A Tourmaline Tale of Sad and Glad by My Lady Pink This report is an attempt to bring the excitement and drama of a youtube video that went viral just a couple of days ago to a wider less connected audience. It focuses on the cutter’s behavior and its impact on an...
Nd obtaining all the colors of tourmaine I I think that nature’s gift and the name, watermelon, given to tourmaline with a core of pink coated in green after a thin layer of colorless crystal is a fantastic combo. It has sold a great deal of low grade tourmaline and...
A tourmaline tale of sad and glad By the Cutter She was a sweet saucy little blue green preform and I tried to ignore her. But every time I would look over my stock of smaller rough, she would grab my eye. But I was not doing ovals. But I had many more expensive...
Size does matter when it comes to cutting and polishing on my small, light weight faceting machine that uses 6 inch laps. This post is about a round that is in the easiest range of sizes, from about 5 mm to 10 mm in diameter. In this size range the gems have tables...
I could go into my history of obtaining rough that goes back over 60 years, but that would really only help an an old man recall memories. No, I want to address the effort to purchase tourmaline rough over the internet. My window on the process is narrow because I...
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