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Gemstones

This category is for suppliers of loose gemstones, pearls, and gemstone rough used to fabricate finished jewelry. Vendors listed here sell individual stones, or in small lots, online to the general public.

Sites that primarily sell finished jewelry incorporating gemstones in their design should submit to a more appropriate shopping category such as /Shopping/Jewelry/ or its sub-categories. Suppliers who restrict their purchasers to Trade Only, or who require occupational licenses or large lots should submit their sites to: /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/ or /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Wholesale_and_Distribution/

Cabochons

Cabochons (cabs) are gemstones polished to domed, rounded or free-form shapes rather than "cut" with flat facets. Suppliers here provide hand or machine polished cabochons and include individual lapidary artists and larger suppliers who sell to the general public.

Suppliers primarily selling finished jewelry incorporating cabochon gemstones in their design should submit to a more appropriate category such as Shopping/Jewelry/ or its sub-categories. Suppliers who restrict their purchasers to Trade Only, or who require occupational licenses or large lots should submit their sites to: /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/ or /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Wholesale_and_Distribution/

Faceted

Faceted gemstones are those cut and polished with geometrically regular, light-reflecting, flat faces - facets. Online suppliers of faceted gemstones as well as individual lapidarists ("cutters") specializing in faceting services are listed here. These suppliers sell loose individual stones, or in small lots to the general public.

Suppliers primarily selling finished jewelry incorporating faceted gemstones in its design should submit to a more appropriate category such as /Shopping/Jewelry/ or its sub-categories. Suppliers who restrict their purchasers to Trade Only, or who require occupational licenses or large lots should submit their sites to: /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/ or /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Wholesale_and_Distribution/

Opal

Opals are semi-precious stones that are luminous and iridescent, frequently with multi-colored inclusions caused by entrained water ("fire"), and are finished as cabochon. Sources listed here include miners, individual lapidarists, and online retailers of opal gemstones and rough selling individual stones, or in small lots, online to the general public.

Suppliers primarily selling finished jewelry incorporating opals in their design should submit to a more appropriate category such as Shopping/Jewelry/Bead_and_Gemstone/Opal. Suppliers who restrict their purchasers to Trade Only, or who require occupational licenses or large lots should submit their sites to: /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/ or /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Wholesale_and_Distribution/

Rough and Slab

Rough or slab is gemstone material in its natural state prior to cutting, finishing, polishing or faceting. Suppliers in this category are often miners, individual lapidarists, or firms closely connected to mining operations, who sell online to the general public. Rough is often further described as either facet or cab depending upon its suitability for finishing - facet rough being typically translucent with minimum impurities, and cab rough being generally opaque.

Sites that primarily sell finished gemstones should submit to a more appropriate shopping category such as /Shopping/Jewelry/Supplies/Gemstones. Suppliers who restrict their purchasers to Trade Only, or who require occupational licenses or large lots should submit their sites to: /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/ or /Business/Consumer_Goods_and_Services/Jewelry/Wholesale_and_Distribution/