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Tag Archives: wheat
A shield cut with whole wheat goodness.#263
Wheat is a good word to describe a pastel, slightly brownish, yellowish, peach color because it covers such a large range of colors and sounds nutritious. This large shield cut is certainly tasty. It is not dichroic at all and … Continue reading
A well ripened wheat shield cut.#263
This beautiful shield cut could be considered a pale peach in some light sources, but I think I see enough brown to call it wheat. The wash of brown does not darken the stone very much and you can see … Continue reading
Wheat, Cream, or Slightly Brownish Yellow, oval
This oval can be call by many colors, but it is so pale that the IceT group already has a place for it. It is slightly included which does not effect the stones brightness, but rather looks like little drops … Continue reading
A richer wheat for a fine round gemstone#1037
If I was a drinking man I would call this color some expensive white wine color, but I am a down to earth wheat man so wheat it is. This nice standard round brilliant has a good medium tone … Continue reading
Winning Wheat Droplet#1034
This small round still has enough tone level to be wheat rather than just pale out on me. It is so much rarer than pink, but certainly not as highly valued, accept for collectors like me. The gemstone appears … Continue reading
White bread sort of wheat oval#1001
A bright clean oval that is so pale that I have to look at it closely to call it wheat. Now this is not your whole wheat variety, a bleach look that has very little brown and might even … Continue reading