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Daily Wire Tip Jan 10: Eudialyte Cabochons
Daily Wire Jewelry Making Tip for
January 10, 2011
Question:
On the cover of your book Wirework, you use a beautiful stone that you list as eudialyte. I have not been able to locate it anywhere. Can you tell me the source?
-Carol in Lake Kiowa, Texas
Answer:
Carol, Eudialyte comes from only a few sources; the cabs I use are from the Kola Peninsula in Russia. Although I did pick up a few additional cabochons on my recent visit to Russia, the best way to find and purchase them is either at a gem show or by doing an Internet search using the phrase, "Russian Eudialyte cabochon loose". Be warned, Eudialyte is rather rare, as its prices will reflect.
Answer contributed by Dale “Cougar” Armstrong
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L. Ryan
January 10, 2011 at 8:20 pm
I bought a couple from at a gem show from GEM Center U.S.A. Inc. located in El Paso Texas
Lynda, Dunnellon, FL
Pat Q.
January 10, 2011 at 11:30 pm
Carol, try ebay they do have them on there site