My massive aquamarine is here!

[Mjay]

I had posted a thread sometime last year about my search for my perfect emerald cut aquamarine. After much debate and research, I came to the conclusion that I would never be happy with a commercially cut emerald cut so I commissioned a stone with Jeff white. My taste in aquas differs a bit from the norm. I wanted something on the lighter side with strong green tones. Think a pale seafoam. Jeff had the perfect rough that he estimated to end up anywhere from 15-24 cts and better than eyeclean possibly flawless. The finished stone ended up at 16.98 CTs. I was hoping for around 20 but it’s honestly so perfect and already incredibly massive on my size 5.25 finger. The color is a gorgeous pale seafoam blue. It looks more green in my photos than it does in real life. It shifts a bit depending on the lighting. The stone did come out a bit more included than what I had anticipated per Jeff’s description. It has some tubes running through it that are typical of natural aquamarine but they are much more visible with my zoomed in camera than what they are with my naked eye. I captured them in some pictures but as you can see, they completely disappear in other pictures. The cut is absolutely incredible. The optics are 10/10 perfect. Jeff is a wizard! The overall shape of the stone is even better than I had anticipated. It has longer cut corners and high crown. I had planned on sending it to DK right away but I’m wondering if I should wait a bit given the fires. Anyways, I’ll post tons of pics and my ring ideas.

 

[Mjay]