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Tag Archives: cream
A bicolor of rust and cream emerald cut#547
This is really nice gemstone. It is about fifty percent rust color and fifty percent cream. Since the rust color travels down the long axis and colors the cream end, the stone is dominated by rust, but you can still … Continue reading
Included pale peaches and cream oval
This slightly included oval appears eye clean face up. The gemstone appears to be dichroic with light peach in the middle of the stone and a cream in the ends. I am sure that you can come with other names … Continue reading
A sophisticated cream/pink bicolor emerald cut
This eye clean bicolor is a beautiful smaller emerald cut. The hot, medium toned pink is a little over one half of the length of the stone, while a cream color fills up the rest. There does not appear to … Continue reading
A creamy IceT look in a standard round brilliant.
You have to be careful when you try and figure out the color of a lightly color tourmaline. That pastel might just be picking up all the colors of the world. When Jeff, my friend and photographer, started taking pictures … Continue reading
Big pink with c axis in ends emerald cut.#1014
The emerald cut is dominated by the dichroic a/b axis. This color is a very pale pink that shows a touch of cream. The preferred color is the darker pink c axis, with a better saturation, but it was … Continue reading
Golden cream with pink high lights, round.#1000
I hope that I have this color in the droplets because it deserves to be there. Creams are much less common than pinks and I go after them. This pastel is complex for a pale face, some of which … Continue reading
A cream round with a touch of strawberry juice#970
Cream is not a strong color and it is not that common in tourmaline. Especially when you compare it with pink. So, of course, I have actively sought out cream, while the pinks keep rolling in. I just looked … Continue reading