Some gemstone grab you even with a casual glance while others get passed over. This strongly dichroic (two different colors/intensity of color depending on the axis of view) deserves a closer look. The higher tone level c axis color is a quite delightful orange, but it has to share the stage with a golden yellow that drifts a little bit into the greenish mode (I think). Now green and gold may mix well on the foot ball field, but in tourmaline, I prefer to not have them together. It tends to make a muddy field to cut on. I may have short changing this gemstone, that is really a delight under the morning light that I am posting under, but I am just expressing one of my color dislikes. Everyone has there color preferences and I tried not to cater to my personal ones when building this collection. If the tourmaline had a “different” shade of color I tried to be its friend. This gemstone is eye clean and its dynamic color world flashes in a moderate to darker tone level. It is a nice size at 2.53 carats.
Bruce
Bruce
