Berry pink California tourmaline share

[froufroutofu]

I commissioned a California Himalaya mine pink tourmaline and wanted to share how it came out!

I don't have it in hand yet, but the vendor's original rough and cut stone videos are below in the imgur link. I thought it would be interesting to share, because I found it so hard to envision what the final piece will look like from just the rough. I expected a darker, dustier piece and was overall quite happy with the end result! I haven't usually seen California tourmalines in such a vivid pink color. What do you think?

Preview (screengrab from the video) - these were shot on an overcast day.

It isn't quite a glamour shot imo so I'm quite curious how it will look in person.

I know that pink tourms can brown out a bit in indoor lighting, and I see some brown here too, so there's that too.



Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/3

3.13 ct. and 9.39 x 7.91 mm

Suggestions for settings? I saw this recently for example:


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[Mrs_Strizzle]

So pretty! I can't 2the video to open but it may be user error. I really like the setting you like as well. Can't wait for hand pics when you get it!

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

No video for me either.
If that color is half as good as the still shot, it's going to be a stunner.

 

[froufroutofu]

Here's a working video link! I was trying to paste it directly but PS seems to do some weird formatting that destroys it. I'll try a few different ways...

https://imgur.com/uj2VJVY

https://imgur.com/uj2VJVY

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EDIT3: Okay, I absolutely cannot get the video of the rough working, I'm sorry. I'm not sure why, but if I 1. upload that particular video to the post or 2. try to share the direct link to that video, either way, it will fail as long as it's that video. I tried it without a post name and with a post name, logged in and logged out and I cannot get it working. Nonetheless, above is the video of the finished cut stone!

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

The cut one worked for me! Yay!
So, I'm biased, as this is one of my very favorite gem color families, but I love it.

I'm excited to see how it comes out. It's so hard to find spinels in this color(my personal weakness, spinels).

 

[froufroutofu]

Grabbed a couple stills of the rough for anyone curious!

 

[Odyssey44]

Wow, that is a spectacular color! I am with you in being bad about judging gem color from the rough color. But, oh my gosh I never would have thought that rough would have produced a gem of this color. Crazy!