Unique "Roasted" Sonoran Chrysocolla Designer Cabochon, Designer Cabochons,

And now for something completely different, here we have some “Roasted Sonoran Chrysocolla”. I was stabilizing some Sonoran Chrysocolla with Cuprite and accidentally set the oven too high, so this is a one-off "heat treated" stone. The blue in this cab is beautiful and accented with a khaki green, not as psychedelic as other pieces of the same material, but certainly one-of-a-kind. I’d love to have that type of accident pretty much every day, even though I prefer all natural. However, this material was not really workable without stabilizing it, and originally was a somewhat washed out blue, so I’m not complaining on this one. I've cut this cabochon with a medium high dome, girdled edges and a flat bottom with a slightly beveled bottom edge. This cabochon has great eye-appeal and will definitely make an absolutely stunning eye-catching one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry!

Roasted Sonoran Chrysocolla Designer Cut Cabochon
44 x 20.1 x 6.8mm
45.39 cts.

I cut this cab by hand and it's been highly polish both front and back with slightly beveled bottom edges for easy setting and to protect the integrity of the stone.

Note that all my photos were taken using full spectrum lighting, which does fairly well in replicating natural sunlight However, almost all cut stones will look best and brightest in direct sunlight.