Spinel
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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December Posting
12/December/2011 08:29 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
I was digging through my rough looking for a stone, and came across a bag of Spinel I had forgotten about, and also the Chatham Sapphire. Now for those who have not heard of Chatham, they grow the finest created sapphire crystals. Years ago at the Tucson shows, they would sell some rough crystals. They stopped this a few years ago, but I did buy this one some time back.
First up are the spinels however. Here are two red stones from Morogoro Tanzania. These are not the hot red/pink stones from the Mahenge find that are so sought after, but pretty stones in their own way.
This next Spinel is a larger stone also from Morogoro Tanzania. The color is a violet with some blue in it. It's a deep tone and very clean stone, just short of loupe clean. The stone weighs 3.17 ct.
Here's is the Chatham Padparadscha Sapphire. This one is 2.60 ct. and cut in my Jua round design. You might want to check out the Chatham website and see what they sell these stones for!
One last stone tonight, this time a Montana Sapphire that was found in the Missouri River. A very large sapphire for a Montana.
First up are the spinels however. Here are two red stones from Morogoro Tanzania. These are not the hot red/pink stones from the Mahenge find that are so sought after, but pretty stones in their own way.
This next Spinel is a larger stone also from Morogoro Tanzania. The color is a violet with some blue in it. It's a deep tone and very clean stone, just short of loupe clean. The stone weighs 3.17 ct.
Here's is the Chatham Padparadscha Sapphire. This one is 2.60 ct. and cut in my Jua round design. You might want to check out the Chatham website and see what they sell these stones for!
One last stone tonight, this time a Montana Sapphire that was found in the Missouri River. A very large sapphire for a Montana.
Colors of Venice
09/October/2011 09:07 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
The stones this week have some of the colors I saw in Venice. Here's a shot I took looking down the Grand Canal last month.
4 new stones tonight, mostly in the blue's and greens, and one pink.
This first stone is a Montana Sapphire from the Missouri River.
Next is a Tanzanite
I do have a just a few more small pieces of the Mahenge Spinel left, so I thought it was time to cut one. The design is a new round I came up with for smaller stones. I think it worked very well.
This last stone is a Nigerian Paraiba Type Tourmaline. Now I have not sent any of this material out to be tested, as its rather expensive, so I am just selling the cut stones at a normal tourmaline price. This one is done in an opposed bar cut.
4 new stones tonight, mostly in the blue's and greens, and one pink.
This first stone is a Montana Sapphire from the Missouri River.
Next is a Tanzanite
I do have a just a few more small pieces of the Mahenge Spinel left, so I thought it was time to cut one. The design is a new round I came up with for smaller stones. I think it worked very well.
This last stone is a Nigerian Paraiba Type Tourmaline. Now I have not sent any of this material out to be tested, as its rather expensive, so I am just selling the cut stones at a normal tourmaline price. This one is done in an opposed bar cut.
Sunday Night Posting
21/August/2011 08:08 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
Most of my cutting this week was on commissioned stones, but going through my inventory I did find a few older stones that were not up on the website since I switched over to the Mac.
This first new stone is one from Mahenge Tanzania. It's a from a parcel of rough I bought back in 2009 while in Arusha Tanzania. I don't cut many princess cuts, as often rough is not well suited for them, but over the summer at an art show I saw several jewelry artist using a lot of princess cuts in bezels and thought they looked very attractive. This Spinel was a good candidate of the cut. The stone is loop clean.
Another Spinel, this time a lighter baby pink color from Tajikistan.
I have marked the price of this Sri Lanka Sapphire down to $2900 figuring with September right around the corner, and sapphire the birthstone for September it may now work into someones budget.
Here's a Montana Sapphire that I cut due to someone asking for one. I haven't heard back yet from the person, so it's sort of available. If you are interested go ahead and purchase it. I'll give the other person until Monday night to reply. If they decide they want it I'll just refund your Paypal, if not, it yours. The cut on this is my new round design I have been perfecting the past few months. I'm calling this design the "Jua Round". Jua is the Swahili word for sun. The design performs much brighter than the standard round, hence the name for sun.
These next few stones I cut a few years back, but got overlooked when I switched the website from Windows to the Mac. Older stones get marked low so there a real good buy on these. Both are Tourmaline.
This first new stone is one from Mahenge Tanzania. It's a from a parcel of rough I bought back in 2009 while in Arusha Tanzania. I don't cut many princess cuts, as often rough is not well suited for them, but over the summer at an art show I saw several jewelry artist using a lot of princess cuts in bezels and thought they looked very attractive. This Spinel was a good candidate of the cut. The stone is loop clean.
Another Spinel, this time a lighter baby pink color from Tajikistan.
I have marked the price of this Sri Lanka Sapphire down to $2900 figuring with September right around the corner, and sapphire the birthstone for September it may now work into someones budget.
Here's a Montana Sapphire that I cut due to someone asking for one. I haven't heard back yet from the person, so it's sort of available. If you are interested go ahead and purchase it. I'll give the other person until Monday night to reply. If they decide they want it I'll just refund your Paypal, if not, it yours. The cut on this is my new round design I have been perfecting the past few months. I'm calling this design the "Jua Round". Jua is the Swahili word for sun. The design performs much brighter than the standard round, hence the name for sun.
These next few stones I cut a few years back, but got overlooked when I switched the website from Windows to the Mac. Older stones get marked low so there a real good buy on these. Both are Tourmaline.
Final May Posting
27/May/2011 10:37 PM Filed in: Latest Cut stones
I wanted to get one more stone posted before the end of the month. I started cutting this one last night, and just finished up tonight. This is a Spinel from Mahenge Morogoro Tanzania. The cut is my juiced up round design with 2 extra tiers of facets. This makes for a very bright stone without extinction. The stone is 5.96 mm, so 6 mm for all practical purposes, and a very easy size to find a mounting for. Don't forget to sign up for the RSS feed. It's on the right hand column of this page. This way you will be notified whenever I post new stones. I always post the new stones here on the blog, with links back to the page where the details are. Just click on the images to go to that page.
