Rough Cutting

[spinel]

Spinel roughs before cut.

 

[spinel]

freshly cut by Eric Roy, Montreal, 3.50ct flawless raspberry red from 15ct rough (previous photo at 1 o'clock). Spinel.

 

[spinel]

pavillion view.

 

[spinel]

Cherry red spinel, 5.8ct interesting shape, cut from rough at 7 o'clock.

 

[spinel]

Like to see reddish orange hue (rO) spinel? 5.05cts cut from 40cts 11 o'clock rough.
I decided not to cut the 3 o'clock and 5 o'clock roughs: The first one is too thin and the second is too much included.

 

[elmo]

These raspberry colors are exactly like what I was seeing with the stones here. Do you ever get a result that's closer to the Burma look like Matata's stone, or a slight bit lighter toned? That's the red to orangy red look I'm looking for.

 

[spinel]

No sir, I dont have yet stones which look like matata's beautiful one. Hopefully I will have some in futur. spinel.