I do this every year!  Let me explain.  During Tucson, I try really hard to stay within a budget.   (It never happens.)  In doing so I try to be very selective in the material I purchase and the quantity.  

Now that I have started cutting some of this material, I am kicking myself that I didn't buy more.  An example is the Nazca Jasper from China.  The patterns are crazy and reminds me of Indian Paint Rock.  I haven't been able to source this material in years.  Click here to see.  The first preform is on the rough grind.

Another is Purple Lace Agate from Mexico.  It is a much more mellow lace agate with purple!  No photos yet of this material.  

I haven't started cutting the Faustite, opal snakeskin jasper, garnet in epidote, or the flow banded rhyolite to name a few of the goodies yet to hit the saw.  There is  just not enough time in the day!

Now the question will be if I can find any of these materials again next year1

Thanks for reading.