I have to say a new find that I absolutely cant wait to work with are these AMAZING vintage cabochons! I have yet to put them to work in any of the pieces I have made so far so for me they happened to be a "new find" even-though cabochons are among the oldest types of gemstones. In gem speak terms a cabochon is a stone that is cut to have a highly polished almost always rounded top with no faceting, with a flat but sometimes slightly domed base. You are most likely to find certain stones such as opal, turquoise, onyx, moonstone, and star sapphire almost always cut "en cabochon."
An absolute fav of mine, as well as one of the more popular shapes is the oval cut cabochons. Technically, cabochons are not really "cut" but they are actually shaped and then polished making it much simpler to produce a cabochon than it is to cut a faceted gem with many faces. Faceting within itself is an art-form, but before the art of faceting was developed, most all gemstones were produced as cabochons.
Im not so sure if Im mesmerized by how great they look together in this pic as much as I am excited to actually make something out of them... I will update shortly but I have also included some other fabulous finds among the cabochons family ...
Sleeping Beauty Turquoise Ring 18k yellow gold ring with maltese cross on sides and set with a 26.7ct sleeping beauty turquoise cabochon- VALERIE FAIRCHILD
Blu Bijoux Gold-plated rings with cabochon stones.
Kenneth Jay Lane Turquoise Cabochon Cuff
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