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Tag Archives: orange-pink
Dichroic orangish pink oval with a bright clean look.#280
This is a nice bright flashy oval that is some combination of pink and orange. It is not dominated by brown and appears to be eye clean. The dichroism shows up as slightly darker ends, but is not that important … Continue reading
Dichroic orangish pink oval#277
This oval has darker ends and is obviously cut from dichroic material. Still the medium tone level does permit any problems with flash. The pink tends to dominate the richer toned ends while the orange tends to dominate the middle. … Continue reading
Medium toned purple pink that shifts to orange pink droplet of color.#255
Don’t pigeonhole me cried the purple pink to orange pink with a desire to be a red droplet of color. The effort to attain individual attention and independence continues in the ranks of the orange red tribe. They have become … Continue reading
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Tagged color-shift, droplet-of-color, medium, orange-pink, pink, purple-pink
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Pink touched with orange droplet of color.#1195
This standard round brilliant appears to be eye clean. It is bright and flashy and has just a touch of orange in its pink world. It weighs 1.72 carats and is a fine addition to the droplets of color. Bruce
Bright, eye clean, medium toned pink round.#46
This standard round brilliant is a nice large pink that really has not problems. It probably came from Nigeria and my yellowish light really ignites it into a spice pink. In sunlight it is a much more of a medium … Continue reading
Medium dark pink soup with an orange shadow, round.#39
This gemstone is part of my first tray in the collection. My son organized it after the last show the Carnegie Museum ever gave with gems and minerals. He brought together many red/pink rounds from over the years. Many of … Continue reading
Rich pink with orange tones oval. #76
I posted this stone along with two others in a earlier post called “Red is not enough”. I was looking at all three stones under both a yellowish florescent light or an incandescent at the times. I waited to do … Continue reading
Living with a complex color round.#503
We have a live one in this darker toned standard round brilliant. First I see a pink purple that is very close to maroon and I begin to wonder. Then I look at the back of the storage box and … Continue reading
Posted in Droplets of Color, Orange, Pink
Tagged color-shift, orange-pink, pink, purple-pink
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Strongly dichroic pink with pinch of purple or orange, emerald cut#711
I have seen this combination of a richly colored c axis with some shade of pink and a pale a/b axis with an off color pink. Looking hard I think that the a/b pink has got a little brown in … Continue reading
Posted in Cutting Tourmaline, Pink
Tagged color-shift, dichroic, emerald cut, orange-pink, pink, purple-pink
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Shades of orange and pink in a deep oval.
This larger medium light toned oval is cut with a “super nova” pavilion and a regular crown. This arrangement makes a really bright fully involved oval. What is bright in this stone is a nice average pink to peach slider, … Continue reading
A medium toned pink with a squeeze of orange, emerald cut
This is another fine emerald cut with a full compliment of steps. It has a fine, medium toned, pink color which is on the orange side, to be shown by the increased number of facets.. It has an even color … Continue reading
Peachy Pink Pride in a smaller Oval
Peachy pink or pinky peach is all in the lighting. This oval has a crisp clean look because it does not appear to be dichroic. It also appears to be eye clean and with fine crystal. Its tone level is … Continue reading
What is the difference between rusty yellow and peach pink? Dichroism.
This is a great oval and I am glad that I put the extra effort into a “supper nova” pavilion that makes a deep pavilion. It has a three step crown that is relatively shallow in this stone. This adds … Continue reading
A dichroic orange of pastel and bright tones. droplet
This standard round brilliant has a rare saturation in orange that is not dimmed by desaturation to brown under different white lights. It is dichroic, but both colors , one a pastel and the other a bright orange, mix to … Continue reading
A darker drifting orange pink droplet of color
Sometimes the back of the boxes I keep the individual gemstones in, is wrong when it comes to color. I will have to bring it up to management’s attention. I will also check this stone’s color again tonight. This droplet’s … Continue reading
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Tagged color-shift, droplet-of-color, orange-pink, pink
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Clean and bright shield cut, Pink
This pink with maybe a bit of orange has everything going for it. The shield cut makes a naturally flashy gemstone and medium tone and great crystal just amplify the effect. I also appears to be eye clean. This modern … Continue reading