Slabs up to 200 pounds to be honed & polished for sale

This past November, I ventured on a road trip to purchase from the Honeycomb Calcite mine, sufficient stone slabs to restock the inventory of my business: Desert Homestead Stone Products (see link at right). In addition, I plan to retain a couple of these slabs for artistic use; in providing a ‘stained-glass’ window effect in the earthen walls of the Cob Studio that I have under construction. This use of the stone was employed in a similar fashion on the adobe out-building I completed in 2001 (see photo-illustration below)

I came across this stone at the Tucson Gem & Mineral Show in 2000. I was building an adobe out-building at the time and when I first saw the translucent nature of Honeycomb Calcite, I envisioned how I could apply the stone artistically in the building structure. 

From that time forward, I developed a business relationship with the mine owners and started selling this magnificent type of calcite.

The three photos below illustrate the process of placing an 18” X 9” Honeycomb Calcite slab in an adobe wall, with the bottom photo showing the slab’s ‘stained-glass’ effect in the completed building.