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Tag Archives: grass green
Bright, medium tone,saturated, grass green emerald cut.#372
This emerald cut is a beauty. It has well saturated, green flash, sides and ends that flash with a slightly darker green. It appears to be eye clean and with find crystal. It weighs1.09 carats. Bruce
Fine, rich grass green, with darker ends, but not closed, emerald cut.#358
This emerald is a medium plus toned, flash driven gemstone. It ends are darker, but still open enough to give life to a really fine grass green color. It weighs 1.05 carats. Bruce
The green green grass of home, droplet of color#618
I was not born to grow great grass at home or anywhere else. Still I was fortunate to cut a piece of rough that produced this exceptional, green as grass, green. I think that this standard round brilliant can stand … Continue reading
Here is the yellow green Peridot color you have been looking for round.#719
These standard round brilliants are so bright when they are cut from a medium pastel piece of rough, with a great color, like this one. This stone acts like a headlight in my secret place besides a twisted florescent light … Continue reading
An emerald cut with a color that looks like green vegetable juice.,
This emerald cut has a very different feel than the numerous smaller blue greens ones I have been posting about. It has a fully transparent c axis and a complex rather watery green color under natural light. Under my yellow … Continue reading
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Tagged blue-green, color-shift, emerald cut, grass green, green, verdelite
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Dark ends on a dark grass green colored emerald cut
This is a classic darker grass green emerald cut. It has dark ends, but normal angles. It longer ratio helps to keep the emerald cut from being too dark. It appears to be eye clean and with good crystal. It … Continue reading
How green is my grass with a bit of inclusions, droplet of color
I realize that green tourmaline is recognized as generally a flawless gemstone, but lighter toned exciting greens generally have some inclusions. This standard round brilliant is just a fine grass green. It is dichroic so the grass tends to flash … Continue reading
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A bright grass green droplet of color.
This standard round brilliant is a glorious grass green color. It has a medium dark tone value that is enhanced by great crystal and an eye clean demeanor. It is also not noticeably dichroic. You might think that it was … Continue reading
Darker Grass Green Round
This small standard round brilliant is darker than desirable. Still the flash driven grass green color is nice, but after considering its size the droplets have dropped another one. The .43 carat stone appears to be eye clean. Bruce
Clearly Dichroic from fine Grass Seed, Round#1064
This is the type of green tourmaline I love. With open ends in a rounded frosted pebble, I had more freedom to cut what I wanted and be rewarded, in this case, with a darker green and yellow green all … Continue reading
Grass Green with a Feather threw its heart, emerald cut#1063
This rather squat emerald cut really lights up from its acid yellow green of spring grass. The flash tries to hid a feather thew the center of the emerald cut, but it is easily seen when you examine the … Continue reading
Darker Grass Green Oval#1055
This oval has a three step emerald cut like crown that opens up fields of grass green color as it is moved. It does not appear to be dichroic and its tone level is higher than average with the … Continue reading