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Tag Archives: horizontal split mains
Deeply cut, brilliant, medium pink round.#948
This is a beautiful gemstone. It appears to be eye clean and has exceptional clarity. I cut it with horizontally split mains on the pavilion that both darkens its medium tone level and produces a nice flash. This pink is … Continue reading
Really a tourmaline? Purple green bicolor, round.#1168
First of all, cutting a round out of a bicolor is not the “normal” way of bring the best out it. But the rough was unbalanced and so stubby that to cut an emerald cut would not show the colors … Continue reading
Posted in Bi-Color, Etc.
Tagged bicolor, green, horizontal split mains, purple, unique
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Exceptional Rubellite Unique to the Collection Round.#1162
Deeply cut bicolor, colorless crown, red pavilion, 6.60 carats. Nice longer ratio emerald cut with bright red c axis, 4.51 carats This is a GEM, an exceptional gemstone. It has everything including a secret. But first a question. How do … Continue reading
Posted in Bi-Color, Etc., Rubellite
Tagged colorless, horizontal split mains, outstanding, red, rubellite
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Deeply cut round with a sparkling yellow green glow#1161
This is a pretty little gemstone. The split horizontal mains on the pavilion of this eye clean round give an added bunch to the great medium toned yellow green color. As usual this yellow green seem particularly bright when compared … Continue reading
Pure tourmaline magic, Blue capped pink bodied round.#1134
Blue cap round from face up. Blue cap round, more from the side. I set out to cut a different stone from a different piece of rough this time. Blue capped tourmaline crystals are some of the most beautiful and … Continue reading
Posted in Bi-Color, Cutting Tourmaline
Tagged bicolor, blue, cutting tourmaline, horizontal split mains, pink, unique
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Another winner, pale yellow green, deep round.#1122
I feel a growing acceptance of a new force in the round world. It the tourmaline rough meets the following criteria, it may end up being cut with a split horizontal main pavilion and a modified step cut crown. 1, … Continue reading
Posted in Verdelite
Tagged green, horizontal split mains, pale, verdelite, yellow-green
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Deeply cut medium pastel green round.#1111
This delightful gemstone owes much of its interest to the increased depth and bright flash created by a different cut, than the standard round brilliant. This cut consists of eight horizontally split mains for a pavilion and a modified two … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Tourmaline, Verdelite
Tagged cutting tourmaline, green, horizontal split mains, pastel
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Deep, well saturated, pastel yellow, round.#1102
I have posted enough of the collection by now for my loyal readers to realized that yellow is a passion of mine and probably the scarcest well saturated primary color in my collection. I am talking about yellows that have … Continue reading
Deeply flows the river of pink threw this round’s veins.#120
Cut with a deep, split horizontal main, pavilion to reach for all the gusto this pink tourmaline has to offer was rewarded. The stone is pure medium pink and has all the flash and brightness that goes with it. … Continue reading
Excellent yellow green with the green dominating, round#192
This is an excellent, wide open, fully transparent, deep round. The depth of the stone is enhanced by the used of horizontally split mains. Its color is a flashy medium tone that appears to be eye clean. I use the … Continue reading
Medium Dark Tone Level in a Deep Round
This round, which has a horizontally split main pavilion, is a down to earth yellow green beauty without any brown tones. It does not appear to be dichroic in any appreciable way. So it is bright, even and resistant to … Continue reading
Deeply Cut Yellow Copper Round
I love all the different looks the orange can give to tourmaline. This medium lightly toned round with a split horizontal main cut pavilion is a fine example of tourmaline beauty in orange. I left the yellow copper color description … Continue reading
Posted in Orange, Yellow
Tagged copper, horizontal split mains, orange, pastel, peach, yellow
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Included moderately toned blue that shifts a bit, round
This gemstone has a horizontally split main pavilion and a normal crown. Its moderate tone level makes this stone’s inclusions quite apparent. The inclusions are positioned toward the girdle and extended only to the edge of the table. I work … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Tourmaline, Indicolite
Tagged blue, color-shift, horizontal split mains
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