Intergem find - 9.4 carat seafoam blue tourmaline from Brazil

[chrono]

I swear I replied yesterday but it’s GONE! I think the colour is great with no closed C axis observed. Not only that, the facet pattern reminds me of light glinting off a fish’s scales as it arcs above the water.

 

[Barrett]

color is great..good buy TL..she has the eye for those sweet stones

 

[stepcutnut]

Pretty stone, great find! I love the cut!!! Is the stone darker in color on one end or is it just the photos playing tricks? If it is, I'd vote a pendant set N-S, to play it up.

 

[T L]

Thanks everyone for your kind words.

StepCutNut,
It has a darker green portion toward the tip, much like this gem, which goes from seafoam blue to a green.

http://www.ajsgems.com/tourmaline/blue-blue-green/blueblue-green-tourmaline-21.76-carats.html

 

[Laila619]

WOW! Cool gem!

 

[T L]

Date: 5/18/2010 3:27:43 PM
Author: VapidLapid
Indy's right, tell us about the cut. It looks almost like chevrons or dare I say, quilted! How about a photo of the pavillion? There is something very interesting going on there!

It's a millenium cut stone. John Dyer cuts his own variations of these types of cuts. It's like a series of grooves along the pavillion. Klewis has a John Dyer stylized millenium cut, and he posted photos of his pavillion. Very cool. The stone is depcicted in Klewis' avatar as well.

Here's another millenium cut stone example.

http://www.teaman-jewelry.com/images/gallery/18.jpg

 

[T L]

Date: 5/19/2010 9:51:25 AM
Author: Chrono
I swear I replied yesterday but it’s GONE! I think the colour is great with no closed C axis observed. Not only that, the facet pattern reminds me of light glinting off a fish’s scales as it arcs above the water.

No closed C at all. If you look down the C-axis, it's totally open, not dark and extinct. I always look for that in tourmaline.

 

[T L]

Here''s another photo on the hand, direct sun.

 

[T L]

One from further away to show the size better, excuse my dirty mint Afghan tourmaline ring, and my dirty spessartite. Direct sun.

 

[ma re]

Very nice color and I love those combinations of carvings and faceted cuts!