Opposed bar tourmaline pics!

[MakingTheGrade]

I actually bought it second hand from a private seller. Although Gene does cut this design very well too!

It really is quite fun to play with. And I''m a big dork, so I love the pixelation.

 

[Laila619]

Wow, that's a fun stone! Enjoy!

 

[gingersnap]

Such a lovely stone! When I first saw pictures of that kind of cut i thought for sure nothing like that could be real

I love that blue green. It''s just right.

 

[StonieGrl]

http://www.etsy.com/view_transaction.php?transaction_id=25170571

Sally does a GREAT contemporary, this is a half bezel in 18 kt with a brushed silver band. If you look at her "sales" category, there are custom jobs that are not the lotus/filigree work that her shop truly does excel at.

 

[PrecisionGem]

What about something like this?
I wouldn''t think with this type of cut you would want to have diamonds around it.

 

[velouriaL]

I LOVE PG''s, except I would leave the sides totally open, no scroll work or whatever.

Very, very cool stone.

Are there any other gems that can be cut with this pixelated effected?

 

[MakingTheGrade]

It pretty much covers my entire finger since I wear a sz 4.5.

 

[oddoneout]

Very interesting. I like how it changes colour from each direction. I don''t know how to set it because if it were me I''d want to play with it to watch the colour change.

 

[deorwine]

MTG, if you don''t mind me chiming in (I was the seller):

HotPozzum, it originally came from the cutting wheel of the late Robert Collins, but I assume any cutter would be able to do something similar -- the design he used was a modified version of Jeff Graham''s "Smith Bar" cut.

Could you do something like that ring Gene posted, but a bracelet? I think it would be gorgeous in an E-W cuff bracelet. If I''d kept it I would have tried to do something like that.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Hi Deorwine! Hehe, I didn''t know it was you!

I''m not a huge bracelet person either, I mostly just wear a watch or my jadeite bangle.

Anyways, it''ll be awhile before I have funds to set anything. I may sell off some of my collection that I don''t wear often, so we''ll see. Believe me you guys will be the first ones I bug if I send it off to be made into jewelery!