"Bi colored Tourmaline Bargains"

Bi Color Tourmaline - $10 to $20/carat
Locality: Nigeria, Africa

 

These crystals are from a very small find recently in Nigeria. There was very little material mined in this pocket before it played out. The crystals are all blue to green and will cut very nice stones. Some of these crystals have minor spots and silk, I am marking them accordingly... These stones are just about perfect for my "Smith Bar" design and will also work well in other checker boards as well as a traditional emerald cut like my "Easy Emerald". These types of bi colored crystals are actually quite rare and I seldom see them...

As you can see the green to blue color zones are gradual and depending on the crystal some of them are stripes (green usually with mostly blue)... I will try to describe the percnetage of each color in the crystals. These will only be approximations... Obviously the more expensive crystals are the ones with the best color definition. Most all of these crystal are open "c" axis except for the very long ones (long ones would be open if they were shorter). The "c" axis is blue to blue/green...

Currently Available:
1 each 13.65 carats - $136.50 SI blue/green bi color, best cut is "Smith Bar" - 8mm x 21mm x 7mm deep
1 each 12.06 carats - $120.60 SI blue/green stripes, best cut is rectangle - 7mm x 25.5mm x 6.5mm deep
1 each 9.61 carats - $96.10 VS blue/green bi color, best cut is rectangle - 6mm x 26mm x 5.6mm deep
1 each 6.20 carats - $62.00 SI blue/green stripes, best cut is rectangle - 6.9mm x 11.9mm x 6.4mm deep
1 each 11.70 carats - $175.50 VS blue/green bi stripes, best cut is rectangle - 10mm x 13.6mm x 8.8mm deep
1 each 7.12 carats - $106.80 VVS blue/green bi stripes, best cut is "Smith Bar" - 8.3mm x 12.5mm x 6mm deep
1 each 9.20 carats - $138.00 VS blue/green bi color, best cut is "Smith Bar" - 8.8mm x 12.8mm x 7.7mm deep
1 each 9.44 carats - $188.80 VVS blue/green 50/50 bi color, best cut is rectangle - 6.7mm x 23.5mm x 5.5mm deep
1 each 6.91 carats - $69.10 VVS light pink to teal stripes bi color, best cut is square - 8.5mm x 9.3mm x 7.8mm deep
1 each 8.96 carats - $179.20 VVS to VS (silk) orange center/green/hot pink, best cut is pear? - 8.7mm x 10.7mm x 9.7mm deep
1 each 4.06 carats - $81.20 VVS to VS pink 40% to 60 % green, best cut is "Smith Bar" - 6.5mm x 11mm x 5.4mm deep
1 each 6.20 carats - $49.60 VVS blue/green bi color, best cut is rectangle - 7.4mm x 11.8mm x 6.8mm deep
1 each 4.06 carats - $81.20 VVS 40% pink/60%green bi color, best cut is rectangle - 6.5mm x 11mm x 5.4mm deep

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