Tourmaline
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
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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.