons made from what’s called Spiderweb Jasper in the trade. It of course gets its name from the lines running though the green background. This material was apparently first found in Southeastern Oregon back in the 1960′s. (So I guess its appropriate I’ve got Credence…
Australian Boulder Opal Designer Cabochons and Beads
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…
Something Different: Pyrite in Agate Cabochons (Mexico)
We rogues are always trying something new. Always looking for something different. And we usually find it. While at the QIA Pow Wow in Quartzsite for the 2011 show, we stopped in at the booth of one of our favorite gem stone carvers. She always has a bit of rough stone and slabs. I was…
Top Dog At Tucson: Polychrome Jasper Cabochons
As I posted on our Facebook page last night, polychrome jasper from Madagascar outsold all of our other top designer cabs at out Tucson shows. In fact, we sold all that we brought. Luckily (or not) we accidentally left some behind so we still have some left. We’ve put a couple up in our Sparklequest…
Oregon Sycamore Petrified Wood Cabochons and Beads
I love petrified fossil wood, and I live in an area that has terrific deposits of highly agatized gem quality wood. Not too long ago we found several gorgeous slabs of agatized petrified sycamore from Western Oregon. The material is found in the vicinity of Sweet Home, Oregon. We cut a big handful of large…
New Bruneau Jasper Designer Cabochons
Bruneau Jasper from Idaho is one of the world’s few true porcelain jaspers and is one of the most well known and beloved jaspers. The stone has been mined from private claims about 50 miles south of the town of Bruneau in Owyhee County. It is, of course, a must have for every collector. It…
Druzy Drops, Drilled or Cabochons?
These are large (about 30 mm from top to bottom) pear shapes out of duzy quartz on chalcedony from Uruguay. They are entirely natural. We plan to drill some sideways near the top and have some as cabochons to be mounted in prongs or in bezels. We’re looking for input from our customers. What’s…
Sugilite Cabochons
A while back we posted some pictures of rough slabs of sugilite that we’d cut. Here are some of the finished cabs from that material. We are told that the blue is richterite. This is so rare it’s more of a collectible, but it could make some striking jewelry. We won’t have time to list…