Country: Afghanistan
Weight: 7.33ct - 13-1/2 x 11mm
Name of Design: Classic Oval
Designer: Roger Dery
Faceter: Roger Dery
Photographer: Roger Dery
Availability: Portfolio
Description:
Classic oval design using a step cut pavilion with brilliant crown
Tags: Afghani, Afghanistan, Classic Oval, Portfolio, Roger Dery, TourmalineContact the author (Roger Dery):
Sunday – Mother’s day: Roger handed this precious stone over so I could have a go at photographing it. First test shots confirm that I should be able to capture an amazing gem.
Color is very subjective, but my description would be Turquoise Seafoam. Using Turquoise I’m thinking of the Prang color wheel. I sure the color of this stone only exists in tourmaline – it is unique. The stone is blue.
Roger might disagree but I think the color falls somewhere on line 24 or 25.
Here’s a little preview of the May Edition of One World Gemstone. I think there will be another photo of this stone this month that is a little more conventional.
Good job Roger. Love the color.
Roger,
The stone is AWESOME! Jeff, the photo is pretty darn Awesome as well!
Sweet stone — I had the honor of seeing this one in the rough before Rog cut it; Rog really did this one justice. Amazing stone.
…and great photography Jeff. I like that last shot with the high-contrast background.
Thanks for the compliment but that first shot is by Roger, we are saving a couple shots for the May Edition though. On a white background and dare I say it… black.
Jeff
Did you say on black? We’re goin’ to get jammed up with that one…. well maybe you will. I’m just the cutter – hahha!
Very creative photo of a very beautiful stone. Good job Jeffrey and Roger!
Thanks Elaine! The rough was fantastic, and truly made the stone what it is… but interestingly, this is a classic design performed in all the cutting centers around the world. The only tweaking I did was to make certain all the pavilion angles were 40* and above. And for the crown, the breaks were about 40* with mains at 33*, 34* and 35* on the ends. If I could do nothing else, I could make a living cutting ovals – they always sell.