Welcome to Semi Precious cabochons! In the popular crafts of Cabochoning and jewelry making, one of the most beautiful gemstone Cabochon materials is semi precious cabochons. These Gemstone cabochons can be found in any size or shape: from chips to oval cabochons or other natural gemstone shaped cabochons.
Semi precious cabochons vary in colors and there is an array of beautiful and unique colors available in them. They come in all color tones to suit your needs and likeness.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Agate
Agate is the most varied of all the semi precious gemstone cabochons. It comes in many different color varieties and patterns. Black agate has colors from black to brown and golden. Blue lace agate is mostly white with delicate blue striations. Old crazy lace agate has stripes and swirls in neutral colors. There is also golden, green, fossil, red, and white agate.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Amethyst
Amethyst is a purple stone that can be either opaque or translucent. Its name stems from a Greek myth about Bacchus pouring his purple wine over a woman who had been turned into a white gemstone. Amethyst ranges in tone from very pale lavender to dark purple.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Aventurine
Aventurine is an opaque semi precious gemstone with tiny flecks of sparkly mica within it. It comes in many colors such as blue, dark or emerald green, peach, or red.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Carnelian
This semi precious gemstone comes from South America and is a variety or transparent chalcedony. It varies in tone from bright golden to deep, fiery red.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Fluorite
The name of the stone fluorite comes from the Latin word for "to flow." It comes in varying colors from pale lavender to rainbow fluorite, which covers white, green, and purple with the occasional yellow splash. It is translucent.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Garnet
Garnet is most usually thought of as a dark red stone that is either semi-transparent to opaque. The garnet family also includes hessonite, which ranges in tone from light brown to golden and orange. There is also Tsavorite, which is green.
Semi Precious Cabochon – Howlite
In its natural state, howlite is opaque white with grey marbling. Howlite is frequently dyed to look like other semi-precious gemstones like Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise, and red coral.
Semi Precious Cabochon - Jasper
This semi precious gemstone comes in many different colors and styles. Jasper is often mottled or striated in appearance. It ranges in tone from soft peaches, dark red and olive, black and white Dalmatian spotted, neutral tones leopard skin style, white, and silver-grey.
Semi-Precious Cabochon – Kyanite
A beautiful blue color hue comes out from these cabochons. Sometime, the color hue also comes out in bluish green color shade. These cabochons come under rare cabochons category and are brittle in nature. For making various kind of jewelry, like earrings, pendants, brooches etc., these gemstone cabochons are used.
Semi-Precious Cabochon – Labradorite
Labradorite Stone cabochons have unique colors and these unique colors distinguish these cabochons from rest of the Cabochon world. The most attractive color of these cabochons that draw the attention of Cabochon lovers is grayish smoky black color. In dim light, the colors of the cabochons, which appear gray or dark green turn into golden color or sea-blue or green when these will be viewed in bright light. These Cabochon crystals vary from transparent to translucent form. "Black Moonstone" is a type of Labradorite gemstone Cabochon, which has dark color and has a bluish inclusion.
Choosing which semi precious Cabochons type to use in your next craft or jewelry making project can be fun. There are so many styles and colors of gemstone cabochons to choose from. Not only are the gemstones different from each other, but the natural variations within one type can also be vast. Semi precious gemstone cabochons make great materials for your Cabochoning projects.