Square opposed bar cut tourmaline- in love!

[cushioncutnut]

WOW! The cut makes the colors come through all pixelated looking! Very Pretty!!!

 

[chrono]

That is one interesting stone - it is still bright while showing a variety of shades and colours. I like it. I also like how you are able to capture the blue and green on the different axises.

 

[Kunzite]

Wow, what a beauty. That cut is going on my short list for sure!

 

[FrekeChild]

I forgot to mention on my earlier post that the item besides the zircon would not exist if it weren''t for you!

I''ll have to get some photos tomorrow.

 

[TravelingGal]

Ooh, reminds me of confetti. A party stone!!

 

[CharmyPoo]

I feel like a retard. I saw pics of those stones and I thought it was a messed up pixelated photo. It is really cool!

 

[ma re]

Very nice!

 

[Kismet]

Very neat looking stone; I love it! I hope to be able to see it in person some time.

 

[babysteps]

That is amazing! I love it!

thanks so much for sharing your beautiful photos, I have not seen pictures of this cut outside vendor photos and your stone is super!

 

[brandy_z28]

That''s such a neat cut! Love your stone! It looks like it''s been censored.

 

[annadragon]

Who is Gene and how do I give him all my money?

That is a gorgeous stone.

 

[Cind11]

Very cool stone!

 

[coatimundi_org]

Fun cut!

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Date: 5/20/2009 2:35:45 AM
Author: CharmyPoo
I feel like a retard. I saw pics of those stones and I thought it was a messed up pixelated photo. It is really cool!

So did I! How embarassing.

It''s an awesome stone though!

 

[D&T]

OH My! that is such an AWESOME AWESOME stone.. the cut is fantastic, I''ve never seen a cut like it, Its gorgeous

... very modern feel, I love it!... off to see if he has anymore out and about.

 

[princessplease]

Wow so awesome!!! Love the pixelization of the facets!

 

[mercoledi]

Sorry to be delinquent on my own thread, I changed jobs and it had massively decreased by PS time.

Big thank yous to Akmiss, cushioncutnut, Kunzite, Charmy Poo, Mr. ma re, babysteps, Brandy, Cind11, Coati, Kribbie and princessplease!!!

MTG: It''s 6.1mm square. I think the physical limits on tourmaline crystals would make this impossible, but I''d love to have a MASSIVE one, like the size of my palm, to play with!

Cinnamon- Yours is really lovely, seeing the picture of yours was one of the reasons I got interested in the cut!

Chrono- Thanks, I wasn''t sure I could capture the differently colored axis very well. I think it has to make a difference in how many greens this stone shows.

Freke- I saw, I have to go drop by your thread! Pretty blues!

Tgal- It''s more like a LED matrix, it''s super bright in the right lighting

Kismet- Sure, if I get to see your new stones too!

Anndragon, Gene is the proprieter and cutter at presiciongems.com. Go look!

D&T: He does! Go look!

 

[T L]

Date: 5/19/2009 9:51:50 PM
Author: 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!

It''s typically a very light bluish green, but some people consider light pure green or light yellowish greens to be minty. For me, and a gemologist also told me this, it should be light bluish green.

 

[Love in Bloom]

LOL, I call these "digital" stones (don't know why, just seems fitting...). I love this cut Mercoledi! I have a minty green tourm (very light from some angles) in a similar cut from Gene and can't capture the cut for anything in pics. Your camera skills are amazing!

 

[chrono]

I have read discussions of GGs in agreement that a mint should be a light toned green stone with a blue undertone.