A high quality aqua I finished for a client recently,dimensions 10.5x7.5 3 carats.

Lastly an engagement ring with stones cut and set for another client,the three stones are two 5mm Nigerian aqua's and the middle gem is a 6.2mm mint green/yellow tourmaline.The pictures definitely do the ring and stones no justice,especially the center piece which is a much more vibrant green in person.
Custom Cut Gems

Projects

It's been a while since the last post on this blog but I promise to do a better job of keeping it current.
My excuse is that my busy schedule and custom orders have taken the majority of my time..okay I know not a good enough one.

One of my more recent ones is the stones for an overseas client,these four pink tourmalines are cut in a barion cushion and one of my favorite designs.Barion's are deep to enhance color but very bright because of the extra kite shaped facets at radically different angles on the pavilion of the gem.Specs are one pendant stone at 9mm,one ring stone at 7mm and two earring gems at 5mm each.These are already set and I will post a pic if and when I get an image.Look out for another project pic soon.

Current rough stones available

Here is some of the rough inventory available to be cut to your specs.
First up is a nice chunky light pink tourmaline from Nigeria which would cut a beautiful 8 -9mm round or square,the picture really does this material no justice.

Next is two very special juicy bubblegum pink med/light Nigerian tourmalines which would cut a set of rectangles or squares in the 6 - 7mm range.Top material!

This is a beautiful blocky mint green similar in color to the mint green round fancy cut on the website,it will cut around 8mm square or round,the color was hard to reproduce in this photo but it is top quality clean material.

Some very nice mint green Nigerian tourmaline,again the color is much more light mint except for the more neon darker green piece in the foreground,these will cut elongated sets to smaller rectangles and squares.

 Some nice fairly clean light/medium blue Aquamarine from Nigeria which will cut elongated rectangles,squares and regular rectangles,some of these will cut vvs and some flawless while others will be slightly included.

A rare stone!

A mint garnet from the Merelani hills region of Tanzania cut in a very bright barion oval design,dimensions are 7.5x5.5mm,weight is 1.52ct.
This is just an exceptional stone in every way,extremely bright and very clean for this material(vvs),a few barely visible tiny veils under 10x magnification.I haven't listed this one on the site yet,so if you're interested email me direct.
Custom Cut Gems

A beautiful ring!

I was honored a while back to cut the engagement ring for a good client of mine overseas.She was kind enough to send me some nice high resolution pictures of the finished ring,the jeweler did a great job on the setting which framed the pink tourmaline perfectly.The pictures show from the rough stone stage to the end  product.

Time really flies!

What happens to all the time we used to seem to have?This year has flown by so fast it's scary and I realized I haven't posted anything here for forever.Well here's a lousy picture of a necklace/earring  project I finished some time back for a client in Massachusetts,the center stone still needs to be procured rough and then cut,it is going to be a light pink the same as the others but in a rounded pear design,the darker stone in the picture on the top left was replaced with a lighter one and the darker looking one in the front row of necklace stones is not as dark as it looks.There is unfortunately not much if this gorgeous light pink Nigerian material left out there,this was one of the few finds that does not change color or mask up at all in artificial light ,the mine has long since stopped producing!

I have some nice material to cut now that the project work is done for a while,some more mint tourmaline rough,some aquamarine and a stunningly beautifully colored Merelani mint garnet that should cut out in the 3ct range and clean.

Busy busy busy!

This post has been a long time coming but the last two months have just been hectic with cutting custom orders and getting the new website up and running.My current priority is a 15 stone necklace and set of earrings for a talented custom jeweler client of mine so I will not be starting any cutting orders for the next two weeks or so.If you have an order in the pipeline then you already know your expected delivery date so please be patient,I will give your order the attention and respect it deserves in due course and I'm sure you'll be happy with the results.

In the meantime here is a  Barion cut mint blue/green Nigerian tourmaline which I have not had the time to send out on mailing list or post on the website,the picture does the stone no justice at all,1.71ct,8.4x6.35mm,graded SI(slightly included but eye clean).If you are interested please call or email me,I will be listing it on the website for sale in about a week or as soon as I get the time.

The other stone is a 3+ carat Nigerian bubble gum pink tourmaline in one of my popular cushion cuts which was a commissioned job for an overseas client.The pictures are in the incorrect order as I'm sure you've noticed!