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Tag Archives: aquamarine
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
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
Lightly toned, not dichroic, deeply cut, watery blue green, emerald cut.#386
This lightly toned, non dichroic, emerald cut does not look like a classical tourmaline. If you did not do an index of refraction test on it and find that it has a much higher index than beryl, I would guess … Continue reading
Posted in Verdelite
Tagged aquamarine, blue-green, green, non-dichroic, pale, unique
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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
Posted in Droplets of Color, Etc., Indicolite
Tagged aquamarine, blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite
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