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A
rocker cut in indicolite tourmaline (an original cut) |
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A
variety of monochrome and polychrome Zambian tourmaline. |
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Some
of the new "aquamaline", aqua-colored tourmaline. |
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A
couple of large scheelites from China cut recently for clients. |
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Some
nice faceted amethyst from Zambia. These stones average about
5 carats each. |
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Faceted
beryls. Morganite (pink or peach) on top row, aquamarine (blue)
beneath. Largest is over 3 cts. |
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A
couple of nice tourmaline hearts. Green from Maine, red from
Russia (over 5 cts.) |
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A
couple of 8 carat scapolites, finest golden color. E. Africa. |
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Faceted
"tangarine" garnet from Africa, a type of grossular
(hessonite). Most are slightly over a carat. |
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A
faceted willemite from Franklin, NJ. This rare stone was considered
one of the world's largest at the time of cutting, around 1975. |
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A
faceted fluorite from Tanzania weighing over 40 carats. The
stone has a rare champagne color like topaz. |
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Rarely
seen! Some uncut crystals of pigeon blood ruby from Burma! Sold
at a recent gem show. |
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The
original "Star of Alma" rhodochrosite cut by me and
on display at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature around
1992. It weighed 42.44cts, and was the largest known Colorado
rhodo gem in the world at the that time. This was later recut
into a bit cleaner stone of under 30 carats. Since that time,
larger gems have been cut from Sweethome Mine material. |
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A
large 17 carat South African rhodochrosite cut for Dennis Streetman
and owned by Bunny Streetman. We apologize for the poor quality
of the pictue, but was the only one we could find of it. |
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A
recently completed 3.06 carat gem benitoite cut for Collector's
Edge. Benitoite is the official gem of the state of California,
the only place in the world it is found. Anything over one carat
is considered quite large. Over three carat is very rare. |
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A
very large Madagascar dravite tourmaline cut recently for a
client. This weighed in at around 25 carats! This stone was
earlier mis-identified as andalusite. |
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A
beautiful Hallelujah Jct., NV amethyst cut recently for the
company that mines there. This one weighs over 30 carats and
shows great pink tone. |
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A
huge amtheyst from Hallelujah Jct., NV. This weighs close to
355.7 carats, and is the new leader in large amethysts from
the U.S.A. |
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America's
largest faceted amethyst until Jan, 2001. From Hallelujah Jct,
NV. , ~339 carats. Owner Jon Johnson. |
