Last Posting before Tucson
22/January/2012 09:32 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
This should be the last posting I make before leaving for Tucson next Friday. Hopefully I'll come back with lot of new and interesting stones.
I got 4 new stones cut this week, mostly worked on some garnets, and one spinel. Just some quick descriptions, NFL playoffs again!
Green Grossularite Garnet
Yellow Grossularite Garnet
Pink Spinel. This one is from Mahange, but not that neon pink/red color. A bit of a color changer turning more lilac in daylight.
Last stone is a Color Change Garnet from Umba Tanzania. Here's 3 pictures. The first is with my normal SOLUX bulb lighting set up. The next two are actually the same photo, but I adjusted to color to look how I see the stone in both incandescent and florescent light. A very unique stone.
I got 4 new stones cut this week, mostly worked on some garnets, and one spinel. Just some quick descriptions, NFL playoffs again!
Green Grossularite Garnet
Yellow Grossularite Garnet
Pink Spinel. This one is from Mahange, but not that neon pink/red color. A bit of a color changer turning more lilac in daylight.
Last stone is a Color Change Garnet from Umba Tanzania. Here's 3 pictures. The first is with my normal SOLUX bulb lighting set up. The next two are actually the same photo, but I adjusted to color to look how I see the stone in both incandescent and florescent light. A very unique stone.
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NFL Playoffs
15/January/2012 09:11 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
This is a quick posting as I have a NFL playoff game I want to watch on the DVR.
Four new stone tonight, here's the pictures, and very brief descriptions. Click on the link or picture for details.
Spessartite Garnet from Tanzania
Rubellite Tourmaline from Nigeria
Blue Tourmaline from Nigeria
Aquamarine from Mozambique
Four new stone tonight, here's the pictures, and very brief descriptions. Click on the link or picture for details.
Spessartite Garnet from Tanzania
Rubellite Tourmaline from Nigeria
Blue Tourmaline from Nigeria
Aquamarine from Mozambique
Jua Rounds
08/January/2012 10:11 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
Over the years I have been working on perfecting a round design. I always found that the SRB (Standard Round Brilliant) design with 58 facets was good, but still had a lot of extinction and not that much life. My Jua round is the results of many trials and refinements, and I think it works really well, producing a stone with a lot of brilliance and scintillation. These two new stones this week are both cut in this design, with the angles slightly modified for each stones refractive index. The garnet, having a higher refractive index than the tanzanite has slightly shallower angles on the pavilion.
This first stone is one I bought a few years ago in Tanzania. It is a Color Change Garnet, but one with out a real strong color change, but much brighter than most with a strong change. In incandescent light the stone has a cherry red color and very strong saturation.
This next stone is a natural blue, un-heated Tanzanite. I find the natural blue stones cut very pretty stones, and a nice addition to a collection.
This first stone is one I bought a few years ago in Tanzania. It is a Color Change Garnet, but one with out a real strong color change, but much brighter than most with a strong change. In incandescent light the stone has a cherry red color and very strong saturation.
This next stone is a natural blue, un-heated Tanzanite. I find the natural blue stones cut very pretty stones, and a nice addition to a collection.
New Years Stones
03/January/2012 07:24 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
Here's the first new posting for the new year. With a little time off from my engineering job, I was able to get a few stones cut over the long weekend.
This first one should go fast, so act quick. This is a green/blue mint Tourmaline from Afghanistan cut in my Jua Round design.
I purchased two of these Red Zircons last year, so it was time to cut one. The design for this one is the design used for the USFG's 2000 Advanced single stone competition cut. A little extra work than most stones, but nothing too difficult.
A quirky multi colored Sapphire from Montana
I have been slowly working through a parcel of these Umbalite Garnets. A little smaller than the last round I cut, but most of these like this one are cutting a bit over 2 cts.
This first one should go fast, so act quick. This is a green/blue mint Tourmaline from Afghanistan cut in my Jua Round design.
I purchased two of these Red Zircons last year, so it was time to cut one. The design for this one is the design used for the USFG's 2000 Advanced single stone competition cut. A little extra work than most stones, but nothing too difficult.
A quirky multi colored Sapphire from Montana
I have been slowly working through a parcel of these Umbalite Garnets. A little smaller than the last round I cut, but most of these like this one are cutting a bit over 2 cts.
Christmas Posting
26/December/2011 07:30 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
It was a busy week with the holiday, and a puppy mill rally we attend every Christmas Eve in Lansdale, put on by North Penn Puppy Mill Watch.
I was giving out free gemstones to any gem lovers supporting the rally in attendance at the protest Dec 24th.
I was giving out free gemstones to any gem lovers supporting the rally in attendance at the protest Dec 24th.
DON'T SHOP AT STORES THAT SELL PUPPIES OR KITTENS
If no one buys, the millers will stop breeding. Tell your friends. Tell your family. Help spread the word that one of the easiest ways to end this despicable industry is simply not to buy their products. Don't buy your food at these stores and don't buy your supplies there, either. ONLY SHOP AT STORES THAT DO NOT SELL COMPANION ANIMALS and send a strong message to pet shops selling puppies and kittens: if you continue to exploit animals for profit, we'll do our best to see that you have NO profits whatsoever.
Got a few stones cut however, and here they are:
Pink Tourmaline from Afghanistan
Umbalite Garnet
Tsavorite Garnet from Kenya
Peridot from Kenya cut in a specialty cut with a frosted flower design.