Guerrero Topaz - $8 to $40/carat
Locality: Mexico

 

For Topaz lovers Guerro is a favorite, it has a gold to peach flesh tone color to it, that almost no other material can match. This material is color safe (unlike a lot of the New Mexico material that looks similar) and has been out of the ground since the mid 60's when most of the material was mined. It is easy to cut and besides the normal cleavage orientation (7 degrees off of the "c" axis) for Topaz, does not take any special handling.

It works well in about any design, but I especially like it in Barions, because they add nice dispersion with their depth. There will be an occasional needle or bubble in this material.

Note: This material has been "hand cleaned" and a lot of these pieces are basically preforms. This all there is, the mine is long gone.

Currently Available:
1 each 19.60 carats - $313.60 gold/peach, best cut cushion/rectangle - 12mm x 18.5mm x 8.2mm deep
1 each 16.88 carats - $337.60 gold/peach, best cut oval - 13.5mm x 17mm x 8.8mm deep
1 each 14.97 carats - $299.40 gold/peach, best cut trillion/drop - 13.6mm x 16.7mm x 8.8mm deep
1 each 20.15 carats - $523.90 gold/peach, best cut cushion/rectangle - 15.2mm x 16mm x 8.6mm deep
1 each 16.55 carats - $331.00 gold/peach, best cut trillion - 14.2mm x 15.3mm x 10mm deep
1 each 17.22 carats - $344.40 gold/peach, best cut drop/pear - 11.5mm x 22.5mm x 9.4mm deep
1 each 19.92 carats - $517.92 gold/peach, best cut "Brilliant Pear" - 15mm x 15.1mm x 10.2mm deep
1 each 20.12 carats - $523.12 gold/peach, best cut pear - 11.7mm x 18mm x 10.2mm deep
1 each 75.45 carats - $2263.50 gold/peach, best cut cushion/rectangle - 25mm x 23.7mm x 15.2mm deep
1 each 21.96 carats - $570.96 gold/peach, best cut pear - 12.5mm x 17mm x 9.6mm deep
1 each 15.92 carats - $413.92 gold/peach, best cut trillion - 14.8mm x 15.4mm x 9mm deep

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E-mail to inquire or order: jeff @ faceters.com or jeff @ cabbers.com