# Where can I buy a large, unset, cubic zirconia? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 31, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154 "2010-01-31T20:12:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/1 "2010-01-31T20:12:03Z")
I want to buy the biggest cubic zirconia I can find, to keep on my desk and use as a paperweight. Where can I buy something like this? I don’t want it in any kind of setting, just the (fake) stone itself. ---
**Author:** ![ivn1188](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e480ec/32.png) [@ivn1188](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivn1188)\ **Post date:** [January 31, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/2 "2010-01-31T21:38:42Z")
[http://www.lg-gems.com/products.asp?cat=956](http://www.lg-gems.com/products.asp?cat=956) ---
**Author:** ![DanBlather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f4b2a3/32.png) [@DanBlather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DanBlather)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/3 "2010-02-01T00:34:28Z")
Cool. What does this mean: “Perfect for display or wire wrapping projects”? ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/4 "2010-02-01T00:53:41Z")
Wire wrapping is when you use a soft metal to make jewelry out of. See [this](http://www.brightonbeadsandmore.com/images/classes/ARROW%20WIRE%20BRACLET%20LESLIE%20RADABUGH%201.jpg) as an example. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/5 "2010-02-01T04:01:40Z")
eBay has some, I see a 50ct for about $3 now. That’s about 20mm or 4/5th of an inch. ---
**Author:** ![DivineComedienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c67d28/32.png) [@DivineComedienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DivineComedienne)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2010, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/6 "2010-02-01T22:46:58Z")
> [@Absolute](#): > > I want to buy the biggest cubic zirconia I can find, to keep on my desk and use as a paperweight. Where can I buy something like this? I don’t want it in any kind of setting, just the (fake) stone itself. I don’t know where you are located, but I was in Michael’s Craft Store here in NJ the other day, and they were selling them. Plastic, not CZ, but paperweight size (maybe 4" in diameter). ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/7 "2010-02-02T00:53:40Z")
> [@ivn1188](#): > > [http://www.lg-gems.com/products.asp?cat=956](http://www.lg-gems.com/products.asp?cat=956) I notice that the $90, 750 carat zirconium is 50mm across, which is 2 inches. Not a very big paperweight. ETA: It seems you get more weight for your money with these raw, uncut gemstones: [http://www.gemhunters.com.au/uncut\_Gemstones](http://www.gemhunters.com.au/uncut_Gemstones) Not as flashy as a cubic zirconium. ---
**Author:** ![wunderkammer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ed8c4c/32.png) [@wunderkammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wunderkammer)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-buy-a-large-unset-cubic-zirconia/527154/8 "2010-02-02T01:02:26Z")
If you just want flashy and ridiculous and aren’t really attached to the idea of a CZ, maybe a cut glass paperweight? [Two arbitrary links](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380170477077&rvr_id=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=WXS%3F&GUID=a067e1451250a0266f84f524fff71aad&itemid=380170477077&ff4=263602_263622) [I just found](http://store.weddingish.com/gidishcrpawe.html).