Best green stone & cut for dispersion ?

[beaujolais]

What would be the best green stone and cut for dispersion?

I''d want the green to be a hunter green, dark but not too dark, a green with no yellow.

Thanks.

 

[chrono]

Budget? Size? Wearability?

 

[beaujolais]

Undecided if it will be a ring or pendant.

Size - 1- 2 cts.

Budget - a few hundred, not looking to anything big.

Thanks.

 

[Harriet]

Green tourmaline (slightly above budget):
http://www.artcutgems.com/item.php?item_id=458&page=2&category_id=49

Chrome diopside:
http://www.artcutgems.com/item.php?item_id=450&page=2&category_id=46

 

[chrono]

Chrome diopside might fill the bill. They come in small to large sizes and in different ranges of green. They are also very affordable.

 

[Kismet]

Won''t a dark body color mask a stone''s dispersion? In any case, you might try to hunt down a green zircon. I believe they have a fairly high dispersion.

 

[beaujolais]

Thanks Harriet. I do like that first one. That was so very nice of you to look. Not really above budget either. I love cushion (maybe a touch light though, maybe) and that is a great one. As for the pear - not into a pear (nor round) for a green stone. I'm liking cushions for a green.

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Yes, I know too dark cuts the green color but I didn't mean that dark. Thanks for the reminder on that.

Will search on green zircon later.

You are all the best. Thanks.

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Question - do stones on the computer screen tend to appear darker or lighter than they actually are?

 

[Pandora II]

Green Zircon will have the highest dispersion.

I have some chrome diopsides which are beautiful - they are quite fragile though.

 

[Harriet]

Here''s a blue-green zircon, which does not have any yellow: http://www.artcutgems.com/item.php?item_id=328&page=2&category_id=49

 

[beaujolais]

I like the blue/green on paper but not really to own. Also, that one is not my shape. Thanks, though.

Looking more to learn, right now, than purchase.

 

[marcy]

I have a lovely RB hunter green sapphire stone that I really like.