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New Sonora Sunrise Cabochons Coming Down The Line

Well, I’ve been out in the shop slabbing some more of the rough we found in Quartzsite and Tucson last winter. This time it was the Sonora Sunrise.  I only came home with two chunks, but both carefully hand selected and I was pretty confident they were premium quality.  The first one sure is.  Here…

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). …