oregon sunstone
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04/December/2011 12:39 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
A few new stones this week. I wanted to cut a some types of stones that I had not cut in awhile.
This first stone is rather unique. It's a Blue Tourmaline from Somalia Africa. Now I had not seen any tourmaline from this location before. The stone was the typical longer tourmaline crystal, so I saw cut it into two pieces and came up with this trillion for the first stone.
This Mint Tourmaline was a nice larger nodular shape crystal from Afghanistan, and it made a very nice round stone. The color is a blue mint with a touch of green.
Half way around the world in Plush Oregon was the this stone. It's an Oregon Sunstone with some very slight copper sheller that can only be seen with a loupe.
Last up is a Champaign Zircon from Tanzania. This stone has not been heated.
This first stone is rather unique. It's a Blue Tourmaline from Somalia Africa. Now I had not seen any tourmaline from this location before. The stone was the typical longer tourmaline crystal, so I saw cut it into two pieces and came up with this trillion for the first stone.
This Mint Tourmaline was a nice larger nodular shape crystal from Afghanistan, and it made a very nice round stone. The color is a blue mint with a touch of green.
Half way around the world in Plush Oregon was the this stone. It's an Oregon Sunstone with some very slight copper sheller that can only be seen with a loupe.
Last up is a Champaign Zircon from Tanzania. This stone has not been heated.
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