Cabochon-cut gemstones capitalize on a stone’s great color while minimizing its less-than-perfect clarity. The resulting looks are smooth, polished, and chicly casual—ideal alternatives to perfectly ...

There’s nothing quite like the way a faceted gemstone sparkles when the light hits it—and it’s wonderful to see the way a lapidary artist can facet a stone—but a cabochon can be just as magical. Among ...

Gov. Bobby Jindal has blessed a plan to create a new state gemstone, the cabochon cut gemstone derived from a special Louisiana-grown oyster -- the Crassostrea virginica mollusk. View full sizeDavid ...

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When Marco Polo wrote of Ceylon’s gems in the thirteenth century, he described an island whose precious stones had travelled far beyond its shores.