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Dravite step cutDravite Tourmaline

Color: Brown, yellow-brown, orange-brown and reddish-brown
Moh’s Hardness:
7-7.5
Refractive Index: 1.616-1.652
Critical Angle: 38.23°
Specific Gravity: 3.02-3.26
Cleavage: None
Fracture: Uneven, small conchoidal.
Dispersion: Medium (.017)
Heat Sensitivity: Not usually a problem
Dichroic: Strong (many color variations)
Birefringence (double refraction): Medium (.014-.024)
Crystal structure: Hexagonal

Treatments: Generally there is no treatments with this kind of rough...

What I prefer to polishing with: Alumina oxide with a tin lap (scored).

Jeff's Comments: Cuts and polishes like any other Tourmaline, usually no problems... Orientation is important, go for the best color. Often there is a yellow/brown and a brown/darker brown direction. Orientate the darker color like you would a closed "c" axis...

Design Notes: About any Tourmaline design will work well, although I generally prefer a shallow checkerboard on darker rough.

Design Links:
Signature #4 - This is good for about any rough
Easy Emerald - This is a classic and works well on poor "c" axis colored stones
Smith Bar - This is a classic and works well on poor "c" axis colored stones

Rough Links:
Tourmaline - Index of Tourmaline Rough
Parcels - Parcels of various types of Tourmaline
Parcels 2 - Parcels of various types of Tourmaline
Parcels 3 - Parcels of various types of Tourmaline
Parcels 4 - Parcels of various types of Tourmaline

Collector Tourmaline - Indicolite, bi colors, unusual & rare colors
Collector Tourmaline 2 - Indicolite, bi colors, unusual & rare colors
Special Tourmaline - Rare and unusual pieces
Huge Tourmaline - Top quality individual pieces

Chrome Tourmaline - Chrome Tourmaline
Indicolite Tourmaline - Blue, blue/green African, Brazilian
Multi & Bi Color Tourmaline - Nigerian, African, pink/green, blue/green

Tourmaline - Nigerian, various colors
Tourmaline 2 - Nigerian Tourmaline, African nodules
Tourmaline 3 - Kelly green, crystal green, Africa
Tourmaline 4 - Zambian nodules
Tourmaline 5 - Brazilian, various colors
Tourmaline 6 - Dravite, Mozambique
Tourmaline 7 - Sunset Tourmaline
Tourmaline 8 - Afghanistan Tourmaline
Tourmaline 9 - Afghanistan Tourmaline
Tourmaline10 - Schorl Tourmaline

Bargain Links:
Tourmaline Bargains
Indicolite Tourmaline Bargains

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