Tag Archives: chrome

Strange and unique, possibly chrome green emerald cut.

Posted on March 23, 2014 by Bruce Fry

Well here is another gemstone hot off the dop stick.  The rough had a natural table that was obvious and the tables outline looked rather like a “D”.  It had a moderately strong degree of dichroism with a very nice … Continue reading →

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Usambara effect, chrome chromophore, green emerald cut.#420

Posted on November 14, 2013 by Bruce Fry

I will be posting more on the usambara effect in tourmaline, but I will focus more on this specific gemstone in this post. It is always a pleasure to discover something new about tourmaline and then to discover something unexpected … Continue reading →

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Chrome green dot of color#1178

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This chrome tourmaline has a nice flash driven green color.  It weighs .20 carats. Bruce

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Chrome tourmaline, flash driven green round.#1177

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This dark green dot of color has a flash driven green color.  It is called chrome tourmaline despite the fact that it is probably colored by vanadium.  It weighs .20 carats. Bruce

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Dark green chrome dot of color.#1176

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This dark green dot of color has some flash driven color.  It is called chrome tourmaline despite the fact that it is probably colored by vanadium.  This standard round brilliant weighs .17 carats. Bruce

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Emerald green dot of color.#1175

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This small standard round brilliant is cut from chrome tourmaline.  It has a bit better tone values than the other five green dotes of color on the same tray.  It weighs .20 carats. Bruce

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Chrome green dot of color.#1174

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This small dark green, but with good flash, round is called chrome tourmaline.  It has a different feel to it than green Elbaite the most common form of green tourmaline.  This dot of color weighs .16 carats. Bruce

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Green dots before your eyes, chrome dots of color (6)#1173

Posted on November 12, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Dark, but with a very nice flash driven emerald green color.  This chrome tourmaline is one of six rounds that I cut from the last of a dealers inventory.  Chrome tourmaline has a different presence than green Elbaite and you … Continue reading →

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Little, dark tone level with green flash, chrome tourmaline#118

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This round chrome tourmaline has the classic green color, but is so dense that the color is only seen in the flash of this small round.  It appears to be eye clean and with fine crystal.  There are many things … Continue reading →

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A perfect beautifully green chrome tourmaline.#117

Posted on October 28, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Saying a chrome tourmaline is green is redundant, but I don’t want anyone, even for a moment to think that this standard round brilliant is anything other than the ideal green tourmaline in a medium tone level.  It is not … Continue reading →

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Smallest round in the collection and a green dot of color.#109

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This is as low as I have ever cut a small gemstone.  This standard round brilliant only weighs .11 carats, but it is a chrome tourmaline and probably has as good a green as there is in the collection.  If … Continue reading →

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It is final, this is the best green, bar none, in the collection!

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Now that is a big title for such a small stone, but it is true.  This standard round brilliant only weighs .21 carats, but it is a chrome tourmaline and that means GREEN.  Chrome is really a misnomer because it … Continue reading →

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Color droplet of pure green, chrome tourmaline

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This small standard round brilliant is a pretty average size and color for a good chrome tourmaline.  Its tone would be too dark for large pieces, but the green has great saturation.  It absolutely loves yellow light and would put … Continue reading →

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But A Moment to See Chrome is Better

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This chrome tourmaline is a different species (dravite) of tourmaline than Elbaite, which is the most common tourmaline made into gems.  When just enough vanadium/chrome is found in dravite, you get an outstanding green.  Unfortunately chrome tourmaline ‘s tone level … Continue reading →

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Green Dot of Chrome Tourmaline

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Bruce Fry

When I first started back into faceting after a long hiatus, I did not spend a lot of money on rough.  To get anything to cut that had decent color in tourmaline I had to go small.  And being small … Continue reading →

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A different look darker “chrome” tourmaline#230

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This gemstone is made of a different member of the tourmaline group than most of the gemstones in this collection.  It is a vanadium/chrome (most of the time the vanadium dominates) colored Dravite, the species.  Dravite has magnesium in it … Continue reading →

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