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Tag Archives: golden green
An eye opening golden green emerald cut.#445
I knew there was something “funny” with this emerald cut as soon as I focused on it. It has golden green on the storage box, but color was not that big a deal with this mostly green emerald cut. I … Continue reading
Golden green, olive medium plus tone level emerald cut.#437
This closed ended emerald cut has a nice medium plus tone level. Its color is golden green on the storage box, but I would probably call it an olive green. It appears to be eye clean and have fine crystal. … Continue reading
Posted in Verdelite
Tagged bronze, emerald cut, golden green, green, olive green, open-c, verdelite
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Dichroic golden green and green round.#173
This combination of a golden green c axis and a nice medium well saturated a/b axis seems to be reasonably common with tourmaline. This is another smaller round that has been cut with the table parallel to the c axis. … Continue reading
The droplets of color demand this green with golden wash, cuprian round.#165
This standard round brilliant is a nice, eye clean, gemstone with a flashy, medium dark tone green, that is a bit on the yellow side. I found out that this round was cuprian because I tested it with my spectrometer. … Continue reading
Posted in Cuprian Tourmaline, Droplets of Color, Etc., Verdelite
Tagged cuprian, droplet-of-color, golden green, green, Mozambique
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Dichroic golden green and green round.#163
This dichroic gemstone has the classic pie slice shaped areas with alternating yellow green and green, when you look face up at this standard round brilliant. It appears to be eye clean and has a medium dark tone color. It … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Tourmaline, Verdelite
Tagged cutting tourmaline, dichroic, golden green, green, verdelite
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Included dichroic golden green/green round#153
This standard round brilliant has the classic pie shape alternating areas of golden green and green. The two colors blend together pretty well and give it a pleasant mixed color appear. Its inclusions are significant and they do effect the … Continue reading