Precision Gem Blog

Precision Gem

Fine custom cut gemstones

  • Home
  • About Us
  • Information
  • Contact Us
  • Gem Cutting
  • Blog
  • Customer Comments
  • Jewelry
  • Gem Trips
  • Home
  • About Us
  • Information
  • Contact Us
  • Gem Cutting
  • Blog
  • Customer Comments
  • Jewelry
  • Gem Trips

03/14/10
Latest Cut Gems
New Rough gems
Website
Sale
Tanzania Gem Trip
Island - Jazz Reggie
Spinel
Free Download
Puppy Mill
Feb 2010
Jan 2010
Dec 2009
Nov 2009
Oct 2009
Sep 2009
Aug 2009
Jul 2009
Jun 2009
May 2009
Apr 2009
Mar 2009
Feb 2009
Jan 2009
Dec 2008
Nov 2008
Oct 2008
Sep 2008
Aug 2008
Jul 2008
Jun 2008
May 2008
  • Afghan Tourmaline, Tsavorite, Spinel
  • African Gem Rough
  • African Gems rough
  • Apatite
  • Asscher cut
  • Chrome Tourmaline, Zircon
  • Cuprian Tourmaline, Spessartite Garnet
  • Garnet
  • Garnet, Spinel, Tourmaline
  • Garnet, Zircon, Tanzanite, Spinel
  • Garnets and Sapphire
  • King Errisson
  • Mahenge Spinel, Chrome Green Tourmaline
  • Malaya Garnet
  • Malaya Garnet and Spinel
  • Mint Garnet
  • Mint Tourmaline
  • New Tanzanian Stones
  • Oregon Sunstone
  • Pariaba Tourmaline
  • Peridot, Grossular Garnet
  • Peridot, Tourmaline
  • Rhodolite, Spinel, Lake Baringo Ruby
  • Sapphire
  • Sapphire - Aquamarine - Rhodolite
  • Sapphire, Malaya garnet
  • Sapphire, Sphene, Zircon, Spinel, Aquamarine
  • Sapphire, Tourmaline
  • Software
  • Spessartite Garnet, Sapphire
  • Spessartite Garnet, Umbalite Garnet
  • Spinel
  • Spinel, Mint Garnet, Chrome Tourmaline, Tanzanite
  • Spinel, Rhodolite, Aqua
  • Spinel, Rubellite Tourmaline
  • Spinel, sapphire, tourmaline, tanzanite
  • Tools
  • Tourmaline
  • Tourmaline, Garnet, Zircon
  • Tourmaline, Sapphire, Color change Garnet
  • Tourmaline, Sapphire, Garnet, Tanzanite
  • Tourmaline, Sapphire, Peridot, Scapolite
  • Tsavorite Garnet
  • Tsavorite Garnet, Change Color Garnet
  • Umbalite & Yellow Grossularite Garnets
  • Umbalite and Chrysoberyl
  • Winza Ruby, Montana Sapphire
  • Zircon
  • Zircon and Scapolite
  • Zircon, Chrome Tourmaline, Spinel
  • Zircon, Garnet, Lake Baringo
  • Ziron, Tsavorite, Spessartite
Precision Gem RSS Feed
Comments Feed
Aug 2008
Precision Gem Blog | Sep 2008 | Jul 2008

A couple of new stones, and old stones converted to new stones

29/08/08 21:01 Filed in: Latest Cut Gems
A few new stones; and Umba Sapphire, a small pink sapphire from Madagascar, both all natural no heat, a Spessartite garnet from Tanzania and some tourmalines. These tourmalines have been up on the site for a long time as dark red stones, maybe too dark. So I put them in the oven, and heated them to around 1000 degrees, and turned them this nice pink. Maybe they will catch someone's eye now.

A few people have asked, so here’s the answer. The cut sapphire here, is not one that was pictured in the rough on my last blog posting. It’s from the same parcel, but not in the picture.
770771772
257644
|

New Rough and Cut Stones

20/08/08 22:02 Filed in: New Rough gems
I thought you may be interested in a few of the new stones I bought this month. These are all from Tanzania Africa.
The first are some natural unheated Umba Sapphires in blues and violet colors. These should all cut stones from 1 to 1.5 or so.

Umba_Sapphire

This next parcel I couldn't pass on, even though the price was more than I liked. These are Spinels from the Morogoro area of Tanzania.

Pink_Spinel

These bright orange stones are the new Spessartite Garnets that were just found this past year in Tanzania. The color on these is a bright fanta orange. This parcel are all pretty good size stones that will cut 2 to maybe 4 ct stones.

Spessartite Garnet

This last one is just a killer color pink sapphire. In Africa they call this ruby, but it's really a very intense magenta pink sapphire.

Pink_Sapphire

And last of all, the latest cut stone. Another one of the Tanzanian Spessartite. This one is 1.95 cts, very good crystal and color

769

Tags: African Gems rough

|

Umba Sapphire and Morogoro Spinel

12/08/08 18:35 Filed in: Latest Cut Gems
Two new stones today. The first is a Sapphire from Umba Tanzania. This one I cut in a emerald type shape, but not a traditional emerald cut. What's nice about these Umba sapphires is that they are all natural, no heat or other treatments. They also show a color shift depending on the lighting. This one goes from a violet to purple depending on the light.

768

The next stone is a Spinel from Morogoro area in Tanzania. This one has a real nice color and a nice size. It's 3.32 cts. and measures 8.5 mm.
767

Tags: Sapphire

|
  • Home  
  • Blog  

© 2009 Precision Gem - Contact Me