Natural Slab Mystery Box, Random Set of 3!

Natural Slab Mystery Box, Random Set of 3!This is a random selection of 3 slabs of natural material for cutting cabochons from my stash. It's mostly various agates with other things mixed in. Nice if you're looking for a deal, nice for me because I really need to clear them out. I have a ton of slabs of all sorts of different things. Before Gems of Science I did a lot of cabbing and accumulated even more rough, as well as having a buddy of mine slab a ton of different things. This is a big

so much of what we get is from old stock

and each piece of rough should be able to yield that--they're each individually photographed and measured

but should yield an unbelievable one-of-a-kind D20

Cut stones are incredibly beautiful with high brilliance and incredible play of color

cut from an old collection and set in 925 sterling silver

White IRCM sapphire cylinders These are approximately 20 mm long slices from longer sapphire rods which were intended to go into infrared countermeasures against heatseeking missiles (IRCM) back in the cold war

Though the LANCE is absolutely incredible (we got to see it in person and meet the head crystal grower

While the most famous type is the neon green cerium-doped LuAG

Our friend Arya is working with several PhD researchers to unravel its secrets to grow large

though not as much as our high glow GAGG does

thickness and weight vary

producing material suitable for gem usage