Arizona Copper Ore Minerals with Malachite Designer Cut Cabochon, Designer Cabochons

This unique and striking cab is from material out of Arizona copper mines, which is composed of a copper ore material including Malachite and possibly Cuprite, Tenorite, Turquoise, and Quartz, along with other trace minerals. The cab shows outstanding all natural color combinations with greens, olive, tan, white and black. The closer you look, the more you can see going on in this fabulous stone. I've cut this cabochon with a medium dome, girdled edges and a flat bottom with a slightly beveled bottom edge. Note that the finished surface of this cabochon as been highly polished, but it is a "satin" finish as the natural mineral composition of this stone is relatively soft, although I have stabilized it so that it is more solid and stable. This cabochon has great eye-appeal and will definitely make a beautiful one-of-a-kind piece of jewelry!

Copper Ore Mix Designer Cut Cabochon
39.3 x 25.4 x 5.8mm
42.83 cts.

I cut this cab by hand and it's been polished 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.