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Crushed Stone
Please read
the
Shipping Terms & Information page
regarding shipping charges before ordering.
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Crushed stone is an excellent
material to use as an inlay material. I personally prefer the use
of crushed stone over metal shavings (brass, aluminum, etc.) as the
stone adds much more warmth and personality (see pictures below).
Turquoise ("Sleeping Beauty" - mostly green), chrysocolla (a
brilliant blue) and malachite (green) can be used to fill voids
and cracks or placed into grooves (purposely cut) to enhance your
project. Instructions for use are included with every order.
There has been a major increase in the price of Sleeping Beauty
Turquoise, Chrysocolla and Azurite due to the increased popularity and
demand for Southwest Indian jewelry. These three minerals are favorites among jewelry makers and we had to raise our prices in
order to keep up with the cost of these raw materials.
We
purchase whole nuggets of each type of stone and then manually crush them. The material is then sifted through various sized screens to come
up with the different sizes. We offer the following sizes:
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Extra Fine
- a fine powder
Fine
- consistency of very
fine beach sand
Medium
- heavy beach sand
Coarse
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chips 3/32" +/- in size
Stone
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chips 1/8" +/- in size
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color of the stone (i.e. turquoise, malachite, etc.) can vary from one
batch to the next.
Mother Nature like to keep us guessing but we make every effort to
supply a consistent color in each type of stone. |
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To purchase crushed
stone, simply click on any of the crushed stone links below
and from there you can choose your desired size.
Prices do not include shipping. I use Priority Mail
for these items and the normal Priority Mail shipping
charge is $4.60
(not including insurance) and a
lot of stone can be packed into one of the large video boxes supplied by
the USPS (please read
the Shipping Terms & Information page regarding shipping charges
before ordering). Be aware that UPS shipping is more
expensive than Priority Mail in most instances. |
All of the crushed stone shown below is sold in one (1)
ounce bags (approximately two teaspoons).
To order crushed stone click on the
blue links below the photos.
Examples of stone inlay:

Turquoise stone inlayed into pens:
Spalted Hackberry, Hawthorn, and three Desert Ironwood made by Bill
Baumbeck

Figured maple bowl with turquoise stone inlay
crafted by Bill Baumbeck

Natural edge buckeye burl dish with chrysocolla stone
inlay
crafted by Bill Baumbeck

Figured maple with turquoise stone inlay
crafted by Bill Baumbeck
More
examples of using crushed stone as an inlay can be seen by clicking
here
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Please read the
Shipping Terms & Information page regarding shipping charges
before ordering.
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