There are times that in an attempt to obtain some interesting pendants for new necklace designs, one finds that you have to go the the Lapidary route, find the rocks that look the best, slice them open to see if gemstone grade material and then spend the time cutting and polishing them up to fit the design working on or what the person designing the jewelry wants for their pieces.
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Here are some interesting slabs that have been obtained, now to hope for good pieces out of them for the pendants or cabochons.
Territella Agate from Wyoming
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Wild Horse Magnesite from Arizona
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Bronzite from Montana
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Llanite from Texas
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Blue Crazy Lace Agate from Mexico
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Once the slabs have been cut and formed and finally polished, the pendants and cabochones look like the following.
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Territella Agate Pendants
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Wild Horse Magnesite Cabochones mounted in Silver
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Bronzite Pendants
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Llanite Pendants
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Blue Craze Lace Agate Pendant and Mounted Pendant
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