My wife and I are lapidaries and silversmiths who have been selling slabs, rough and our own lapidary products for a number of years on publicly and on eBay and now offer our premium materials on our own website...so welcome!
We are committed to rooting out premium old stock, rare and high end lapidary materials and bringing them into the hands of talented lapidary the world over. We select our rough to slice with the eye of a lapidary and artist, and the quality of what we offer speaks for itself!
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Latest Additions:
5-4-2012 67 slabs added this evening! Stunning Deschutes Jasper, very rare War Bonnet Jasper, Cheetah Agate, Indonesian Palm Wood, Willow Creek Jasper, Morrisonite Jasper, Ocean Jasper, Ocean Wave Agate, Morenci Native Copper, plumed Bumble Bee Jasper, new Yellow Feather Jasper, Agua Nueva Agate, rare Pulsite, world class Bruneau Jasper and numerous cab-grade slab pairs of Willow Creek Jasper and Bruneau Jasper out of a 40 year old collection!!!
4-22-12 48 slabs added to the inventory this evening. All came out of our trip on Friday to Seattle to buy Agua Nueva rough and we got to pick through cigar boxes in an old collection!!! There are 10 primo slabs of Dino Gembone added, slabs of Malachite, Blue Tiger Eye, vintage Tiffany Stone, amazing neon green Variscite, and new stock slabs of Polish Flint, Cherry Creek Jasper and many more items!!!
Offered here is a stunning slab of Agua Nueva Agate from Mexico with sharp red, white and pale purple fortifications also with some sweet tubes around the fortification. The central area is an open quartz drusy pocket and the slab has no fractures. This will polish into one superb collector item...or cut a couple high-end cabochons!!!
It weighs 92 grams, it is 6.2 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
Offered here are two outstanding slices of Willow Creek Jasper from Idaho for the lapidary. They are premium and out of a 40 year old collection. Both will cut some stunning cabochons!!!
It weighs 99 grams, they are 6.7 and 5.4 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
Here are is a gorgeous old time slab of rare War Bonnet Jasper out of the Owyhee's in Eastern Oregon. It is also sometimes referred to as Indian War Paint Jasper. This premium slice of this rare Owyhee Jasper type is out of a 40 year old rock shop collection. This beautiful slab is loaded with design and colors, all unusual for any Owyhee type jasper and will surely make a superb specimen once polished or it will cut many fine cabochons! The slab has a couple very typical hairlines in the slab to note.
It weighs 235 grams, it is 5.8 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
Here is a beautiful and quite scarce cab-grade slab of Woodworthia Petrified Wood with an excellent wood-grained pattern, nice soft pastel pinks and yellows and excellent surface qualities, short of a very few thin hairlines. The slab is out of an old collection and it will yield some really great cabochons!
It weighs 176 grams, it is 5.9 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
Blue Mountain Jasper from Oregon is one of the top 5 porcelain jaspers in the world, and when you get a good one, it is good indeed!!! This fine slice is VERY unique in color tone and in the design with a couple very large overlapping eggs that each have their own wavy design within, and is perfect for either the lapidary OR the collector to polish up!
It weighs 70 grams, it is 5.7 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
Here is a fantastic slab of Ocean Wave Agate from Madagascar with a classic translucent wavy green agate featuring seldom seen pyrite crystal inclusions that will cut out some real sparkly, unique cabs! Ocean Wave was mined in the vicinity of the original Ocean Jasper deposit. This fine slab is smooth and solid, with only a few very thin hairlines...select for some superlative cabochons.
It weighs 145 grams, it is 5.0 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
Here is a superb old time slice of Rooster Tail Agate out of Mexico. This dandy large slab is out of a decades old collection and is top drawer. The pattern is classic old stock and very colorful. This fine slab is a delight for the lapidary and will cut a number of sweet cabs.
It weighs 230 grams, it is 5.1 millimeters thick, and there is a ruler in one photo with the slab pictured dry there as well. All other slab photos are photographed wet to reveal the true colors. As with all slabs on our site, the slab is rough and un-polished unless otherwise stated in the description.
