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New Tourmaline Site by Bruce Fry

I’ve been helping Bruce Fry make his own website featuring his outstanding collection of tourmaline. So for the past month he’s been very busy creating posts about each stone – his impressions, cutting experience and commentary around its provenance and … Continue reading

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Fasscher Design for Tourmaline

A couple months back I found an interesting photo in this thread on the Gemology Online forum. The stone was a colourless YAG garnet in a design that looked very similar to an Asscher cut but with a simple pavilion. … Continue reading

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Gemstone Suite #2

In addition to the tourmalines that I posted earlier, here’s a pic of the other stones I managed to cut this past year. Clockwise from top left: 2.67 ct Pakistani Peridot; 6.40 ct Strontium Titanate; 2.95 ct Pakistani Peridot; 1.07 … Continue reading

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Tourmaline Suite

I took some pictures of the stones I’ve cut in the last year. This is a group of tourmaline from Afghanistan and Nigeria. Colours are pretty much spot-on with what I was seeing. Photo was taken in cloudy daylight. (no … Continue reading

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