Cutting The Havey Tourmaline

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Cutting The Havey Tourmaline

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Wow, for those of us interested in faceting, this is a gorgeous tourmaline that's cut from 15 grams of rough in about 6 minutes, right before your eyes, and with a stone this size, you can see more of what's been done as he goes along. Sweet!! Enjoy! :)

Cutting The Havey Tourmaline

Cutting the Gem

"With almost 40 years of gem cutting experience, Larry Woods is internationally recognized as a master gem cutter and artist having won many prestigious awards for his original gem cutting, carvings, and gem designs. “My passion and love for colored gems and gem cutting is in revealing the most beautiful, most brilliant gem from each rare piece of gem rough. I am very grateful for the opportunity of expressing creativity and craft in the fashioning and evolution of these rare and precious expressions of nature.” Woods cut the Havey Tourmaline from a terminated crystal taken from one of the 2013 pockets. The original crystal weighed 75 carats (approximately 15 grams). Like most gem-quality tourmaline from Havey Quarry, it was a rich blue-green and featured fine fractures lining its surface. The interior of the crystal, however, was flawless. Woods recognized the potential of the stone the first time he saw it during a visit to the quarry in the fall of 2013:

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The Elbaite with tourmaline (NMNH G11490; 30.6 ct, 20.9 mm x 15.0 mm x 12.5 mm) was donated to the Smithsonian by Frances M. Seay in 2014.


[Morrison] brought out flat after flat of beautiful blue green tourmaline crystals and gem rough. One piece stood out far and above all the other specimens in his collection, an exceptional 15 gram gem tourmaline crystal termination. The clarity, color, size, and shape of the piece made it a perfect candidate to be cut into a world class gem, and was to that date, one of the largest and finest pieces Jeff had ever found. I realized immediately that this was a very special piece. ...




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