A few shots...

[RevolutionGems]

I took these pictures about a year ago for a magazine. i forgot I had them until I was digging around and found them. Thought I would share.

First is my famous sphene. Old Mine Cut somewhere around 5 carats

 

[RevolutionGems]

Next is a checkerboard Trillion in amethyst. I don''t remember the carat weight

 

[RevolutionGems]

Here is a pice of clear quartz cut in a Portugese style. Big.

 

[RevolutionGems]

and last, but most certainly not least, my portugese Fanta Spess. Right around 4 carats

 

[Gailey]

Date: 1/26/2010 5:37:40 PM
Author: Revolution
and last, but most certainly not least, my portugese Fanta Spess. Right around 4 carats

My god that looks molten!

Nice stones.

 

[Sal from Cal]

I agree with Gailey, that last one looks like it is glowing and such color.

 

[StonieGrl]

Good stuff, Rev!

Your ammie trilliant should be paired up with my sunstone trilliant, LOL.

Love your spessie, nice color.

 

[RevolutionGems]

Thanks guys!

I am pretty proud of these stones. All of these will stay in my private collection. They are on display at a gallery right now but they are all marked NFS!

 

[oddoneout]

Amazing stones. Great cuts on all of them.

 

[zoebartlett]

They''re beautiful!

 

[movie zombie]

just how big is that quartz? i''m not usually a portuguese cut fan but.....i''m likeing that one!

mz

 

[RevolutionGems]

It is big but not huge. I think it is around 12mm and probably 10 carats or so. I cut that one pretty early on but it really turned out beautiful. Quartz may be a common stone but it sure does glitter when its cut right.

 

[RockHugger]

me likee the spess and sphene!!

 

[Tuckins1]

I love the Fanta Spess.... It reminds me of the Eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings.

 

[Cind11]

Nicely cut stones! I love the spess.

 

[Cind11]

Nicely cut stones! I love the spess.

 

[Stone Hunter]

Very cool looking stones. I like the colors and the cuts. TFS!!

 

[chrono]

Cool cutting, cool pictures and 1 HOT spess.

 

[Arkteia]

All of them are great. Sphene is amazing.

 

[Arcadian]

though I tend to lean toward greenish sphene, I''m digging that one!

what location is it from?

-A

 

[Largosmom]

Oooooh [staring-google-eyed!]

I can see why you love them, they are really really nice stones--the sphene and the spess are delicious looking!

Why do I come up with food terms for stones I really like?

Laura

 

[RevolutionGems]

Arc, the material is from Pakistan. I have an on-again off-again supplier that lives in Peshewar and he gets material for me from time to time. I love this stuff. It cuts such a fiery stone.

I do have to say though that your sphene is probably one of the most beautiful I have ever seen. In general, sphene doesn''t respond well to EC type cuts but there is some magic in yours. It is simply stunning.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

Beautiful shots, Rev! Really stunning!

If you don''t mind me asking, what camera were those shot with? Lens?

 

[RevolutionGems]

Hi Lauren,

Unfortunately I can''t offer much in the way of information. The shots were taken with a friends digital SLR. I think it is a Nikon but I don''t remember for sure. We used a telephoto lens. We played around with the lighting a little bit and this is what we came up with. Frankly, these are the best gem shots I have ever done.

 

[Arcadian]

The stone is really gorgeous. I''ve got a softspot for sphenes

All of mine seem to be cut pretty well though definitly native cut. the one in my av really shoots light everywhere, its a smidge smaller than your 5ct.

Its making me reconsider and to look at that particular bodycolor again

-A

 

[Laila619]

Beautiful stones!

 

[RevolutionGems]

I finished a little sphene last night that that was mostly an experiment. It won''t ever come up for sale because it has "issues". However, I learned something VERY important from this stone and it will affect how I cut sphene in the future.

This little stone (sorry, no pictures) throws fire like I have never seen before. It has to do with the facet pattern and it comes out with a fantastic range of color with lots of red, green and even BLUE. I am going to cut another one over the next couple of days and I promise pictures will be posted.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Droooooool.

 

[PumpkinPie]

No worries Largosmom - my first thought about the Spess was s''mores related - it just looks like a hot ember from a campfire