Azurite "Ocean Blue"

Gemstone Quality Standard

About Azurite "Ocean Blue"

Azurite “Ocean Blue” did come from a vein that was discovered in 2018 near Tarma in the Peruvian Andes.

The vein was fully exploited and did run dry within less than a year.

It is a mixture of azurite, malachite, and white limestone being crossed by fine brown oxidation layers. Parts of the vein also include quartz. The vein was only about 4 cm thick.

Rarity

Extremely rare. A vein (only 4 cm thick) of this material was discovered in 2018 near Tarma in the Peruvian Andes. The vein was fully exploited and did run dry within less than a year.

Availability

It is impossible to obtain more of this material. Gemrock is still in possession of a few kilos of jewelry-grade and Premium jewelry-grade material. We do not sell the rough. We can produce a few cabochons for custom jewelry. You can obtain this material from us as part of our own jewelry.

drop shaped Master Cabochon made from Azurite Ocean Blue

Jewelry Grade

Blue Azurite with small patches of green malachite in white limestone, crossed with a spider web of tiny brown oxide lines.

Premium Jewelry Grade

Blue Azurite with green malachite in translucent and transparent quartz, crossed with a spider web of tiny brown oxide lines.

You can buy our finished top-quality cabochons for jewelry makers.

National and international shipping from our US-based warehouse.

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Master Cabochon made from Ocean Blue Azurite 4

Premium jewelry grade Azurite Ocean Blue Cabochons

Polishable

Jewelry-grade material can be polished to a decent shine (because of the limestone matrix)

Premium jewelry-grade can be polished to a glass finish (because of the quartz matrix). Only the brown oxide lines may interrupt the surface polish.

Cutting Quality

Challenges:

The spiderweb of fine oxide layers make this material extremely brittle with a very high rate of loss due to breakage. This is a material for the most experienced gem cutters only.

Top-cutting-quality is characterized by:

a polished backside
a sharp rarely chipped edge between the backside and the bezel
a very straight and even highly polished bezel
a sharp unchipped edge between the bezel and the dome
a well-shaped dome, not showing any deformation
Top-quality polish

Pricing

Adequate pricing must take into account the cost factors to obtain top-quality cabochons:

Impossible to acquire more material.
High loss of material due to breakage.
A usual material loss of approximately 90 % of the material during the cutting and shaping process.
The level of experience required by a cutter to produce a flawlessly shaped and highly polished cabochon from such a brittle material.

You can buy our finished top-quality cabochons for jewelry makers.

National and international shipping from our US-based warehouse.

Buy your Azurite Cabochons here

Jewelry Grade Material:

Blue Azurite with small patches of green malachite in white limestone, crossed with a spider web of tiny brown oxide lines.

Cutting Quality:

Straight bezel, 3 mm high
Flat and perfect dome (3 mm high)
Edges between bezel and dome, as well as bezel and backside: sharp and crispy, minor chips on lower edge possible but very rare.
Backside flat, at 280 grit

Pricing:

Recommended Retail Price (A): 0.9 USD per carat

Jewelry Grade Material:

Blue Azurite in quartz, crossed with a spider web of tiny brown oxide lines.

Lots of blue Azurite accompanied by green Malachite in white Limestone.

Cutting Quality:

Straight bezel, 3 mm high
Flat and perfect dome (3 mm high)
Edges between bezel and dome, as well as bezel and backside: sharp and crispy, minor chips on lower edge possible but very rare.
Backside flat, at 280 grit

Additional Quality (AA+): Backside polished to 3000 grit

Pricing:

Recommended Retail Price (AA): 1.00 USD per carat

AA+: 1.09 USD/c

Premium Jewelry Grade Material:

Blue Azurite with green malachite in translucent and transparent quartz, crossed with a spider web of tiny brown oxide lines.

Cutting Quality:

Only cut by our best master cutters
Straight bezel, 3 mm high
Flat and perfect dome (1-3 mm high)
The edges between the bezel and dome, as well as the bezel and backside, are sharp and crispy, with no chips on the lower edge.

Additional quality (AAA+): Backside polished to 3000 grit

Pricing:

Recommended Retail Price (AAA): 1.5 USD per carat

AAA+: 1.59 USD/c

To the best of our knowledge, this material is only available from us. There might be a tiny rest of the material available from “The Unconventional Lapidarist”, located in the USA, who bought some of this material from us in 2018.

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