Sanora Sunrise Chrysocolla Gemstone Cabochons – Sharing The Cabbing Experience
I do enjoy working with the mineral Chrysocolla.
This particular Sanora Sunrise was new to me. Because of having much success lately with different Chrysocolla’s, I knew that I wanted to give this a whirl. My only first concern was because the seller had so much of it for sale, that there may be a chance it was blast mined. When people blast minerals from deposits, the end result is usually badly fractured material.
With this in mind thought it best to start with a smaller piece to see how it turned out. There were many choices. Some consisted mostly of Azurite, others mostly Cuprite, and then I still am not sure what the black mineral is. There were also many with a combination of the three. That was my choice for the first piece.
There are some metallic veins as well. A little hard to see in these pictures, but very interesting looking on the finished cabs.
I cut some preforms with just the Azurite, some with just the Cuprite, and others had a combination of all three minerals. I had no problems with undercutting.
After sharing how much I enjoyed cabbing this Sanora Sunrise Chrysocolla on the forum, other members became interested and have since bought some and seem to be excited about it as well.
Here are a few more examples. As usual, if you enjoy the mineral as much as I am, feel free to contact me for details on having me cut and shape cabochons for you from this mineral.
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March 11th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Hello; Am trying to identify a cabochon stone and am hoping for some
suggestions: It is a smooth, opaque stone, of a deep turquoise color,
with a small patch of a lapis lazuli purpley-blue, and a patch of a
malachite green… it is a small, round stone, set in a vintage silver charm, and reminds me of the planet earth, as seen from above… at first, in trying to identify it, I wondered if it could be Chrysocolla,
but I don’t think so… any ideas? I much appreciate anyone’s efforts in figuring out what it may be. Thank you!
March 11th, 2009 at 2:47 pm
Hi Lisa,
It certainly sounds like it could be a Chrysocolla.
Need a picture though. Can you post one here?