I have written about color change in tourmaline a lot on my website because the discovery of Laurellite, a cuprian tourmaline from Mozambique that has a reverse Alexandrite color change, is a principal reason for this site’s existence. The strong effect of...
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...
For every beginning there must be an end. I am green, yellow and orange and I kept the true meaning of that phrase hidden in my heart for many eons. The cutter was drawn into my web of deception by my size, large, price, cheap and the catchy phrase, different unusual...
The effect of natural lighting on the appearance of some tourmaline can be a wide range of both the expected and surprises. The surprise I am focusing on here happen during a late afternoon to evening walk. I had picked two stones from my collection that had strong...
Putting the new recruits through basic training has become a major effort for the tourmaline tribes. Each bright face must be tested under different lights and placed in the constellation of stars sparkling in the mind of the cutter. This is not as uniform as you...
A Special Tourmaline. Color Change With A Twist. There are pieces of rough that will never be cut. They may have come in a lot or by themselves and it is sad to see them site on my kitchen windowsill rejected. The piece of rough that came to be the special tourmaline...
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