Covelite Designer Cut Cabochon, Designer Cabochons

This Covelite cabochon is a prime example of this beautiful and highly prized material displaying the typical metallic indigo blue color with amazing patterns of Pyrite running through the stone. This cab does have some tiny pits in the top, but this is minor and typical for this material. This material has become one of my favorites and always draws great attention when I create jewelry from it.

Covelite Designer Cut Cabochon
37.9 x 19.2 x 5.1mm
53.57 cts.

I cut this cab by hand and it's been polished to a mirror sheen to show the metallic quality of the Covelite. The Pyrite inclusions contrast with more of a satin finish, giving contrast in both color and finish to create an absolutely astonishing stone.

Covellite is a copper mineral that exhibits a unique iridescence, with strong metallic blue and sometimes purple colors. Iridescent Covellite is highly prized among collectors, especially when in rare crystallized form. Covellite is named after Niccolo Covelli, an Italian mineralogist who first discovered this mineral.