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Category Archives: Indicolite
Bi Color stability aways a question.
I just finished a darker blue/medium blue that came threw like a champ. It is only 5mm wide and about twice that in length. I had to cut down a much longer crystal to just get the area of the … Continue reading
Eye clean pale blue round from Afghanistan.#735
This round is one of the better blue pieces that I got in a lot I bought from Afghanistan. It is not only visibly blue, which is better than most of the blue halves of bicolors that broke apart, but … Continue reading
closed ended with poorer crystal, flash driven blue emerald cut.#443
The emerald cut is an Indicolite, because its blue flash does not drift toward green. It has decent flash that seems to be inhibited by poorer quality crystal. Having closed and steeply cut ends doesn’t really effect the stone. It … Continue reading
Straight lace blue with open ends, emerald cut.#530
Many of the blues that I have and love have either a rich sapphire blue look or sing of the tropical waters. This straight laced blue follows a more stalwart path to success. It does not play with green much … Continue reading
Long ratio, narrow, blue emerald cut.#1197
This long ratio and slender emerald cut has closed ends. Still the long ratio minimizes the darkness and the stone has a medium toned blue flash. It appears to be eye clean and weighs .64 carats. Bruce
Small oval Namibian blue#1193
I don’t cut this small an oval very much anymore. For most colors a simple standard round brilliant and a ticket into the droplets of color is enough. But with a nice piece of Namibia blue, I go for the … Continue reading
Gray with blue flash round, Mozambique#1185
The purchase of the rough for this standard round brilliant shows a bit more discipline on my part than my earlier days. The dealer had gotten a lot of a tourmaline with a different color that is never stated. It … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, dark blue, gray-blue, indicolite, Mozambique
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Another round of blue from Namibia for everyone, dot of color.#1166
This is a pretty little blue standard round brilliant. It appears to be eye clean and came from Namibia in a lot that proved to be unstable. The dot of color has a medium tone level and weighs .27 carats. … Continue reading
Another blue dot special from Namibia#1163
If you can keep dots of color on the dop stick, they can be fun to cut. I went to a diamond dopping wax years ago, that is just about pure shellac and have never regretted it. I now use … Continue reading
A Namibian blue reaching to be a droplet of color.#1154
My principle dealer out of Africa usually does not offer individual tourmalines that are less than 5 carats in size. He offers the smaller material in lots. The posted bright blue that is going to be just big enough to … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, Namibia
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Small, closed ended, blue to blue green emerald cut.#1153
This is a pretty emerald cut that has a very nice medium dark toned blue to blue green color. It has closed ends and steep angles on the ends. It weighs .72 carats. It appears to be eye clean. Bruce
Part of the lot of Namibia blue dots of color#1151
Small rounds are fun to cut, but you work for what you get. There are not too many colors that I would push a round down this small, but a great medium toned blue, like this dot of color, is … Continue reading
Best blue in the house goes to Namibia, droplet of color#1148
Now it is the policy of the house is that the judging of color be done without regard to size, cleanliness or country of origin. This standard round brilliant won the coveted title of best blue on its own merits. … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, Namibia, outstanding
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Namibian blue dot of color.#1146
Another fine stable blue from Namibia that is a dot of color. It appears to be eye clean, but may not be stable enough to set. It weighs .35 carats. Bruce
Rolling in dots of blue Namibian tourmaline.#1144
Namibia gets my vote for blue in tourmaline. It may not have the neon look of Paraiba, but I keep finding room in my collection for it. This dot of color is bright blue and stays blue even in my … Continue reading
Blue toward green color shifter, closed ended, emerald cut.#1139
This longer ratio emerald cut is blue in day light, but makes a strong sift toward green in my yellowish light. It appears to be eye clean and has good crystal. It dark tone level and closed ends makes the … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, closed-c, color-shift, emerald cut, green-blue, indicolite
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Darkly toned, dichroic blue green oval.#1136
The ends of this long ratio oval are darker than the middle of the oval because it is dichroic. Both colors work together well and are nice shades of blue green. The gemstone has a number of faint inclusion and … Continue reading
Dark blue with limited flash blue dot of color.#1132
This dot of color is as small as I have cut them. It has a rich blue color, but seems to suffer from a lack of transparency that I have seen in other blues. Still with its small size of … Continue reading
Included, medium toned, blue dot of color.#1127
Sometimes I can tell when a stone has been a real problem and this is one of them. It is pretty included and such a small size that i am sure that its destiny did not start out that way. … Continue reading
How many Namibian blues does it take to make a lot, as many as I can get#1126
I think that doing all the posts for my new web site has caused me to reflect on some of my purchases. I seem to have a selective memory or lack of it, when it comes to how many small … Continue reading
Medium toned blue, dot of color, Namibia#1120
This is a pretty medium toned blue standard round brilliant. It is from Namibia and makes a fine dot of color, It weighs .22 carats. Bruce
Namibian blue, classic dot of color.#1115
There are not many colors that I would cut in such a small round anymore. But I go the extra mile with a great Namibian blue. A combination of medium tone levels and great transparency helps my beloved blue, just … Continue reading
Darker blue green round with reasonable flash. Droplet of color to be.#1110
This standard round brilliant appears to be eye clean and has reasonable flash for a darker gemstone. One that likes the sun and an intimate glance. The blue green components of the stones hue are well balanced. It weighs .86 … Continue reading
Limited flash in a blue green round.#1108
This standard round brilliant has a darker tone level and nice color, but limited flash. I don’t see a lot of heavy inclusions, but I don’t think it has very good crystal. Also I think that this stone may be … Continue reading
There is no cure for the Namibian blues, beautiful, small, emerald cut.#1103
Do I like to cut, large length to width ratio emerald cuts? Not really. Do I like to cut skinny emerald cuts? Not really. But when it comes to desiring top quality blues from Namibia I gladly go the extra … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, cutting tourmaline, emerald cut, indicolite, Namibia
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Light blue, eye clean, droplet of color.#150
How nice it is, an apparently eye clean, lighter blue, completely open, droplet of color. It has fine crystal and is ready to flash and dance at a moments notice. It certainly could be an aquamarine, but tourmaline has a … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, pale
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Another round of IceT with everyone included. Blue#147
Getting the “true” color of very pastel tourmaline can be a challenge. I have had gemstones that picked up the color of my shirt at arms length and refused to let go. It’s as if they were born to be … Continue reading
One of the crop of Namibian rounds that sings the blues.#145
need picture #145 The current of Namibian blue that flows threw the collection is not always very large, but it is precious. This smaller standard round brilliant does take to the greenish blue side in my yellowish light, but is … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, green-blue, indicolite, Namibia
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A fine medium light toned pastel blue round.#144
Under my yellowish light this pastel blue, which stays blue, really drinks in the color and becomes a solid medium tone. I have to realize that this gemstone will not be as intense under daylight. (I also checked the back … Continue reading
Namibian blue with an order of white inclusions on the side, round#143
This standard round brilliant is compromised by a significant white inclusion about half way between the girdle and the table. It doesn’t flash, but it is quite visible. Still the stone has such a beautiful blue and it still sparkles. … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, Namibia
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Blue to blue green medium dark round.#142
This is a beautiful gemstone. I never realized until I started posting my collection that I had so many blue to blue green medium dark gemstones. This one has to be one of the best. It is eye clean and … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, green-blue, indicolite, medium blue, outstanding
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Included watery blue cuprian round.#141
need picture 141 The rough for this standard round brilliant was bought before copper was discovered to be in gem grade tourmaline in Mozambique. It has a good number of inclusions and not very good crystal. Still I was in … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, cuprian, indicolite, Mozambique
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Medium pastel blue green beauty, round.#137
This pastel is outstanding for its open medium tone and a bit of a different blue green hue. It does slide around blue to green, but is a true blue green. It appears to be eye clean and as flashy … Continue reading
One of a continuous grade of blue to blue green rounds.#136
This blue tourmaline just stops short of blue green in my yellowish light, but is a great blue under both daylight and incandescent, so it is an Indicolite. It is proud to wear the name and be true blue under … Continue reading
A galaxy of inclusions in a blue green IceT special, round, Afganistan#134
Afghanistan certainly produces a lot of lightly toned tourmaline and the IceT company is considering opening up a district office there. This very pale blue green standard round brilliant originally hailed from there. I think that the galaxy of white … Continue reading
I am a round of constant blue hue (color).#133
One of the joys of the collection is to be able to compare subtle differences between tourmalines that might appear identical under casual observations. I finished a post on a beautiful tourmaline that I have called blue since I cut … Continue reading
High quality medium dark blue round#132
My principle supplier from Africa has pretty much given up on supplying a provenance for his tourmaline rough. He generally deals indirectly with the mines threw a “miner” who really is a whole sale intermediary. The natural inclination of these … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, blue-green, indicolite, medium blue, outstanding
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A memorable blue round, included.#131
When I remember trying to polish a gemstone years later, It was a bugger. I usually do not have problems polishing indicolite, trade name for blue tourmaline, but this gem drove me crazy. It does have a rather evenly spread … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, indicolite, polishing tourmaline
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medium dark, blue to green droplet of color#125
This blue to blue green droplet of color appears to be eye clean. It has a medium dark tone that limits flash and its blue color, in natural light, definitely slide toward the green side more than most blue tourmaline. … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, blue-green, droplet-of-color, indicolite
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Included medium dark blue to blue green round.#124
This standard round brilliant is a personal gemstone that really only shows it flashing blue to blue green under decent light. It is moderately included, but its darker tone makes them difficult to see face up. It weighs 1.90 carats. … Continue reading
A nice richer than usual, blue color, in a small round from Namibia.#123
This blue dot of color from Namibia has a medium dark tone. If was even moderately bigger than its .35 carat size it would be completely dark. So I guess sometimes it is best to be small. It does have … Continue reading
Average blue dot of Namibian origin.#113
This small blue, standard round brilliant, really could use a little bulk to get up there to the top of Namibia’s bounty. As it stands, it a nice average dot of color with a medium tone and eye clean body. … Continue reading
Medium toned, modest, blue green droplet of color.#112
need picture If wishes all came true, this .46 carat round would be a lot bigger, but it wouldn’t have to really change in any other way. It is a fine middle of the road blue green standard round brilliant … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, blue-green, droplet-of-color, indicolite
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Dark toned powerful blue green round.#111
Do you need a stone that can stand up to that bright afternoon sun at the local barbecue, then this fine example of a dark toned blue green round from Namibia, should fill the bill. It has concentrate color power … Continue reading
Light toned included pastel blue droplet of color.#111
This is one of the darker blue round from a lot I bought years ago from Afghanistan and it is still just light in tone. It is also moderately included which does not stop the standard round brilliant from being … Continue reading
A galaxy of flashing stars in aqua blue heaven, oval
To me blue is a hue/color in tourmaline that is a complex issue. It is really not solved by limiting Indicolite or Indigolite (I hope I spelled that right because it is a name I never use) to pure blue … Continue reading
Lavender Tourmaline, Lavender Tourmaline, Shield Cut, Cuprian#196
It is probably unnecessary and maybe even childish to type the same color before tourmaline twice in the title of this post. It is just a way to express how important this color is in my world of color in … Continue reading
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Tagged cuprian, lavender, Mozambique, shield
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A steely blue green shield cut.#160
A great effort is sometimes made not to put gray into the color name of a gemstone, but the fact is that many blues and other colors have a gray over tone in tourmaline. Calling a gemstone steely is a … Continue reading
Included pale blue, that I can see, IceT member.#106
At times I have cut rough from a lot, I got years ago from Afghanistan, that has some pieces of tourmaline rough with a touch of blue in it, but when I am finished cutting, I can not see the … Continue reading
Small oval of watery blue disposition.#104
This oval with a watery, medium toned blue, is one of the smallest ovals I have cut. The little, eye clean, gem is a pretty piece of blue with value. It is from Afghanistan/Pakistan. It weighs .43 carats. Bruce
Included Aqua Blue Oval#101
This medium light toned, aqua blue oval is full of tiny inclusions and a few fine feathers. They do effect the stone’s flash, but its pretty color shines threw. The stone’s fine color, medium light tone level and brightness still … Continue reading
A blue sliding into greener blue hue in a great emerald cut. Namibia#398
This medium toned blue emerald cut takes on a quite distinct greenish cast in yellowish light, but still stays on the bluer side of green. It is completely with dichroism and its low ratio between its length and its width … Continue reading
Mom’s Stone, A GEM of blue force from Namibia, emerald cut.#397
I have been looking forward to sharing this GEM, exceptional gemstone, with you. It came as a lot of one, separate from all the well saturated medium dark toned material I had been getting from Namibia. Its bright blue hue … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, emerald cut, indicolite, medium blue, Namibia, outstanding
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Slight bicolor with a few marks blue to green emerald cut.#396
This medium light toned emerald cut slides around between green and bluer green depending on the light. It has excellent transparency except for a few marks scattered in the stone. The most important is on a corner of the table … Continue reading
Posted in Bi-Color, Indicolite
Tagged bicolor, blue, emerald cut, green, non-dichroic
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Darker blue green emerald cut with some flaws.#394
This nice emerald cut has a variety of small flaws that are not easily seen in it s medium dark toned body. I don’t think that this stone is unstable, but it is not of the highest quality from Namibia. … Continue reading
Included saturated blue green emerald cut.#393
This was the largest piece I cut from the lot I got from my regular African dealer, before the blues from Namibia became much harder and more expensive to get. It suffers from the moving flaw problem I saw in … Continue reading
Medium dark toned, saturated, blue green emerald cut, included#391
This emerald cut suffers from a flaw that propagated itself as I cut the stone. The rest of the saturated medium dark toned body is eye clean and of good crystal, but I don’t know if the moving flaw would … Continue reading
Darkly toned blue with touch of gray emerald cut.#387
This darkly toned blue emerald cut has steep ends as a result of having closed ends. The blue is toned down with a little gray and it takes a bit of close inspection to appreciate this gemstone. Under closed inspection … Continue reading
A Namibian revelation, completely open blue green emerald cut.#385
The posted revelation. It weighs 2.75 carats. Mom’s stone, it weighs 5.27 carats. In a separate, private transaction, I receive a lot that contained one piece of rough. I came to call my “Mother’s Stone” because I used part of … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, emerald cut, green-blue, indicolite, Namibia, open-c
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Very long ratio, dark, blue emerald cut with inclusions.#383
This is a blast from the past. It is one of the few tourmalines in the collection that I cut as a teenager. It has a dark tone level and closed ends that were cut with normal angles. The flash … Continue reading
Crown jewel, a Blue Emerald Cut, in Lot from Namibia#381
This is a beautiful gemstone. It came in a lot of over a dozen pieces of rough that I bought privately from my principle African deal. At the time it seemed to be a continuance of steady production from Namibia, … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, closed-c, emerald cut, indicolite, Namibia, outstanding
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Dark ends, dark tone, but great saturated blue emerald cut.#278
This personal stone has limited flash in bars across the stone beclause the ends are very closed. But the flash is a great blue that is rare in tourmaline. It has one faint narrow fracture that is not deep and … Continue reading
beautiful medium toned blue green emerald cut.#377
This is a beautiful gemstone. Its medium blue green color sparkles everywhere in the stone since its ends are completely open and just a bit bluer than the sides. It appears to be eye clean and with fine crystal. This … Continue reading
Closed and steeply cut ends on a slightly greenish blue enerald cut.#375
Steeply cut ends help mitigate the closed ends on this blue with a touch of green emerald cut. The medium toned blue does not seem as saturated as the best material from Namibia. It appears to be eye clean and … Continue reading
Namibian blues a moving flaw in a pure hearted emerald cut.#371
It is always sad to see a beautiful stone destroyed and when it is happening as you work on it, that is even worse. Now I have certainly had tourmalines “blow up” on me and left me shatter along with … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Tourmaline, Indicolite
Tagged blue, cutting tourmaline, indicolite, Namibia
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A grayish blue rather watery looking, emerald cut.#364
This medium toned emerald cut has a bit different blue that is desaturated into a grayed blue under my lighting. This gives the stone a feeling of being diluted when it is compared with the saturated Namibian gems. It … Continue reading
A silent moment for an exception blue emerald cut from Namibia#361
Sometime before the availability of Namibian blue tourmaline decreased greatly for me, I bought a lot from my principle dealer out of Africa. The lot had over a dozen pieces of rough in it and I am sure some of … Continue reading
Fine, eye clean, blue green emerald cut.#360
It is nice to have to look at some of these smaller gemstones for the first time in a while. This smaller emerald cut has open ends and such a great medium toned, flash driven blue green color, that it … Continue reading
On the edge of tiny, medium light pastel emerald cut.#359
This has to be one of the smallest emerald cuts I have made. Its medium light blue color is a fine pastel and its open ends give life to the stone. It weighs .37 carats and will probably will not … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, emerald cut, indicolite, medium blue, open-c, pastel
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Fine, open, blue emerald cut.#357
This small emerald cut is a beauty. It is a legitimate blue that just picks up a little green in the yellowish light. The emerald cut is open ended, bright and flashy. This medium toned joy weighs .65 carats. Bruce
One lost baguette in the collection, small blue.#355
I decided to cut a baguette to see how I would like it. I decided that I much preferred emerald cuts so this medium blue one was the only baguette I have cut. It has a nice medium tone and … Continue reading
Dark blue with touch of gray, included, emerald cut.#354
This emerald cut has closed ends, but normal angles on the ends. It is pretty dark and has some face up visible flashy flaws. Still it is mainly a grayed blue with just a wash of green. It weighs .91 … Continue reading
Medium blue with steep ends, emerald cut#351
Steep ends minimizes the darkness from the closed c axis of this medium blue gemstone. The stone appears to be eye clean and of fine crystal. It weighs 1.23 carats and stays blue even in the yellowish light. Bruce
Pale blue sky with a galacy of faint inclusions, droplet of color.#649
This sky blue round is a bit restricted by many faint inclusions that add up to a low quality crystal. Still if you keep it moving, it will flash you a nice smile. It has a medium light pastel look … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, pale, sky blue
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A shifty blue that has a green streek depending on the light, droplet of light.
This medium toned blue shifts to more green than expected under the yellowish light. But boy does it love incandescent light. So we will call it a blue green pastel, droplet of color, with visions of greatness, because it drinks … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, color-shift, droplet-of-color, green-blue, indicolite, pastel
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Nice medium toned baby blue droplet of color.#634
You have seen this baby blue many times in life and now this tourmaline has a really pretty setting for it. The standard round brilliant is eye clean and with a fine crystal. The droplet of color even stands out … Continue reading
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Tagged baby blue, blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, medium blue
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Highly transparent pastel blue droplet of color.#601
This standard round brilliant has a medium light tone level and a very open non-dichroic face. It could be considered a baby blue and is eye clean, bright and flashy. It weighs .76 carats and is certainly a droplet of … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, pastel
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A blue Namibian droplet of color.
This standard round brilliant is blue. It seems so inadequate to say that these droplets of color from Namibia are just blue because the are great stones. I have not been able to get much larger blue tourmaline from Namibia … Continue reading
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It is pretty small, but still a blue from Namibia, round#789
Small or not doesn’t matter when it comes to having a blue from Namibia. This standard round blue is a blue blood and shows its pedigree even though it is only .27 carats big. Its tone level is on the … Continue reading
This is small enough to be a dot and it is, a beautiful blue Namibian one.#785
There is something about a Namibian blue that stands out even when it is as small as this blue dot of color. It is not just its color, but the great medium tone that goes with it in these smaller … Continue reading
Small baby blue oval#782
This small oval has a medium light pastel blue color. It appears to be eye clean and with fine crystal. The color is even and completely open because the stone does not display any dichroism. This flashy gemstone weighs … Continue reading
Smallest round I ever made, blue color dot.#779
It looks like a little sapphire and deserves a note as the smallest stand round brilliant I ever cut. (and any other style of cut). It has a nice medium toned blue and weighs a spectacular .11 carats. (That is … Continue reading
A beautiful medium toned blue droplet of color from Namibia.#778
This standard round brilliant is a blue that stands up to yellow light without greening. Sparkles even in muted light and is able to climb tall cutters in a single bound. I keep buying Namibian blue when I can, it … Continue reading
A touch of blue leads to an IceT round.#763
You could easily miss the touch of blue in this otherwise completely colorless round. But with the help of my IceT consultants I see it this time. The bright and flashy stone appears to have a sprinkling of tiny inclusions … Continue reading
Dark flash driven blue droplet of color#760
This standard round brilliant couldn’t be much larger to keep any transparency with such a dark toned blue. The blue flash is without green and is quite a good solid blue, that deserves to call an Indicolite (pure blue tourmaline). … Continue reading
A steely blue color dot.#757
This smaller standard round brilliant was cut while I was experimenting in cutting small stones. It blue color is a bit gray, but it is still a nice open stone that is bright and flashy. It weighs .27 carats. It … Continue reading
A medium pastel blue with a touch of gray oval cuprian#539
I did not buy the rough for this oval as cuprian. It was too early in the game. Later, I did not expect this somewhat different blue, with a touch of gray, to be cuprian because it does not have … Continue reading
Posted in Cuprian Tourmaline, Etc., Indicolite
Tagged blue, cuprian, Mozambique, oval, pastel, sapphire
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Blue to blue green droplet of color#538
This blue to blue green round has a great medium dark tone level. It is bright in a reasonable light and looks rich and delicious. The droplets of color will have a feast with this new member. The standard round … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, droplet-of-color, green-blue, indicolite
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Stately blue emerald cut with authority.#535
The emerald cut is a combination of an absolutely transparent body without any hint of dichroism and wonderful crystal. It is quite impressive without even mentioning a color. Now its eye clean stature and stable blue color (it slips a … Continue reading
Cyan blue and cuprian rich emerald cut.#525
This smaller emerald cut is a GEM (outstanding gemstone) and was one of the first gemstone from Mozambique that I got, that proved to have copper in it. It has such a bright neon look that I knew it was … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, cuprian, cyan, emerald cut, Mozambique, neon, paraiba
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Slightly sleepy, included, dichroic, blue oval.#518
I usually think of sapphire and garnet when I hear sleepy, but that is what this oval is. I can see both dichroic blues in the gem’s flashes and they are not exceptional dark. But the pizazz is not there. … Continue reading
Midnight/sapphire blue flash, trilliant cut.#515
It would be nice if I never purchased a “problem” piece of rough. But then I guess I would never get to show off, to myself, what I can stretch to do. (I have almost never discussed cutting a stone … Continue reading
Non dichroic, lightly toned shield cut.#505
If you want to spend the time and effort on a shield cut, this is a stone like you would want to cut. It has all the right gemological properties in a mild bright pastel blue. It refuses to gray … Continue reading
Closed ended blue green emerald cut.#749
This emerald cut has normal angles on its ends despite being closed ended. I prefer the flash better on normally cut emerald cuts even though the darkness edges in a little. It appears to be eye clean and has a … Continue reading
A blue cup of IceT round from Afghanistan#748
This very pale blue stone, and I can clearly see the blue in this one, still made it into the IceT group. It is a very bright ,lightly included, standard round brilliant. It weighs .63 carats. Bruce
Included round with pleasant baby blue color.#731
This baby blue standard round brilliant is moderately included. the inclusions definitely affect the flash and transparency of the gemstone. It is from Afghanistan and weighs .47 carats. Bruce
Namibian Indicolite with single inclusion, droplet of color.#726
This standard round brilliant is blue and will have nothing to do with green. It purity is compromised by an easily seen white non-reflective inclusion that is close to the girdle. I don’t believe that it endangers the physical integrity … Continue reading
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Smaller Beautiful Blue Emerald Cut#721
This blue without green emerald cut deserved to be called an Indicolite. I have been reading about reports that the old trade varietal names like Indicolite are going out of favor. In the future just plain Jane names like red, … Continue reading
Dark flash driven sapphire blue round
This standard round brilliant is cut with a shallow crown because the gemstone is dark. Most of the flash driven deep blue color is around the sides of the table. The lack of transparency of the stone can be linked … Continue reading
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A dark round with flash on the side.
This round brilliant with a very flat crown was out of the collection for awhile because Jeff could not get a picture with any color out of it. I think he did better the second time around. The only reason … Continue reading
The IceTs are ready, wisp of blue to colorless small oval.
This gemstone looks like it is colorless in my yellowish light and it has just a wisp of blue in daylight. Either way this smaller, eye clean, oval does not depend on its color for interest. It flashes out bright … Continue reading
A heavily included blue emerald cut.
This emerald cut has a dull blue color that has a dark tone. it is heavily include with flaws that look like part of the crystal did not grow together very well. That and dark ends makes for a less … Continue reading
Longer ratio blue to green emerald cut.
The longer ratio in this emerald cut reduces the visual impact of the darker ends that are cut with standard angles. It is a bit included toward the keel, but the gemstones richer tones obscure them. Its color floats between … Continue reading
Only pure bright blue emerald cut from Namibia.
This is an Indicolite, a trade name for blue tourmaline, that you should appreciate. It is a stable bright blue that sparkles all over the small emerald cut. I know it is from Namibia, just by looking at it. It … Continue reading
Small or large, never enough Namibian blue rounds
I usually don’t remember where smaller tourmaline comes from, if I ever knew, but with the blues, Namibia just stands out. Over the years I have had breakage problems even in small stones, because a lot of of the rough … Continue reading
This blue to green, lighter and brighter, emerald cut is very nice.
This emerald cut has a different feel to it than many of the smaller ones I have been cutting in the blue/green range of colors. Its ends are darker, but I don’t think that they are closed. The color goes … Continue reading
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Open Ends and Strong shift from Blue to Green, Emerald Cut
This smaller emerald cut has normal angles on the end, because its ends are open. Open ends lead to flashy ends and having the corners cut off less. Taken together this makes an emerald cut with closed ends look significantly … Continue reading
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I love stout hearted blues that still know how to open up, oval.
Here is a beautiful blue that knows how to stay blue under a gray day’s sky or even in my secret place, just under the side of a compact florescent light in a yellowish shade. There are more steps that … Continue reading
Steep ends and blue green color, emerald cut, trooper.
My collection needs troops like this eye clean, blue green, emerald cut, in significant numbers. They bring beauty into the world, in an affordable way and let me keep cutting. They vary in color between blue and yellow green and … Continue reading
Nice, clean, blue green with steep ends, emerald cut.
This is one of the pawns in the collection. I have cut a lot of them and each one claims it bit of beauty. They are generally clean and have colors that swim around in the blues to yellow greens. … Continue reading
A great round blue from Namibia, droplet time again.
For a smaller standard round brilliant this medium toned, blue, droplet of color can not get any better. It has it all, even a stable color, and give a closer look, pleasure. It came from Namibia and weighs in at … Continue reading
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Included pale blue Afghan droplet of color.
This standard round brilliant has eye visible inclusions in a tiny sea of pale blue. It came from Afghanistan in a lot that consisted of blue and pink included pieces from bicolored crystals that broke apart. The blue part is … Continue reading
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Bright, eye clean pastel blue, droplet of color
This standard round brilliant is a pastel blue with it all. It is a droplet of color that soaks up the diffused lighting of a fading day with great effect. The effect is an intensifying of the color that is … Continue reading
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Baby blue with a sparkling inclusion, droplet of color.
This light blue would be great for a baby and comes dressed on a standard round brilliant. The gemstone is bright and flashy, but has eye visible inclusions under the table. It has been nominated for both the IceT group … Continue reading
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Great green to blue droplet of color
This standard round brilliant has a great tone level for a small gemstone. It goes from a fine green in yellowish light to a fine blue in natural light. I would call it a color changer, but it is hard … Continue reading
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Light blue droplet of color
This standard round brilliant is crisp and has a refreshing light pastel blue color. It appears to be eye clean and is welcome addition to the droplets of color. It weighs .76 carats. Bruce
A beautiful blue drifter into blue green round.
I like to call this wonderful standard round brilliant a blue, but it will drift into blue green under common lights in the home. It has a flatter crown that gives the stone an open look with broad colorful flash. … Continue reading
Pale Include Blue that Glows Shield Cut.
The crystal quality of the smaller shield cut is not good and it has a wide assortment of fine inclusions. Still I am pleased to have it in the collection because it appears to a diffuse glow. It doesn’t … Continue reading
A Bluer shade of Sea Foam,Barion Cut Cushion. Afghanistan
This Barion Cut Cushion from Afghanistan was not purchased as a sea foam and its color is too blue, but not by much. It has good crystal, but it is included. The inclusions appear to be light feathers and under … Continue reading
A stately catherdral of blue to blue green emerald cut.
Emerald cuts have a formal feeling to them and when that is combine with a color that does not want to play, you are dealing with a presence. This open ended blue tourmaline does let a little slide into blue … Continue reading
Blue No Green No Blue No Green emerald cut.
I was getting ready to post about a smaller blue emerald cut with closed ends, when I checked the back of the box and saw green. So I checked under my yellowish light and sure enough this quite saturated blue, … Continue reading
Copper bearing rather steely blue to green round.
This standard round brilliant has pretty good crystal even though it is lightly included. Its color is unstable, blue to green depending on how yellow the light is. My spectrometer found that this tourmaline is cuprian, though it does not … Continue reading
Nice pale blue included round droplet of color
This round has a bid more than an IceT (very light) tone level, and is not overly burdened with inclusions. It has a clean pastel blue color and a standard round brilliant cut that makes it one of the droplets … Continue reading
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Strong IceT, but please only one teaspoon of inclusions. round
This nice pastel is sprinkled with inclusions. They have little effect on its brightness or flash. The gemstones color is a pale blue to sort of a yellowish green blue under yellowish light. I think that is pretty normal for … Continue reading
Great blue to green droplet
This droplet of color is a delightful shifter. In morning light it is blue, while in yellowish light it is a mixture of green and blue that does not loose any of its tone value. Both ends are bright and … Continue reading
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A Blue that walks to a different drummer, Round
Most blue tourmaline really like yellowish/incandescent light. It really fires up the stone even if the blues can tend to become greens. Well here is a standard round brilliant that just has to be different. I read on the box … Continue reading
Included moderately toned blue that shifts a bit, round
This gemstone has a horizontally split main pavilion and a normal crown. Its moderate tone level makes this stone’s inclusions quite apparent. The inclusions are positioned toward the girdle and extended only to the edge of the table. I work … Continue reading
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IceT anyone, A modest included Afghan round
The inclusions definitely are visible in this smaller standard round brilliant. Most of them look like white specks that still permit to the stone to be bright. There are not major flaws or problems. Its very pale color is not … Continue reading
True Blue Droplet
No doubt about it, the droplets have a blue team that can not be beat. This .58 carat gemstone has all the attributes of a star. It is bright with crowd pleasing flash, but rich enough in blue to stay … Continue reading
Sun loving blue sliding round.
This is a beautiful medium sized standard round brilliant that has the blessing of a rich blue color in natural light. It does slide into a bit of green under incandescent, but it is a blue to me. Namibia has … Continue reading
Included Blue slider with a past, round.
There are few gemstones from years ago that leave a clear impression on me of polishing their tables, but this one does. I cut the gemstone during a relatively protracted period of time I call the “Polish Wars”. My polishing … Continue reading
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Medium Toned, Blue Green droplet
This medium toned blue green standard round brilliant has some difficult to see scatter. It effects the flash more than anything else. This may be why it is not as bright as most blue greens in the collection. Still the … Continue reading
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Nice medium dark blue green droplet
This standard round brilliant has a bit of acid in its green side, but is tempered by the dominant blue. It has a nice medium dark tone level that is well suited for its small size and eye clean nature. … Continue reading
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A darker blue with eye visible inclusions, round
This darker standard round blue has a significant amount of inclusions. They do not effect the gemstone’s beauty that much because of gemstone’s high tone values. The inclusions just sort of augment the flash from the facets. It weighs 1.90 … Continue reading
Nice sapphire color dot of blue.
This color dot weighs only .35 carats, but has a blue that is as solid as any tourmaline in the collection. Green is not in its book and it likes to take vacations with the sapphires where its mid level … Continue reading
Blue Green Too Dark To Handle?
I remember being shown some larger sapphires years ago, that had such a high tone level that you saw their color only when they flashed. They had some interest, but were not my choice. This blue green tourmaline sails in … Continue reading
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Tagged blue, blue-green, dark blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, saturated
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Very sharp small round in blue green droplet of color
This round standard brilliant has been inducted into the droplets of color. Its medium tone level works great with a blue green that likes to be a blue green. It really likes yellow light like the rest of the … Continue reading
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OK but rather flat blue green round, Included
This smaller standard round brilliant is a step or two down from the best Namibian in eye appeal. It is included, but has a good tone level. With a weight of .43 carats, the droplets have passed on this one. … Continue reading
Darker than average blue/green from Namibia
This standard round brilliant has great flash driven color in moderate light. It is clean with excellent crystal and not visible dichroic. Another fine blue/green from Namibia that likes to be blue in natural light. It weighs 2 carats and … Continue reading
Darker Blue round that stays Blue, droplet
no 102 picture Between blue and green are a lot of tourmaline that let it slide. This darker standard round brilliant likes it just find being blue. It has significant inclusions, but its darker tone makes the flash from … Continue reading
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Small medium light blue oval
This is probably the smallest oval in the collection. It has a pretty average medium blue color with good clarity. This eye clean gemstone weighs .43 carats. Bruce
Included very pale blue round
You have to have color to be a droplet. It is not enough to be a smaller standard round brilliant, so they drew the line and did not offer the prize to this nearly colorless supplicant. At least its numerous … Continue reading
Medium toned blue droplet from Namibia.
My love of Namibian blue, especially when it is without any green like this one, keeps calling me back. I also like this droplets medium tone and clean nature. Do the droplets have enough space for all of the standard … Continue reading
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Included pale blue oval
Not all semi-facet rough is created equal. Some semi-facet has larger, but relatively few significant feathers that need to be oriented, as much as possible, perpendicular to the table and other semi-facet material has a diffused web of small inclusion … Continue reading
Another Nambian blue green winner.
Somehow I don’t think that many blue greens are as bright as a true blues. It is probably my preference for the rarer blue. Well this bright Namibian blue green can keep up with the best medium dark toned blues. … Continue reading
A darker Namibian blue with a touch of green oval.#247
The Namibian oval is a bit too dark to be optimal. It also has a greenish cast that really does not shout out I am a blue gemstone. Still when it gets it chance to shine in a yellowish light … Continue reading
Great Sapphire Like Blue Tourmaline#246
I was able to buy a nice sized lot of very good blue Namibia tourmaline before my source dried up and prices climbed to ridiculous heights. I am reminded of how fortunate I was when I checked out this BLUE … Continue reading
A great blue(indicolite) oval from Namibia#245
This is an expensive gemstone in dollars per carat. It is clean and without flaws. Its tone is moderately rich and that is very important in Namibian blues. And an intense, consistent, saturated blue it is, in the shade of … Continue reading
Quite Light Blue/Green Oval#238
Medium light and bright and raring to flash for you. This stone is only held back by too much light. It is best for the indirect lighting of intimate moments. It does not appear to be dichroic. I has excellent … Continue reading
Rich Powerful Namibian Blue Oval#237
It takes but a moment to realize that you are looking into a superior tourmaline with this oval. It is on the darker toned side, but has an open face with a great blue saturation in natural light. The … Continue reading
Hazy pretty blue oval
This included oval has a really sharp bright medium blue color. It has numerous small inclusion that produce a poor quality crystal. It weighs 2.01 carats. Frankly, the nicest colors can come in included stones and this is a … Continue reading
Straight up rich blue tourmaline.
This medium dark blue is true. Its tone level is medium dark and sapphire like. It came from Namibia and weighs 2.13 carats. It appears to be eye clean with fine crystal. This is a very nice gemstone. Bruce
Included Dark Blue Oval#220
This gemstones dark blue color obscures a large number of whitish inclusions that do not flash. The inclusions are not distracting, but they do restrain the gemstone’s brightness. The gemstone weighs 1.31 carats and it came from Namibia. Bruce … Continue reading
Included Medium Blue Oval#219
This blue oval has a nice saturation and moderate tone level, but is restrained by numerous light inclusions. There is also a touch of green, but I would still call is an indicolite. This visibly imperfect gemstone is still attractive … Continue reading
Medium Dark Blue Green Namibian Oval#217
This nice medium dark toned oval has at least two eye visible inclusion next to the girdle. Its color is principally blue with a fine dash of green, another Namibian specialty a long with pure blue. It weighs 1.97 carats. … Continue reading
medium dark Namibian blue oval#216
This darker Namibian blue oval has a nice even tone level and color, that gives the gemstone a sapphire-like feel. It appears to be eye clean and does not have any green in the blue. True blues (indicolite) in … Continue reading
Medium dark pastel blue green oval.#209
This stone is not very dichroic. Its darker pastel blue green color has a touch of gray in it. It weighs 1.28 carats. It appears to be eye clean. Bruce
Nice medium dark blue green oval#207
Nice medium dark toned, blue green oval. It appears to be eye clean and decent transparency. It weighs 1.36 carats. Bruce
Dark Dichroic Blue Oval#206
The tone value of this smaller oval is high. It is dichroic, with the darker color being a good sapphire blue, while the lighter color is a decent medium light blue. It appears to be eye clean and weighs .83 … Continue reading
Definite blue green oval#205
This smaller blue green oval has a medium dark tone. It appears to be eye clean and has a nice flash from open ends. It weighs 1.33 carats. Bruce
Blue, touch of green color dot#1099
Everyone needs a break and sometimes a reality check. Cutting this color dot is a different experience than pushing around a big stone. Being delicate and keeping the stone on the dop stick is the first concern. Then any work … Continue reading
A lighter shade of blue oval#1095
This nice medium blue oval is without a gray modifier. It has a rather watery presence, but it can stand its ground under brighter conditions. It is clean and bright with a personality that is sure to please. It … Continue reading
Dark Sapphire like droplet#1092
This droplet needs to be moved to give up its flash driven rich blue color. The color has good saturation without any green. His is proud of the rich color, but is not move to preform at droplet functions unless … Continue reading
Blazing Blue Green Color Dot#1081
When I restarted my faceting life, I did not spend a lot of money on rough. This got me focused on seeing how small a gemstone I could cut. I bought a lot of “mine run” tourmaline rough from Afghanistan … Continue reading
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Namibian Blue Oval to the Starboard#1076
Whales maybe hard to find, but they are easy to spot once you’re close and that is how these wonder Namibian blues are in the later years of my collection. None of them are really large, but their color … Continue reading
Nice Blue but Included Emerald Cut#1071
The most important decision that will effect the beauty of a gemstone are made during the preforming process with me. I spend relatively little time deciding the future of the gemstone before I remove the material that I am … Continue reading
A Natural Blue that is Shifty, Emerald Cut#1066
I have seen it before and I hope to see it again. A beautifully formed emerald cut with four rows of facets on the pavilion and three rows of facets on the crown. This forms the structure to display … Continue reading
Namibian Blue Droplet of Color#1065
I can not get enough blue from Namibia. Unfortunately larger pieces have either been unavailable or at least unaffordable for years. Unfortunately even in the old days many of the larger pieces had tone levels that were darker than desirable … Continue reading
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Crisp Clean BlueTouched with Green Emerald Cut#1061
Most blue tourmaline is on the green side of blue in the color wheel. The only other side blue can go is toward the purple and I have found that a blue/purple tourmaline to the hardest part of the … Continue reading
Aqua in Jest, for it is really A … tourmaline droplet.#1057
I think that tourmaline would steal much of aquamarine’s thunder if it was more available and less expensive in the lightly toned blues. Of course aquamarine struggles to be blessed with a darker tone level, while blue (indicolite) tourmaline … Continue reading
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Clean medium toned blue from Namibia#1052
The sun’s down so I am looking at the real nice emerald cut under a yellowish light. It responds by really powering up its medium tone highly transparent body. It ends are open and responsive to the slightest movement … Continue reading
Fine Namibian Blue Oval#1039
This Namibian blue oval has a top quality blue with a medium tone level. It is cut with a two stepped crown that makes a bright stone and gives an interesting play of flash off the surface of the … Continue reading
Crisp Medium Toned Blue Oval#1036
This oval is not made of top grade Namibian blue. But when you’re looking for “different” tourmaline with distinction, you don’t always go for the best. This oval lacks the tone level of the best, but its color is pretty … Continue reading
Dark toned saturated blue emerald cut#1035
This emerald cut with normal end angles is certainly a very saturated blue with out any traces of green in natural light. (touch of green in yellowish light as expected) It flashes nicely in a decent light, but has … Continue reading
True blue that so sweet in the round.#1029
I think that Namibia should be declared a world treasure for the blue tourmaline (indicolite) it produces. It also produces other colors that I don’t want to put down, but blue is the name of the game for me. My … Continue reading
Outstanding Blue Green Droplet of color.#1027
It is nice to run into an outstanding stone that should have been remembered, but wasn’t. At 1.67 carats this standard round brilliant will make a fine droplet. It is very bright and really loves yellowish light as … Continue reading
Dynamic Blue Shield Cut#1026
I can see why I have cut a number of shield cuts from this tone level of blue. It makes a beautiful pastel shield cut because the blue is not dichroic. Now I think dichroicism in tourmaline can be great, … Continue reading
Small Darker Blue Green Emerald Cut.#1020
This smaller emerald cut is darken by closed ends, but has a good blue color blend with green. It appears to be eye clean and has some flash in the corners which comes from having normal angles on the … Continue reading
Smaller blue green oval had clutter#998
Some tourmaline I still facet have enough clutter in them to significantly reduce their transparency. In a fantasy world,I would be able to get all the colors I wanted without problems with the purity of the gemstone, but that … Continue reading
A large blue shield of honor and honesty#996
This shield cut can not help, but come clean. It has nothing to hide except for maybe a drift toward green in artificial light. Still it is a natural pastel blue, but not a baby blue. It probably has … Continue reading
Pure Blue Oval#986
There is absolutely nothing wrong with with bright, flashy medium pastel blue oval. It is not noticeably dichroic and it has great transparency, without a flaw in the sky. So why does it leave me rather cold. It really … Continue reading
Blue Afghanistan trilliant beauty.#965
Now the internet has points that transcend just a way to quickly try and buy faceting rough. This site for example. I did write for another site for a while and got to meet some interesting people. I hope … Continue reading
Heavely included, long ratio, blue emerald cut.#962
When I got this rough I knew that it was heavenly included, but it had wonderfully blue views down the c axis. I cut a long ratio emerald cut out of it, because that was the only practical … Continue reading
Blue Included cushion cut that is cuprian.#961
This is an interesting stone. I bought it after my supply of cuprian tourmaline had pretty much dried up. I continued to buy the smaller more included cuprian material that became remained available, because I am always looking for … Continue reading
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Little Round Beauties#935
The blue gemstone pictured above is an example of sort of a subset of “color droplets” (which consist of standard round brilliants in as many colors etc. that I can get). I have quite a few of them and … Continue reading
BLUE tiny round to be enjoyed#935
This tiny round standard brilliant has a hue (color), tone level and saturation that I dream about in a larger stone. I have a number of them in the collection and they all come from Namibia. The African … Continue reading
Blue tinted with Green Emerald Cut#933
This 1.24 carat is a blue that is tinted with green. A color that tends to float with more or less green depending on the lights in your life. It is eye clean under the table of the emerald … Continue reading
An underwater color in a small emerald cut.#920
This small emerald cut at .44 carats swims around between the greens and blues. I would say it is blue in natural light, which is the light I use to label a tourmaline with a color name. That is … Continue reading
The Blues Brothers split up was rough
Purchasing faceting rough over the inter net can call for tolerance, patience and most of all hope. When a new set of pages comes on line out of Africa, I quickly look for the “different” tourmaline. Color is … Continue reading
Duo-blue/green, A portrait of a star in the tourmaline heaven#942
The rough for this exceptional gemstone came as an after thought with the most outstanding purple piece of tourmaline I have ever seen. (the name Duo-blue/green coming from being one of two pieces in the lot) The purple … Continue reading
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Tagged bi-color, blue, blue-green, cuprian, green, round, unique
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