24 July 2011
Last Posting for July
30/July/2011 10:05 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
Buying gemstones online can be difficult, as you can't see the stone in person, nor ask as many questions in person as you can if you were face to face with the customer. Very few people call me to ask questions on the phone, so I was thinking maybe other forms of communication may be more convenant since you are shopping from your computer. Since I see more and more people accessing my site with a Mac and I use a Mac, and will start leaving iChat on when I am working, so if you want to chat about stones use your iChat and look to see if I'm available to chat. You can also call from your Mac using FaceTime.
My iChat name is: Precisiongem
My FaceTime is: gene@precisiongem.com
This will be my last posting for July. I have been holding all stones until Sunday night. This will be my new standard time for posting. I should have these Sunday night postings done sometime between 8 pm and 10 pm Eastern Standard time.
A few years ago I bought a parcel of about 10 Sapphires from Umba Tanzania. Here's one that's a light blue color. No heat or other treatments.
While looking through my rough, I came upon this bag of Peridot from Pakistan. Pakistan does produce the best colors in peridot. I figured while cutting the round sapphire, to cut the same design in one of the peridots, and here it is.
I cut the Brazilian Amethyst a while ago, I just never got around to photographing it.
Sometimes when working out a new design, I'll proof cut it in a lab created stone. These have been around for a while so I figured it's time to post them too. The lab created stones are physically and chemically the same as the natural stones, just grown in a lab. They can give you a very nice large look, for a very small price.
Two Rubies, and one Emerald. The Emerald material is from Chatham, which is known in the trade as the best lab grown crystals.
My iChat name is: Precisiongem
My FaceTime is: gene@precisiongem.com
This will be my last posting for July. I have been holding all stones until Sunday night. This will be my new standard time for posting. I should have these Sunday night postings done sometime between 8 pm and 10 pm Eastern Standard time.
A few years ago I bought a parcel of about 10 Sapphires from Umba Tanzania. Here's one that's a light blue color. No heat or other treatments.
While looking through my rough, I came upon this bag of Peridot from Pakistan. Pakistan does produce the best colors in peridot. I figured while cutting the round sapphire, to cut the same design in one of the peridots, and here it is.
I cut the Brazilian Amethyst a while ago, I just never got around to photographing it.
Sometimes when working out a new design, I'll proof cut it in a lab created stone. These have been around for a while so I figured it's time to post them too. The lab created stones are physically and chemically the same as the natural stones, just grown in a lab. They can give you a very nice large look, for a very small price.
Two Rubies, and one Emerald. The Emerald material is from Chatham, which is known in the trade as the best lab grown crystals.
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Afghan Tourmaline
24/July/2011 07:41 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
Keeping with the Sunday night postings, I have two new Tourmalines this week, both stones from Afghanistan.
This first stone is a bi-color Blue Tourmaline , that goes from blue to lighter mint color. The color spilt gradual going from one end to the other. A very pretty stone, looks very much like a Paraiba type tourmaline.
Next stone is another Tourmaline from Afghanistan, this one is a mint green color. I cut this in an acorn type design that is a deep round. This one didn't photograph well, the stone is loop clean with very good crystal.
This first stone is a bi-color Blue Tourmaline , that goes from blue to lighter mint color. The color spilt gradual going from one end to the other. A very pretty stone, looks very much like a Paraiba type tourmaline.
Next stone is another Tourmaline from Afghanistan, this one is a mint green color. I cut this in an acorn type design that is a deep round. This one didn't photograph well, the stone is loop clean with very good crystal.