Wholesale Loose Gemstone Cabochons to Create One-of-a Kind Jewelry

Love to wear gemstone rings, necklaces, earrings or other gemstone jewelries? Gemstone cabochons are widely used in making these jewelry pieces. Gemstone cabochons have been produced in a number of shapes ranging from oval to round to pear to many other fancy shapes like heart, triangle, marquise and etc.

Natural Rhodochrosite Cabochons

Many jewelry makers may not know how the gemstone cabochons are produced, especially the beginners. The rough gemstone is first pre-shaped by hand on a place coated with diamond powder, rotating on lap by a motor (generally 800 R.P. or more). The pre-shaping is done manually by hand keeping in mind the inclusions, cracks, and cleavage. After pre-shaping, the dome shape is stuck on a stick for fine shaping and smoothing the surface. The smoothing of the surface is very critical for the polish to be good. After the fine shaping, the polishing is done by diamond powder mixed with oil on a polishing lap. The polishing in most gemstones is done on Sandalwood. At one time all gems were shaped as cabochons. Today most gems are faceted, but some are still cut as cabochons, because they have special optical qualities or are too opaque to facet.

Many jewelry makers advise to buy loose gemstone cabochons instead of pre-set jewelry. Why? There are many reasons, but basically it boils down to value and choice. When buying your gemstone cabochons, you can be sure they are worth your money. Loose cabochons are less expensive, and you can really see what you are paying for. A cabochon setting will hide the inclusions inside a gem, and can deepen or brighten its color. With a loose stone, you can much more easily inspect the gem and see it for what it really is. The second advantage is getting wide choices. You are free to pick the exact color, cut, shape and variety of the cabochon for the setting of your dreams. You can experience the joy of creating your very own, one of a kind jewelry design.

On today’s fashion jewelry market, you will find a wide range of selection of gemstone cabochons, including turquoise, amber, agate, jade, tiger eye, green aventurine, amethyst, black stone, ametrine, coral, fluorite, howlite, rose quartz, jasper, mookaite and many others. All of them are available in various shapes, sizes and colors. As they are belonging to different kinds of stones, some of them have vivid patterns inside or on surfaces. You can purchase them from your local small jewelry stores, but I would like to say you’d better to purchase them from online wholesale stores if you would like to get cheap prices and wider range of selection.