The gorgeous carnelian gemstone cabochons shown here are 18mm long. They are available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
Carnelian is a variety of the silica mineral chalcedony, which has been coloured by impurities of iron oxide. The colour can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black. It is commonly found in Brazil, India, Siberia, and Germany.
The gorgeous carnelian gemstone cabochon shown here is 19mm long. It is available to be handcrafted into a custom made ring or pendant for you.
Carnelian is a variety of the silica mineral chalcedony, which has been coloured by impurities of iron oxide. The colour can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black. It is commonly found in Brazil, India, Siberia, and Germany.
The carnelian gemstone cabochons shown here are 6mm in diameter, and are available to be handcrafted into custom pieces for you.
Orange is one of my favourite colours, and this carnelian cabochon is just so luscious!
I was happy to make it into a ring for one of my lovely customers to give as an 18th birthday present to her daughter.
I do have lots of smaller gemstones in many gorgeous colours, so if you’d like something similar, do let me know!
Please note: this stone is reserved for a lovely client!
The creamy carnelian gemstone cabochon shown here is 40mm long.
Carnelian is a variety of the silica mineral chalcedony, which has been coloured by impurities of iron oxide. The colour can vary greatly, ranging from pale orange to an intense almost-black. It is commonly found in Brazil, India, Siberia, and Germany.
Virgo, The Virgin, is the sixth symbol of the Zodiac. Anyone born between 23 August and 23 September is born under this sign. Virgo, the latin word for virgin, is a mutable sign, and is ruled by the planet Mercury. Its symbol is 
, representing a sheaf of barley. Virgo is one of the four earth signs.
Carnelian is the traditional stone for Virgo. Carnelian is believed to give energy, guard against poverty, and promote good moods.
Another stone traditionally assigned to Virgo is Jade. It is thought to protect the wearer from coming to harm.
Key words for people born under the sign of Virgo are said to be: Precise, differentiatial, doers of what is necessary, utilitarian. Virgoans take a critical point of view. Virgo rules the digestive system, intestines, spleen and nervous system.
Virgoans share their sign with such notables as Roald Dahl, Stephen King and Jane Addams. You can shop for a Virgo pendant in my Celestials Collection in The Silver Forge Shop.
The first project for the goldsmithing course I am doing this year was to design a piece incorporating a bearing seat setting method (a ledge put inside the bezel wall for the stone to sit on), and one or more 12mm or larger stones in either a ring or pendant, with texture. I fell in love with these carnelian cabochons, and had to use them in my piece! Carnelians can be quite brown, but these orange ones are just delicious! I’ve got my eye out for some spessartite garnet cabs which can also be that lovely glowing tangerine colour.
It was a great fun project, both the designing and the making of it! With each project, we have to come up with the concept, do a tech drawing of it, do an art drawing of it, and of course create it. So much fun!