O’Briens Creek Topaz 13 ct Antique Phi Flower Dome Design by Doug Menadue Faceting by Doug Menadue Topaz donated by Doug Menadue to benefit Green Gem Foundation Stone : Topaz Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2011 Item : #323 Design : Antique Phi Flower Dome (Doug Menadue) Origin : O’Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, North Queensland, Australia Treatments : None Weight : 13 carats Clarity : Eye...
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O’Briens Creek Topaz 12.5 ct Trouble with Tribbles designed by J. Rowland and Robert W. Strickland Faceting by Doug Menadue Topaz donated by Doug Menadue to benefit Green Gem Foundation Stone : Natural Blue Topaz Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2011 Item : #328 Design : Trouble With Tribbles (J. Rowland / Robert W. Strickland) Origin : O’Briens Creek, Mt Surprise, North Queensland,...
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Item : #351 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 16 x 16 x 6 mm Comments : The spider is back! Here is a beauty… its a well cut spider in an O’Briens Creek topaz. The topaz is nice, clear and with a little touch of blue that you can’t really see in the pics. The pics show alot of grey but that is just coming through from the smokey glass surface. The...
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Item : #353 Origin : Loliondo, Tanzania Treatments : None Clarity : Slightly Included Size : 7.8 x 7.8 x 6 mm Comments : These magnificent mandarin spessartite garnets from the Loliondo depost in Tanzania are among the finest of this type of stone. This gem has the bright and vivid fanta orange colour that is so highly sort. It is well saturated with colour and suits my favourite Antique Round...
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Item : #334 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 11 x 11 x 8 mm Comments : Rose de France amethyst is a lovely softly coloured gem. I cut this gem in one of my favorite round designs to see how it looks in the antique style. It is a beautiful gem and would make a fabulous ring stone. Doug Menadue North Queensland, Australia dmenadue@yahoo.com Doug Menadue One World Gemstone...
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Item : #335 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 12 x 12 x 6.5 mm Comments : The “Sunflare” design is one that I have recently created. I designed this gem to be exceptionally bright with a high scintillation and dispersion… and it delivers big time! This silver white topaz from O’Briens Creek is incredible… it truely needs to be seen in real life to truely...
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Item : #332 Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 12 x 15.5 x 8 mm Comments : Electric blue topaz is a very vivid gemstone. The colour is rich and lush and stands out across the room. This is a very nice oval design… it has a “smoother” profile around the girdle with a very nice flash and excellent performance. This gem would look stunning in any jewelry setting! Doug...
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Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 12 x 12 x 6.5 mm Comments : A sweet dreamy rose quartz. What a lovely colour this soft pink is. I like rose quartz for its dreamlike natural… it doesn’t cut a bright flashy gem like topaz rather it is more suited I think to an artistic and gently flowing style of design. This design features a “frosted” five petaled flower...
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Stone : Black Spinel Treatments : None Clarity : Opaque Size : 7 x 11 x 5 mm Comments : This beautiful gemstone is a lustrous black spinel cut in the classic Emerald Cut design. Black spinel takes an exceptionally glossy polish with the colour being a pure black. Black spinel is rarely seen precision cut, especially in a large size like this gemstone. A different and intriguing gem. ...
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Stone : Black Spinel Treatments : None Clarity : Opaque Size : 11 x 11 x 7.5 mm Comments : A big beautiful black spinel from the Central Queensland sapphire gemfields. This beauty is cut in a facinating design that features a swirling motion. It has a dome (hi-top) style crown and is really something special to see. A lovely black spinel gemstone! Doug Menadue North Queensland,...
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Stone : Black Spinel Item : #318 Treatments : None Clarity : Opaque Size : 8 x 8 x 6.5 mm Price: SOLD Comments : This is an unusual gemstone and something that you don’t often see, certainly not one that has been precision cut like this beauty. It is a black spinel that has been cut in a classic round design. It is pure black and opaque… it is not transparent at all. Being spinel it...
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Item : #315 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 5 x 7 x 3.5 mm Comments : A totally awesome fanta orange mandarin spessartite garnet! This stunning gemstone is cut in the classic Emerald Cut and shows off the colour superbly. The gem is so much better in real life, as they all are. The camera can never do justice to the true beauty of gemstones though we do try to capture as best as...
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Item : #316 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean / Very Very Slightly Included Size : 7 x 7 x 5 mm Comments : A top shelf fanta orange mandarin spessartite garnet gemstone, stunning in every way! The design is one of my favorite classical round cuts. It is based on a gemstone that was cut circa 1910 and is perfect for this fanta orange coloured garnet. It gives the gem that special...
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Item : #317 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean / Very Very Slightly Included Size : 6 x 7.5 x 5.5 mm Comments : A nice big oval fanta orange mandarin spessartite garnet. This is an incredible gem and illustrates why this particular type of mandarin garnet is so much in demand. The colours are rich and vibrant and the design is a combination of a barion pavilion with a step crown. This...
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Item : #320 Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 7.5 x 7.5 x 6 mm Comments : A gorgeous green Pakistani peridot! This is a very fine gemstone cut in a classical style design. Pakistani peridot is considered among the best peridot in the world and with this gemstone you can see why. The gem is ideally sized and will make a lovely ring. The colours are rich and vibrant and are stunning to...
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Treatments : None Clarity : Eye Clean Size : 9 x 20 x 6.5 mm Comments : These two beautiful natural blue topaz make a fine matched pair. They are cut in an elegant elongated teardrop design that would make fine earrings. The colour is excellent for natural blues and there is alot of action and sparkle. I cut these specifically to go with #305 to make a matched suite of magnificent gemstones....
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