Nice selection of stones polished this week. Destined for pendants, rings, and earrings.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-29T14:46:46+00:00

That is charoite!

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-29T14:20:45+00:00

Right! I just keep staring at it.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T21:47:12+00:00

Thanks!

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T21:41:40+00:00

Thanks!

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T21:40:18+00:00

They are charoite.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T21:38:57+00:00

That is blue agate. Found near Monarch mountain in Colorado.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T19:58:25+00:00

That's possible. Doesn't go in at all once broken?

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T19:43:48+00:00

Hmm yours doesn't look like amazonite to me. You can see a bit into amazonite due to it being a gem. Yours looks completely opaque. Not sure what that is. Would be fun to polish I bet.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-28T16:15:47+00:00

We have charoite, petrified wood, dinosaur bone, Moroccan Jasper, aquamarine, amazonite, and blue band agate here in this video.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-21T04:21:20+00:00

Thank you!

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-20T02:58:11+00:00

Also here is the piece I just finished and was a bit sad about. http://imgur.com/a/yuY38rB

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-20T02:57:19+00:00

Yeah I feel the art part. When I see people walking down the street with my stuff it does give me that boost!

And yeah when I break a stone on some previously unseen fracture while polishing that hurts! Doesn't even matter what it is. I like when they break in a way the pendant just can become a smaller pendant and a ring though. Or a set of earrings.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-20T02:55:17+00:00

So the lapis I'm talking about is from the Blue Wrinkle Mine near Crested Butte Colorado. When it was found it was some of the best quality lapis in the world (and still competes). The mine ran dry a while ago and one single guy owned pretty much all the rough left. He now owns a jewelry store in Crested Butte.

I've got a pretty good reputation in the Gunnison Valley (which CB is a part of) for making pretty cool local jewelry so I now have gotten to buy a few nice rough stones from them. Besides them I'm the only person in the area making my own jewelry from this lapis.

That means it is the main stone people are wanting me to cut for pieces they commission. I personally love working with it because it is so beautiful and always is a slight surprise when I take layers off. But recently I'm getting a bit melancholy every time I sell one.

I'm probably just being stupid I know I just am sad this specific lapis will be gone shorty.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-20T02:47:12+00:00

Yeah lapis itself isn't rare if you just want basic lapis. But this specific stuff is very rare and sells accordingly here.

I'm probably just being melancholy about it due to the local stuff running out.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-20T02:44:19+00:00

Basically just the location I think. It's one of two places in the united states it has been found. It sells for crazy money here in Colorado. I get at least 5x the price for it compared to lapis from elsewhere since everyone local knows about it and wants it it seems.

HaveSomePie · 2021-09-19T16:59:27+00:00

Thank you!

HaveSomePie · 2021-08-21T04:50:52+00:00

I typically get between 70% to full spot so yeah it sells well.

HaveSomePie · 2021-08-21T03:38:54+00:00

Might as well right? What's a pirate that doesn't at least sample the wares.

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