Square opposed bar cut tourmaline- in love!

[mercoledi]

Warning, this is picture heavy! Beautiful opposed bar cut tourmaline from Gene. This is really cool stone and photographs nicely, so I got a little carried away...

Body color

 

[mercoledi]

Looking down one axis, blue-green.

 

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Looking down the other axis, yellow-green.

 

[mercoledi]

In it''s wee box.

 

[mercoledi]

Out of the box! Deep greens.

 

[mercoledi]

Colors!

 

[musey]

Whoa COOL!! The facets almost look like a pixelated image, if you know what I mean.

The color is gorgeous and I''m really digging the cut!

 

[mercoledi]

More...

 

[mercoledi]

More blue green.

 

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With some friends (other tourmalines)

 

[mercoledi]

Sittin'' pretty

 

[mercoledi]

A lot of blue.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

That cut is flat out awesome!!!!! Love it!

 

[mercoledi]

A lot of yellow.

 

[mercoledi]

Almost done!

 

[mercoledi]

A little lighter...

 

[mercoledi]

Thanks for looking

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ETA: A big thank you to Zeolite who helped educate me about opposed bar cuts and shared the pictures of his awesome collection, I might never have pulled the trigger without you!

 

[beaujolais]

Way cool !

 

[mercoledi]

Thanks Musey and Lauren, it's a really fun stone, the colors are even more vibrant and distinct in person. I have to believe that's in part due to some smart, awesome cutting! (and the rest due to some awesome rough buying/mapping!)

 

[MissDayna]

That''s a really cool cut, very pretty gem!

Dayna

 

[icekid]

merco- that is such a cool stone! Love the cut. I''ve been wanting to pick one up for a while, too.

 

[packrat]

Pretty color and what a cool cut!

 

[mochi]

Date: 5/19/2009 8:15:53 PM
Author: mercoledi
Colors!

OMG!!

I love this photo!!

 

[Stone Hunter]

That''s a really really cool stone. Your photos are fantastic, as always. TFS!

 

[FrekeChild]

Love it! What are you going to do with it?

I have something from Gene AND another something to share, but all of the batteries in my house are dead apparently. Such is life...

 

[T L]

Pretty stone, and it goes well with your collection of other minty stones. The cutting is fun - like a bunch of little lights going off as you rock it.l

 

[mercoledi]

Thank you sonoma, Dayna, and packrat!

Icekid- it''s a neat cut, much more fun in person. My research led me to believe that Gene does this cut particularly well. Jeff Graham has a version that he named, but he''s out of my price range. Peter cuts based on Jeff''s maps though- try it out!

Mochi- Thanks, they really lost a lot in re-sizing, and nothing compare to this stone in motion.

Stone Hunter- Thank you, I saw your compliment in the other thread as well. I have a Canon A460 with a pretty sweet macro mode. Everything else is just luck! There''s a thread here somewhere with picture taking advice. I made a mini light box once, but haven''t broken it out for this stone, this one is about performance more than color.

Freke- Now I have to do something with them? Geeze, that makes it less fun. I don''t know, we''re still bonding... And you''re a wicked tease.

How do you like that Zircon? I have two other little bits in the mail, but I wasn''t gonna bring it up...

TL- Thanks, I''m starting to get why you love tourms so much! What makes a green a minty green? To me, that would be more yellowish. Is there a ''breed standard'' for minty? I do have a blue/green problem though. I''ve recognized it and I think it''s time to branch out soon. Rick has a beautiful red spinel...

Thanks to all of you for making this a fun place to share!

 

[akmiss]

That is a very cool stone! I love the pics

 

[MakingTheGrade]

What are the measurements?

It''s lovely!!! I think I may need to pick one up, especially since I''m a big computer geek

 

[cinnamon013]

Pretty! I have a stone just like this from Jeff White. Actually, mine might be a touch darker, so yours appears a bit more lovely. How are you going to set it? I've never set mine.