Zircon
Zircon from Tanzania
26/05/09 20:14 Filed in: Latest Cut
Gems
Just finished this one up tonight. It's a honey
orange Zircon from Tanzania.
What's really nice about this one is that it's
all natural and not heated. About 90% of the
honey zircons from Tanzania need to be heated
but not this one. The stone weighs 5.24 cts
and is cut in my "Pineapple cut".
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Yellow Zircon
10/07/08 22:00 Filed in: Latest Cut
Gems
Here's one I missed photographing the other night.
It's a Zircon from Tanzania. These
stones are kind of a root-beer brown color,
but with just some gentile heating over the
flame from an alcohol lamp they turn yellow.
The more you heat them, the lighter the get.
This one I just heated a bit. If you heat them
too long, the will go colorless.
