This cabachon was done a few months back for free for someone who had collected some stone and was curious if anything could be made from it. I normally don’t do cabs as I lack the optimal equipment but this person couldn’t find someone to help them out.

Here is the rough, not much to look at is it?

The dops I use for this kind of work are just wooden dowels. Here is the stone after I’d spent time shaping and grinding it down to find the color. The difference between faceting and forming a cab, is the cab is all done by hand without the use of a cutting head.

I did a final polish, then cut off the bottom to create a flat bottom surface.