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Tag Archives: dark blue
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
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
Posted in Etc., Indicolite
Tagged blue, dark blue, gray-blue, indicolite, Mozambique
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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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Posted in Droplets of Color, Indicolite
Tagged blue, dark blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, sapphire
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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
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
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
Posted in Droplets of Color, Indicolite
Tagged blue, blue-green, dark blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite, saturated
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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
Posted in Droplets of Color, Indicolite
Tagged blue, dark blue, droplet-of-color, indicolite
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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
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