AFRIGEMTEC - SOUTH AFRICAN GEMS AND MINERALS

POLISHED GEMSTONES

Our collection of cut stones is hand made from collected materials. They are cut to standard sizes or to any other size or design.

CABOCHONS AND OTHER CURVED OR FLAT STONES

Examples of cabochons are shown below. Click on any picture to enlarge.

1. FELDSPAR

1.1

Feldspar - pink to orange, presence of quartz

1.2

Amazonite - blue to green

1.3

Unakite

1.3.1

Unakite - Feldspar and white and black Quartz

1.3.2

Unakite - Feldspar and Epidote

1.4

Sodalite - Namibia

2. GARNET

2.1

Green Hydrogrossular (Transvaal Jade)

2.1.1

Green Hydrogrossular (Transvaal Jade) - green with inclusions of darker chromite

2.1.2

Green Hydrogrossular (Transvaal Jade) - fine texture, fairly uniform

Dark Green Hydrogrossular (Click to enlarge)

2.1.3

Dark Green Hydrogrossular with chromite

Green and Pink Hydrogrossular (Click to enlarge)

2.2

Green and Pink Hydrogrossular (Transvaal Jade) - chromium and manganese inclusions, green and pink to light red

2.3

Pink Hydrogrossular (Transvaal Jade) - pale pink, fine texture with manganese spots

3. QUARTZ - CRYSTALLINE

3.1

Smokey Quartz

3.2

Amethyst

3.3

Rose Quartz

4. QUARTZ - CRYPTOCRYSTALLINE

4.1

Agate

4.1.1

Agate - Bloemhof

4.1.2

Agate - Loch Vaal

4.1.3

Agate - Lesotho

4.1.4

Agate - Maputaland

4.2

Lace Agate

4.2.1

Blue Lace Agate - Springbok

4.2.2

Crazy Lace Agate - Vioolsdrif

4.3

Moss Agate

4.3.1

Moss Agate - Bloemhof

4.3.2

Moss Agate - Vaal River

4.4

Onyx - Zululand

4.5

Blue Chalcedony - Namibia

4.6

Chalcedony

4.6.1

Rainbow Chalcedony - Namibia

4.6.2

Chalcedony - Hobhouse

4.6.3

Sandstone Chalcedony - Namibia

4.7

Carnelian

4.7.1

Yellow Carnelian - Lichtenburg

4.7.2

Brown Carnelian - Lichtenburg

4.7.3

Orange Carnelian - Lichtenburg

4.8

Jasper

4.8.1

Porcelain Jasper

4.8.1.1

Porcelain Jasper - red - Bloemhof

4.8.1.2

Porcelain Jasper - grey - Loch Vaal

4.8.2

Red Jasper - Kuruman

4.8.3

Banded Jasper - Kuruman

4.8.4

Mugglestone (Jasper) - Prieska

4.8.5

Green Jasper - Kuruman

4.8.6

Kalahari Picture Stone - Vioolsdrif

4.9

Tigerseye

4.9.1

Yellow Tigerseye - Prieska

4.9.2

Blue Tigerseye - Prieska

4.11

Chert (Sedimentary)

4.12

Mtorolite - Zimbabwe

4.13

Green Quartz - Barberton

4.14

Budd Stone - Barberton

4.15

Pudding Stone - Barberton

5. AFRICAN TURQUOISE

5.1

African Turquoise - Blue Mine, Springbok

6. IRONSTONE

6.1

Banded Ironstone - Sishen Mine, Kuruman

7. MALACHITE

7.1

Banded Malachite - Congo

8. SERPENTINE

8.1

Green Serpentine - Bronkhorstspruit

8.2

Bowenite (Namaqualand Jade) - Vioolsdrif

9. FLUORITE

9.1

Heringbone Fluorite - Pilansberg

10. SUGILITE

10.1

Sugilite - Manganese Mines, Hotazel

11. VERDITE

11.1

Verdite (hard variety) - Barberton

11.2

Verdite - Barberton

FACETED STONES

Faceted stones are cut to specific requirements in any pattern or size subject to the availability of quality rough.

SETS OF STONES AND JEWELLERY

The variety of designs for stones and jewellery is endless. Below are only a few examples of sets of cut stones, and the finished jewels. Sets of matching stones are cut from all materials listed under polished gemstones.

Sugilite

Agate

Rainbow Chalcedony

Transvaal Jade

Blue Lace

Tigerseye

Jasper

GEMTREES

15cm to 17cm high - various polished stones on a Serpentine base.

Amethyst

Red Carnelian

Pink Carnelian

White Agate

Yellow Carnelian

Mixed colours Carnelian

8cm to 9cm high - various polished stones on a Serpentine base.

Various small Gemtrees (Click to enlarge)

Red Carnelian, Yellow Carnelian, Dumorturite

Red Carnelian (unpolished)

The following stones are used:

»	Polished Stones	Amethyst
		Agate
		Pale Carnelian
		Yellow Carnelian
		Orange Carnelian
		Red Carnelian
		White Quartz
		Unakite
»	Unpolished Stones	Small full Agates
		Pale Carnelian
		Yellow Carnelian
		Red Carnelian