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Darker oil green with lighter green flash, round #87

Posted on October 23, 2013 by Bruce Fry

This standard round brilliant suffers from the same lack of transparency down the c axis that I have seen in some other richer tourmaline.  This effect manifests itself by the stone having muted flash under the table, while brightly flashing … Continue reading →

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Please pass the extra virgin olive oil, droplet of color.#620

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Olive oil has grown in popularity over the years and I vote for this color to get more respect in tourmaline too.  It doesn’t have to be rare to be good for your color appreciation. It sets off its color … Continue reading →

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Olive yellow green droplet of color.#615

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Bruce Fry

Now there are all sorts of olive greens in tourmaline and it is not a particularly prized color.  This medium dark, standard round brilliant, has decent flash for it tone level.  It also appears to be eye clean with good … Continue reading →

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Olive green under the girdle and forest green around, oval

Posted on September 22, 2013 by Bruce Fry

I have posted before about an interesting phenomenon of decreased transparency down the c axis.  This green gemstone is an excellent example of that phenomenon.  Under the table, which is perpendicular to the c axis, is a bit darker olive … Continue reading →

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Extra virgin olive oil for this shield cut’s color.

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Bruce Fry

There is a hint of olive in the yellow green of this eye clean shield cut.  The color stays a medium toned green in different white lights and is well presented.  This is because this green is not dichroic and … Continue reading →

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Darker Rather Obscure Green Oval#244

Posted on September 7, 2013 by Bruce Fry

  This darker green oval does not have dichroic dancing colors to make it dynamic.  It just flashes it color and goes toward the olive or back toward the bluish side depending on the lights.  It is cut with a … Continue reading →

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Olive Green Shield Cut#1048

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Bruce Fry

  Now no tourmaline really wants to be labeled olive green, but there are many of them out there.  Many of them are dark and dense and have helped give tourmaline its popular presence (dark and green) in some people’s … Continue reading →

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Oval with Dreaded Olive Green Color#1002

Posted on August 27, 2013 by Bruce Fry

  This larger oval has a very common and not very appreciated color, olive green.  I have not really run into other gemstones being called olive green, but some yellowish greens with a touch of brown produces a tourmaline that … Continue reading →

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