Rocks

 MAN MADE STONE MATERIALS

Manufactured for making jewelry, the man made stone is also widely used by knife makers, as it makes quite extraordinary handles.
This material is called many names like Recon Stone, Composite Reconstructed Stone, Larimar and Syntho-Tech Gemstone, and is described by distributors in their way:
Composite Reconstructed Stone is a mixture of the natural crushed stone and a strong acrylic resins to provide an interesting and inexpensive alternative to its natural, costly counterpart.
Recon stone is a synthetic material made of natural gems and mineral additives.
Larimar - Syntho-Tech Gemstone material is made from 86% natural stone.

Sold by cast bricks, or cut to blocks, slabs and scales. The price is up there at $3.13/ounce, plus there is a cutting charge of $5 per each slab cut.
Regardless - This highly desirable knife handle material can be worked with ordinary knife making tools and equipment, no lapidary equipment is required.
But it should be worked slowly and with caution because it is as fragile as the natural stone - it can break if dropped on a hard surface, or split if drilling too fast.

There may be a few manufacturers out there making the stuff, and many Suppliers of knife materials, but the largest manufacturer in the world is:
RT Research Corporation in Tempe Arizona, USA, and their largest Supplier/distributor with over 60 colors available is Masecraft Supply Company

 BLUE RIVER AGATE

Swirls of pink and blue banded together to produce a harmonious marriage of delightful color.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 MARINE AGATE

Marine Agate (sphaeleritic): compact round or irregular crystalline nodules in greens & browns + gemlike purple amethyst crystals throughout. Wonderful colors & figures made by nature, slabbed, some polished, some unpolished.

Sizes

Matched pairs     1/4" x 2-1/2" x 4"     1/4" x 3-1/2" x 3" Trimmed, cut into rectangular matched scales, polished one face      3/16-1/4" x 1-1.2" wide x 3-4" long.

 LEOPARD SKIN AGATE

The leopard skin agate is a rare form of this mineral agate with roundish spots in grey and black in it. Limited availability

Sizes

1/4" thick x 1" to 2" wide x 3", 4", 5" long

  AMBER

Amber is a fossilized resin from pine trees that grew fifty million years ago or so.
The color is rich golden, transparent amber with random opaque swirls throughout.
It is imported in the form of African trade beads - mixture of real crushed amber mixed with plastic resin and formed into beads. Each bead is unique and offers an infinite variety of optical effects in different light.

 AMBER WITH SPECKS

A rich golden honey color included with dark specks to resemble the ancient Baltic amber.

 KOPAL AMBER BEADS

Small and Large - Kopal Amber Beads

 MOROCCAN AMBER BEADS

Sizes of beads are usually

1-1/4" x 1-1/2" & 1-1/4" x 1" Small, Medium and Large - Moroccan Amber Beads

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 7/8" x 1" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 BANDED AMETHYST

Zigzag crystalline purple amethyst in tones of grey and purples. Polished on one face. Slab ready for cutting into approximately 5 pieces. More available as required.

Size

1/4" x 1" x 3"

 AZURITE-MALACHITE

A deep blue material with irregular green inclusions scattered throughout.

 BANDED AZURITE-MALACHITE

Bands of vibrant green separated from the electric blue bands by a third shade of green.

 AZURITE CHRYSOCOLLA

A predominantly medium to deep blue with tints of two tone green with defined three dimensional webbing.
Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

  CABOCHONS

Natural semiprecious stones, gems and colorful shells.
Selected for their beauty to be used as butt caps on small delicate cutlery.

GEM	COLOR	SIZE
SODALITE	Blue	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
CARNELIAN	Dark Green	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
GARNET	Deep red	1/4" to 1"
JADE	Green	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
ROSE QUARTZ	Pink	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
MALACHITE	Green/Black	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
HEMATITE	Silver/Black	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
FIRE OPAL (Mexico)	Fiery opalescent red-brown	4.23 ct - 3/8" x 1/2" and 1/4" high
JELLY OPAL (Australia)	Almost clear with various colors	irregular shapes - 1/4" +
MILKY OPAL (Australia)	All colors of rainbow	irregular shapes - 1/4" +
IRONSTONE OPAL (Australia)	Bright colors in dark ironstone matrix	1/8" - 3/4"
AUSTRALIAN BANDED AGATE	Multicolored	1/8" thick, cut to order
COLORED DIAMONDS (Australia)	Colorless - Yellow - Brown	Available on request by the carat
ONYX	Black	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
TIGER EYE	Brown Yellow with distinctive sheen	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long    3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
TURQUOISE	Bright blue	1/4" to 1"
LAPIS LAZULI (dyed)	Blue (dyed)	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
LAPIS LAZULI (natural)	Blue Deep blue with specks	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long 1/4" - 1/2"
PAVA / Paua Shell (New Zealand)	Iridescent	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
PINK MOTHER OF PEARL	Pink	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
WHITE MOTHER OF PEARL	White	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long
BLACK MOTHER OF PEARL	Black	3/18" thick x 11/16" wide x 1" long

 CHAROLITE

A swirl of deep purple with lighter purple bands interlaced and overlapping the deeper color. It is a SYNTHO-TEC gemstone material, 86% natural stone.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 CHAROITE - RUSSIAN LAVENDER

Charoite is a vivid purple material, discovered in 1976. This heavily patterned, most unusual knife handle material is found only in one location: Chara River, Uakutsk, Russia. It is often like a swirl of deep purple with lighter purple bands interlaced and overlapping the deeper color.
Very rare, all stone is now mined out.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 7/8" x 1" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

  COPRALITE (PETRIFIED DINO DUNG)

Color is Yellow and Gray.

Comes in 1/8" thick slice

 CORAL

Coral is very compact and easily acquires a good polish.

 ROSE RED CORAL is found in Mediterranean near Sardinia.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4"

A deep Chinese red without inclusions, reminiscent of the highly priced coral found in the Eastern Mediterranean region.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 EMERALD

Uncut natural crystal emerald with natural flaws
Size

5/16" x 1/2"

1/8"

 FOSSILIZED SHELLS and PLANT MATERIAL

This is a grey marble or limestone densely filled with pieces of paler shell fragments and plant tissue. Rock is not very hard and when polished the surface will need protection from scratches.
Will be cut to size and polished on one face as required or ordered.

Size

BLOCKS       1" x 1.5" x 4"           1" x 1.5" x 5"           1" x 1.5" x 6"

MATCHED SCALES       3/8" x 1.25" x 4"           3/8" x 1.25" x 5"           3/8" x 1.25" x 6"

 CHRYSOPRASE

Vivid green in the luckiest of colors, small polished slabs.
Available with natural gold pieces inlaid into natural crevices. Spectacular!

Size

1/4" x 1" x 1" 1/4" x 1" x 2"

 JASPER and HEMATITE

The banded Jasper & Hematite are names of two minerals with wild patterns and bands in contrasting greens browns of hard siliceous mineral Jasper with darker reds, browns and metallic grey-black colors of Hematite (ironstone & minerals). Striking and beautiful Australian stone.
Some of this is in small slab form polished one face. Limited quantities only.


Size

1" x 2" up to approximately 1.25" x 4" x about 3/16"

3/16" x 1.2" x 3" - polished one face   3/16" x 1.2" x 4"  - polished one face  3/16" x 1.2" x 5" - polished one face   3/8" x 1.25" x 6" - unpolished

 CALIFORNIA JADE

Found in California, it is very dark green, appears black.

Comes in 1/8" thick slice

 WYOMING JADE

Found in Wyoming, it is medium green to dark green.

Comes in 1/8" thick slice

 AUSTRALIAN JADE

Found in Australia, it is colored Deep Green to olive to almost onyx black

Approximately 3/8" thick slices

CLEAR LAPIS & LAPIS LAZULI

 LAPIS LAZULI

A very rare, dark blue, sometimes with violet tints, spotted with white and brass. Lapis Lazuli takes a fantastic polish and has a hardness of 4-1/2. This material is perfect with brass fittings.

  CLEAR LAPIS

A royal blue violet material without inclusions. The rarest representation of the gem grade Lapis.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 LARIMAR

SYNTHO-TEC Gemstone material made from 86% natural stone.
No lapidary equipment required. While supply last.
Color is Two-tone sky blue.

No size given

 MALACHITE

Natural mineral is mined in Ural mountains in Russia, only other deposits were in Uganda, Africa, reported all mined out. Bright green basic cooper carbonate (Cu²CO³(OH)² occurring as a mineral - looks like a sort of bright green marble. Extremely beautiful when polished...

 BANDED MALACHITE

This is a Composite Reconstructed Stone of a fine beauty.
A fire banding of various shades of light green to almost black, bands run from a few thousands of an inch to 3/32 of an inch.

 MALACHITE WEB

This is another Composite Reconstructed Stoneof great beauty.
A black three dimensional spider web weaving around miniature forest green nodes ranging from 1/32" to 3/8" in diameter.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 ONYX - JET BLACK

This is a beautiful Composite Reconstructed Stone.
this material is a combination of Jet, Onyx and Obsidian creating a material basically black with white and gold flecks and streaking.
Carves well and polishes beautifully.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4"

 MOSAIC OPAL

This is NEW CELLULOID sheet material.

Size

Comes in 1/8" thick slice

  AUSTRALIAN PRECIOUS OPALS - BLACK, MILKY, IRONSTONE

Grade, beauty & size / weight determine price. Most opals are priced in affordable range but highest quality is also available. Unique & beautiful stones. All solid, no doublets or triplets, no synthetics used.

 JELLY OPAL

Jelly white to almost clear with flashes of color. Most are polished stones e.g. like small cabochons.
Size

Ovals and irregular shapes - from 3/16" in diameter

Other Size: from 3/16" in diameter

 MILKY OPAL

A milky gem with flashes of all colors of rainbow. Some polished some as tumbled irregular stones some as polished cabochons.

 IRONSTONE OPAL

Colorful opal in dark ironstone matrix. Bright colors contrast with dark stone and patterns. Beautiful! Some as polished irregular shapes others cut into small circular or oval cabochons ready for mounting. Some opal, naturally framed like a picture in ironstone!

Size

Irregular shapes - 3/16" - 2" in diameter, some 1" x 2" x 3/16"

Samples of less precious opals

As described and supplied by:
XYLO-australis®

 PETRIFIED DINOSAUR BONE

Lapidary equipment is required.
The K & G finishing Supply will slice it to approximately to 1/8" or sell you the whole rock. They can also cut to exact dimensions, such as 2" x 2" x 4".
Color - Reds, blues, and grays. Very colorful and unique.

Sizes

Small, Medium. Large and Extra-large. 2" x 2" x 4". 1/8" Slices or Whole rock.

  PINK CONCH SHELL

This extraordinary material is a real show stopper, 'Composite Reconstructed Shell', a predominate ivory base banded by irregular pink bands 1/32" to 3/32" wide and a canary yellow series of bands 1/32" to 3/32" wide.
Takes an excellent polish, no lapidary tools are needed.

Dimensions

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 PINK RHODOCHROSITE

This is a rare gem quality crystal found in Argentina. Pink.

Size

Small slices approx 1" x 2" , unpolished approx. 3/16" thick

 RHODONITE WITH CORAL

This is a beautiful Composite Reconstructed Stone.
Rhodonite has a pleasing pink rose color, it has thin black veins caused by manganese oxides. It is hard heavy and lustrous.
A very good material for carving.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5"

 SUGALITE - SYNTHO-TEC

Purple plum with small black matrix. 86% of SYNTHO-TEC is composed of natural stone.

 SUGALITE CLEAR

This is a beautiful Composite Reconstructed Stone.
An intense lavender in color without inclusion. In the natural state it is used in fire custom jewelry and high grade cutlery handles.

 ROYAL PLUM SUGALITE

This stone, found in South Central Africa, is an extremely pleasing plum-burgundy color and takes a beautiful polish.

 SUGALITE BLUE

Dark blue with gold specks.

Sizes

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 SPINY OYSTER ORANGE

This is a beautiful, orange or red,Composite Reconstructed Stone.

Size

1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5"

 SLATE

This is a Light / Dark Gray, Composite Reconstructed Stone.

Size

1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5"

 TURQUOISE

This is absolutely beautiful Composite Reconstructed Stone.
Valuable both as a gem and ornamental material, chiefly for its color.
The light turquoise is blue with a greenish cast, some has silver or gold streaking, the dark turquoise is a deeper blue with black, gold and silver coloring.
It makes beautiful handles. (70% Genuine Turquoise)

 CLEAR TURQUOISE

Turquoise in color without inclusions.

 WEB TURQUOISE

Black three dimensional spider web entwining through a rich turquoise background.

 MEXICAN TURQUOISE

A combination of light blue encircled in a portion of light green and just for a measure an occasional black web.

Sizes

3/16" x 1-1/16" x 4-1/16" 3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4" 1/4" x 1-1/2" x 5" 3/8" x 1-1/2" x 5" 7/8" x 1" x 4" 1" x 1-1/2" x 5" 2-1/2" x 6" x 12"

 VARISCITE

As an ornamental material, Variscite is sometimes sold as turquoise, however it is pale green with black veins in color.
A semi-hard light stone with no cleavage. The first deposit of gem was discovered in 1893 in Utah, also found in Arkansas and Nevada.
Polishes to a high luster.

Size

3/18" x 1-1/4" x 4"

 FOSSILIZED AUSTRALIAN WHALE BONE

Generally dark background with interior of bone appearing as paler honeycomb pattern. All available with one polished face. For those special inlays. Delicate to handle, some larger than sizes bellow.

Size

3/16" x 1" x 1-1/2" 3/16" x 1-1/2" x 2-1/2"