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Popular gemstones and cabochons:
Amazonite
Parrot Wing quick guide: 1" = 25mm 1/2"=13mm 1/4"=6.5mm
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For jewelers who tend to think of metals as existing outside our gemstones, this page might come as a surprise. These unusual cabs contain copper, silver, or pyrite, in visible form. The stones have their own glimmer and gleam, making for all sorts of exciting design possibilities. Scroll down and savor, or click on one of the following choices: SOLD OUT. MORE CAMPBELLITE COMING SOON! This delightful stone has a field of creamy white interspersed with copper that has a bright metallic shine in some lights, and turns a beautiful wine red in others. From the Campbell Mine in Bisbee, Arizona. Click on the photos for a better look.
MT118 $39.50 Sorry, Sold!
Kingston Conglomerate Copper What a pretty stone this is, a mosaic of rich chestnut and shining copper. It comes from the Kingston Mine in Minnesota. The metal gives each stone both beauty and heft. Click on photos to see more detail.
Copper Fire Brick This isn't an official "mineral," nor is
it pure metal: It's the copper that stuck to the fire brick walls of the
smelters in copper ore processing plants in Northern Michigan. It's really
interesting material: Smooth and glimmery without being too shiny, with glints
of red here and there, and the cream-colored mosaic pattern of fire brick chips caught forever in the metal. Most of these smelters are no longer in
operation, so each cab contains a little bit of the history of the Upper
Midwest. Each piece has the weight of metal, and a patina like antique copper. A really
wonderful stone for people who work in, or just love, copper.
Copper and Black Fire Brick It was very exciting for me to run across this stone--It was created just the same way as Copper Fire Brick, above, but the fire brick was blackened in the process, resulting in this elegant version. ATTENTION COLLECTORS: This stone is VERY rare--I only have a handful to offer. Click on the photos to see these beauties close up.
MT168 $48.00
MT169 $56.00
MT170 $44.00 Sorry, Sold!
MT171 $48.00 Sorry, Sold!
MT173 $34.00 Sorry, Sold!
These are stunning stones, and just about impossible to photograph accurately. Just picture that any place in the stone that is not a creamy white or dark greyish black, is pure, highly polished silver that looks very smooth to the eye. The metal makes them heavier than usual, so they feel very substantial, as well. Click on photos to get a better look.
MT135 $76.50
MT136 $82.00 Sorry, Sold!
This should really be on my "rare finds" page, because it really IS rare: It comes from a closed mining area near Butte, Montana. It is probably the most unusual stone I've ever seen---It's a deep, metallic midnight blue all over, sprinkled with embedded particles of cool gold pyrite. NOTE: It is relatively soft and is not suitable for hard-wear jewelry. At this time I can offer a limited supply of Covellite by two different cutters, John Mediz and Merlin DeShaw. These men are lapidarists who also mine some of their own material, and I'm proud to know them and offer their work here. Please note: Supplies are extremely limited. Stones cut by John Mediz:
MT17 $46.00 Sorry, Sold!
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