cairngorm

[china]

Hi trying to find a genuine piece of cairngorm amberish colour 30mm x 15mm x 10mm rough for
mounting to the top of a Skin Duhb

[CJ57]

Hi China
This is the link to your request last year, I think it's still the same
http://www.cooksongold.com/forum/sho...ight=Cairngorm

[china]

Yes I did post a request last year, I was just hoping something may come up, seems like a it is a impossible task I will have to substitute something else, is any one aware of any other uniquely Scottish stones I may be able to use.

[Lucie]

Just did a few random searches. Have you tried phoning around any of this lot?
http://www.alistirtaitgem.co.uk/#!cairngorms/c1xh6
https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/2507...ral?ref=market
http://www.thecuriousgem.co.uk/
http://www.scottishagates.co.uk/

[CJ57]

The only uniquely Scottish stones I know of are probably from the Scottish agates link on that post, they had some nice stones if I remember.The only other option would be to look for an antique piece of jewellery online and reuse a stone which wouldn't be the size you want and would probably be a smoky Quartz. On our lapidary excursions when I was a student we only ever found agates, there are some spectacular ones but cairngorm is a touristy thing.
Good luck

[china]

Thanks for all the replies and helpful suggestions, however the quest has been solved, I was telling my friend Kym about it and he went out into his
band practice room and produced a damaged Plaid Brooch with a large Cairngorm in the center that I can have re-cut,( I don't do Faceting ) so all has worked
out well

[LydiaNiz]

this is weird! I made two Skin Dubh design tie pins earlier this year - the chap had picked up some bloodstone on a Scottish island which we got cut into cabs - looks from reading up that local supplies of the cairngorm quartz is pretty much depleted and imported stock is being used.