Gemstone Cabochons E to Fl

Eudialyte Cabochons

• Eudialyte

• Flint

• Fluorite

• Gemstone Pendants

Eudialyte is a somewhat rare gemstone, which is well known for its distinctive colors including magenta, pink, blue, yellow and brown. Eudialyte is actually made up of several minerals; Sodium, Calcium, Cerium, Iron, Manganese, Zirconium, Silicon, Hydrogen and Chlorine. Eudialyte is usually found embedded in the host rock surrounded by other minerals. Most of the Eudialyte on the market today comes from the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Eudialyte’s rare beauty and distinctive colors have made it popular among mineral collectors.

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Flint Cabochons

Flint is a hard and durable type of quartz.  It has had a variety of uses through the ages: struck with steel to spark and ignite a fire; made into arrow heads, spearheads and other tools by early man;  for building material; and it can also be polished as a gemstone.  Two types of flint commonly polished into cabochons are Banded Flint from Poland and Ohio Flint. Ohio flint is very colorful and polishes very nicely, it is also the state stone of Ohio. Polish Flint is not as colorful, although it has beautiful banded patterns which make up for it’s muted coloring.  The examples I’ve seen are varying shades of grey, mauve, brown or cream.

Fluorite Cabochons

Fluorite is a mineral that comes in a variety of colors ranging from yellow, pink, blue green and violet. Especially attractive is rainbow fluorite with it’s bands of color. The violet variety is sometimes mistaken for amethyst. Fluorite crystals can be either transparent or translucent.

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