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Rough for Cabbing
Absolute Black "Jade" Rough   Absolute Black "Jade" pure black gem grade ferro-hornblende
Agate Nodules Rough 1   Agate Nodules Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico Page 1
Agate Nodules Rough 2   Agate Nodules Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico Page 2
Agate Nodules Rough 3   Agate Nodules Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico Page 3
Agate Nodules Rough 4   Agate Nodules Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico Page 4
Agate Nodules Rough 5   Agate Nodules Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico Page 5
Alunite Rough  - Alunite Rough from Quartzsite, Arizona
Assorted Rough  -  Rose Quartz, Smoky Quartz, Copal, Mexican Fire Opal
Astrophyllite Rough  -  Astrophyllite from Russia
Black Nephrite Jade Rough  - Black Nephrite Jade from Australia
Blackstone Rough   NEW!!! Blackstone with Pyrite from Chihuahua, Mexico
Blue Chalcedony Rough  -  Blue Chalcedony Rough in Bulk
Blue Chalcedony Pieces  -  Blue Chalcedony Rough individual pieces
Blue Chalcedony Rough
(Botryoidal) 		 - Botryoidal Blue Chalcedony with Polished Face! ~1/2 OFF SALE!!
Blue Lace Agate Rough  - Blue Lace Agate from Namibia
Blue Quartz Rough  -  Blue Quartz Rough from Brazil
Bronzite Hypersthene Rough  -  Bronzite Hypersthene from Brazil
Cat's Eye Fiber Optic Glass Blocks   NEW!!! Blocks of manmade Cat's Eye Fiber Optic Glass
Chrysocolla Sonoran Sunset Rough  -  Sonoran Sunset Chrysocolla with Malachite and Cuprite from Sonora, Mexico
Clam Chowder Stone Rough   NEW!!! Clam Chowder Stone Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Cosmic Spot Jasper Rough  -  Cosmic Spot Jasper from Nevada
Drusy Rough  -  Blue Velvet Drusy (drusy blue chalcedony) from Turkey
Exotica Jasper Rough  -  Exotica Jasper from Sonora, Mexico
Fire Agate Rough  -  Fire Agate from Las Brasas, Chihuahua, Mexico and Windowed Agate, Agate Preforms and Bulk fire agate.
Fireworks Obsidian Rough  -  NEW!!! Fireworks Obsidian from Mexico
Fossil Stone Rough  -  NEW!!! Fossil Stone Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Frogskin Jasper Rough   NEW!!! Frogskin Jasper Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Green Moss Agate Rough  -  Green Moss Agate Rough from India
Green Quartz Rough  -  Green Quartz Rough from Brazil
Blue Goldstone  -  Blue Goldstone
Green Goldstone  -  Green Goldstone
Red Goldstone  - Red Goldstone
Graphic Stone Rough  -  Graphic Stone from Nevada
Honey Calcite Rough   NEW!!! Honey Calcite (Onyx) cutting and carving rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Horn Coral  -  Fossilized Red Horn Coral from Utah
Howlite Rough  -  Howlite
Ivoryite Rough  -  Ivoryite
Jet Rough  -  Black Jet from Russia
Lapis Lazuli Rough  -  Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan
Larimar Rough  -  Larimar (Pectolite) from Dominican Republic
Lemon Lime Dolomite Rough   Lemon Lime Dolomite from Sonora Mexico
Leopardskin Rough   NEW!!! Leopardskin Jasper Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Lepidolite Rough  -  Lepidolite from San Diego County, California
Liesegang Stone Rough  -  Liesegang Stone Banded Rhyolite
Malachite Rough  -  Malachite from Congo
Massive Amethyst Rough   NEW!!! Massive Amethyst Rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Montana Agate Rough   Montana Agate from Montana ~ ON SALE!!
Moody Green Rough  -  Moody Green from La Paz County, Arizona
Morado Agate Rough  -  Morado Agate Rough: Purple color agate from Chihuahua, Mexico
Obsidian Rough  -  Obsidian Rough: Starry Night, Fireworks, Rainbow, Spiderweb, NEW!!! White Line
Orbicular Rhyolite Rough  -  Orbicular Rhyolite from Chihuahua, Mexico ~ 25% OFF SALE!!
Petrified Rhyolite Rough  -  Petrified Rhyolite from Chihuahua, Mexico
Pink Lace Rosetta Stone Rough  -  NEW!!! Pink Lace Rosetta Stone from Mexico
Poppy Jasper Rough  -  NEW!!! Poppy Jasper from Mexico
Psilomelane Rough  -  Silver Crown Psilomelane from Chihuahua, Mexico
Rainbow Calcite Rough   NEW!!! Rainbow Calcite from Chihuahua, Mexico
Red Lightning Agate Rough  -  Red Lightning Agate from Chihuahua, Mexico
Rhodonite Rough  -  Rhodonite from Western Australia
Rio Grande Agate Rough   NEW!!! Rio Grande Agate from Texas
Rolling Hills Rhyolite Rough   NEW!!! Rolling Hills Rhyolite from Mexico
Ruby-in-Zoisite Rough  -  Ruby-in-Zosite from Tanzania
Seraphinite (Clinoclore) Rough  -  Seraphinite (Clinoclore) from Russia
Serpentine Rough   NEW!!! Serpentine from California
Sodalite Rough  -  Sodalite from Brazil
Shell  -  Green Lip, Purple Clam, Large Abalone Shells
Spiderweb Jasper Rough  -  Arizona Spiderweb Jasper
Spiderweb Obsidian Rough  -  Spiderweb Obsidian from Chihuahua, Mexico
Sugilite Rough  -  Sugilite from South Africa
Tiger Eye Rough  -  Golden Tiger Eye ON SALE!!!, Blue Streak Tiger Eye ON SALE!!!, Hawks Eye Tiger Eye, Extra Thick Golden Tiger Eye, Midnight Blue Tiger Eye Rough from South Africa
Todolite Rough   NEW!!! Todolite from Mexico
Tree Agate Rough  -  Tree Agate Rough from India
Turquoise Rough  -  Natural Turquoise from Nacozari, Mexico, Stabilized Turquoise from China, Arizona and Chile, Natural Turquoise from Arizona and Mexico.
Turritella Agate Rough  -  Turritella Fossil Agate Rough from Wyoming
Zebra Jasper Rough  -  Arizona Zebra Jasper
Zebra Lace Agate Rough  -  Zebra Lace Agate Rough from Sonora, Mexico

Rough for Carving
Alabaster Rough  -  Alabaster Carving Rough in Peach, Spiderweb, White Alabaster on SALE! (large peices now available), Gray, Peach/Green and Red colors.
Honey Calcite Rough  NEW!!! Honey Calcite (Onyx) cutting and carving rough from Chihuahua, Mexico
Ivoryite Rough  -  Ivoryite is a great substitute for ivory. Excellent material for inlay, jewelry and small carvings.
Jet Rough  -  Black Jet Large Blocks!
Meerschaum Rough  -  Meerschaum Carving Rough
Pipestone Rough  -  Pipestone Carving Rough from Arizona
Soapstone Rough  -  NEW!!! Greenish Soapstone, Reddish Soapstone, Brown Soapstone, Mixed Color Soapstone Carving Rough
Verdite Rough  -  Green Carving Rough from Zimbabwe

Rough for Tumbling
Tumbling Rough  -  Tumbling Rough is currently sold out. We hope to have rainbow & velvet peacock obsidian soon.
Gem and Lapidary Materials - $39.50
For Cutters, Collectors and Jewelers
Gem and Lapidary Materials by June Culp Zeitner
Soft cover, 7" x 10", 347 pages.
Sample page

Gem and Lapidary Materials provides a comprehensive overview of the materials used in the lapidary arts throughout history and up to the present. It is about minerals and rocks as lapidary materials. The descriptions stress how the material looks to the lapidary artist, or jeweler or connoisseur. This is not a book about mineralogy, nor a book about how to cut stones - it is about the materials of lapidary, the art of the ages.

Chapters include Introduction to Gem and Lapidary Materials, The Gems of History, Transparent Faceting Materials, Crystalline Quartz, Cryptocrystalline Quartz: The Agate Family, Quartz: Opaque But Colorful, Quartz: Strange and Wonderful Pseudomorphs, Cabochon Favorites of Yesterday and Today, Cabochon and Carving Materials, Ornamental and Decorative Gem Materials, Phenomenal Gems: Stars and Stripes, Metallic Gem Materials, Organic Gem Materials: Gems fro Life, Rare, Little Known and Unusual Gem Materials, and Gems from the Laboratory and Factory. Appendices provide information on the Refractive Index and Dispersion of Gemstones, Educational Associations, and Topical Publications. A particularly comprehensive bibliography lists several hundred related books and references.

Other Websites of Interest:

Slabs for Cabbing and Collecting
www.greatslabs.com - We have dozens of pages of slabs online at our Great Slabs web site!!! Including Chrysocolla in Quartz, Shattuckite and other copper secondaries, petrified wood, all kinds of agates, jaspers and much more!

Rough for Faceting
www.facetingrough.com - Need faceting rough? We have everything from Andalusite to Zircon on our Faceting Rough website!

Rough Turquoise
www.turquoiserough.com - Need turquoise rough? We have a great selection of rough turquoise, including natural material.

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