Date: 12/1/2009 8:15:41 PM
Author: jstarfireb
I have a tourmaline that''s dark in the center with a similar pattern. I''m just hazarding a guess, but it may be a stone with a closed C axis...? I don''t know exactly what this means, but I do know it can make the center of a brilliant cut tourmaline look dark.
I’m wondering if it was cut deliberately like this to show several different properties such as the flower pattern in the middle through the table and the dark ring around the middle to contrast with the inner and outer portions of the stone? It’s interesting but not something I personally will get as I don’t think it shows off the stone at its best.
Date: 12/2/2009 8:26:34 AM
Author: Chrono
I’m wondering if it was cut deliberately like this to show several different properties such as the flower pattern in the middle through the table and the dark ring around the middle to contrast with the inner and outer portions of the stone? It’s interesting but not something I personally will get as I don’t think it shows off the stone at its best.
Date: 12/2/2009 1:05:24 PM
Author: ptorraca
But sometimes the two colors of a tourmaline work in our favor -- I love cutting the ones with a rich pink on the C axis and a light peachy/apricot on the A/B axis. The peachy/apricot color lightens the tone of the deep pink to make for one really pretty stone.
peter