osirisgems - handfaceted quality-gems:

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		Tunduru Chrysoberyl   I realized that I didn't faceted a Chrysoberyl for years. Don't know why it's great gem material with finest optical properties. Polishes slowly but in the end the facets are supershiny. Should do it more often! From this years fair in Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines. 0.65 cts., 5.0 x 3.9 mm available

		Marolambo Rhodolite   Beside Ampanihy the finds from Marolambo has a more warm reddish colour. Often a lighty silky appearance but this doesn't do so. With slighty over 3 cts. a fine size for the "Siebenstern" design. 3.07 cts., 8.7 x 6.4 mm available

		Madagascan Spinel   A flat crown "Tudor's Kaleidoskop" in a slightly greyish blue Spinel from Madagascar. Some internals like a feather underneath the table but not too prominent. 0.76 cts., 6.0 x 3.5 mm available

		Lemon Citrine   Overheated Quartz from Brazil with a nice silky appearence. Beside the silk it's clean, "11Phase"-design. 5.60 cts., 11.8 x 8.2 mm available

		Tunduru Hessonite   A clean monocrystalline Hessonit from tanzanias Tunduru-region with such a strong colour that could be taken for nigerian Spessartines. Faceted in the original Pipistrelli design. 0.56 cts., 5.3 x 3.7 mm available

		Umba Garnet   A soft coloured rose-red Umba-Garnet as Trinity? Works well, here it is. Just some of the usual needles that are to thin to be seen with unauded eyes. 1.70 cts., 7.1 x 5.7 mm available

		Tunduru Hessonite   Another top coloured Hessonite from Tunduru, Tanzania. Some small internals are detectable with magnification but are to small to bug the appearance. 0.53 cts., 5.4 x 3.4 mm available

		Bohemian Garnet/Pyrop   There is a little mostly totally overseen locality in the  bohemian uplands where you can dig free of the usual limitations for this classical european gem. I found it out years ago and have been succussful with a friend and student. The biggest pieces range up to have a gram and one in hundreds could have 3 or 4 cts. and then these are giants! This means a faceted Bohemian Pyrope like this weigjhing around a half carat is really big! The very good thing is that more than 90% of these are really clean with top facet quality. The colour is always dark so they don't have to be bigger. We also found a very cooperative local mining partner who supports us with good roughs when we don't find enoughs by ourselves. 0.52 cts., 4.7 x 3.7 mm available

		Bohemian Garnet/Pyrop   A total of 49 facets are really enough for a gem with under 5 mm?! Definitely yes. The centuries old standard cut that is still done in Turnov until today has only 20 facets with no table and a round girdle. Nothing against traditions and history but this one looks better. Dark red as usual and clean. 0.50 cts., 4.5 x 3.8 mm available

		Pastel Pyrope   Unbelievable, even the Pastel Pyropes are my favourites I have faceted one single of these gems for this newsletter. I t ook a very light rough pebble and decided for the "8er Brillant" with its big table. Some thin and short needles are showing up under magnification and also a change of colour/saturatiom. This pic shows the daylight colour, incandescent light adds some more pink and red. 0.60 cts., 4.9 x 3.4 mm available

		Songea Zirkon   Soft-pink to imperial coloured Zircon from the Songea-region in Tanzania. Should have result in a bigger gem but there was a small crack I had to cut out and so this one ended as another tiny gem. The Zircons livelyness and birefringence are visible and also the dispersion. 0.50 cts., 4.4 x 3.7 mm available

		Tanzanian Rhodolite   Another little gem from the bag of tanzanian Rhodolites that came most probably from the Tanga-region. Cut in the "round Trillion" design (inspired by logo found in the internet) with nice reflections from all views. Beside some Rutile-needles eyeclean. 0.51 cts., 4.7 x 3.4 mm available

		Brazil Morganite   Soft coloured Morganite from Brazil faceted as a "Flandriant". Eyeclean clarity, super brilliant. 1.98 cts., 7.7 x 7.7 x6.0 mm available

		Tanzanian Rhodolite   This purplish Rhodolite is also from Tanzania (most probably from the Tanga region) and received the "Pipistrelli 11" cut Some tiniest Rutile-needles otherwise clean. 0.67 cts., 4.8 x 3.8 mm available

		Brazil Morganite   Perfectly clean brazil Morganite with medium strong colour. Great to play with the "Bar Square 3/4" design and show a lot of sparkles. 3.28 cts.,  8.3 x 7.7 x 7.7 mm available

		Madagascar Rhodolite   Dark red RHodolite from Madagascar with Rutile-silk, otherwise clean. Pipistrelli 11. 1.14 cts., 5.8 x 4.6 mm available

		Ejeda Spessartine   A more unusual kind of Spessartine from Madagaskar or more specifically from Ejeda. Nice to work with due to the great polish these takes and the relatively high RI makes them very brilliant. 0.65 cts., 4.8 x 3.7 mm available

		Rose de France Amethyst   With over 13 mm this is one of the big gems in this newsletter. I did a portoguese style brilliant with many, many facets in a Rose de France Amethyst. 10.51 cts., 13.7 x 10.7 mm available

		Ampanihy Rhodolite   Another Pipistrelli Rhodolite from Ampanihy/Madagascar. It has a shaper triangular shape and split main facets. Vibrant dark red body colour and totally clean. 0.78 cts., 6.0 x 3.7 mm available

		Brazil Rutil-Quartz   A clea Quartz from Brazil with some Rutile-needles and a line of growing structures (not to obviously). I really like the Trinity with needles from Rutile, have faceted many of these in the last 15 years after I created this first (from 5 Trinity-designs). Still a favorite of mine. 14.18 cts., 15.9 x 13.4 mm available

		Oregon Fire Opal   This nice guy from Juniper Ridge were sticked on a dop for at least 5 years... It was really time to give him a new shape and so it turned out as a Pipistrelli with splitted mains. Lovely golden colour and beside the typical silk perfect clarity. 1.95 cts., 10.1 x 6.9 mm available

		Sambia Amethyst   Medium to light saturated Amethyst from Sambia. Eyeclean clarity in this "IllusionPhase" gem. 10.25 cts., 14.1 x 11.4 mm available

		Mananjary Zircon   Nearly colourless Zircon from Mananjary in Madagascar. Faceted in the Pipistrelli design with lots of its interesting reflections. Eyeclean and lovely. 1.35 cts., 6.7 x 4.4 mm available

		Brazil Aquamarine   From the some big piece of rough I faceted this "Lighthouse of Porporela". There are some internals visible, the colour is light, but untreated, very good brilliance. 6.48 cts., 13.3 x 11.1 x 9.3 mm available

		Umba Garnet   Medium to dark red Rhodolite from the Umba-Valley in Tanzania. I did experiments with a tableless crown together with an pavilion. Originally intended for small Sapphires that often have a sixsided shape and are mostly very flat. With the similar RI of most members of the Garnet-family it works in a Rhodolite also very well. 1.38 cts., 6.0 x 4.5 mm available

		Tourmaline   Here is a "rescued gem" a most probably brazil Tourmaline that was in its fomer life a boring round cabochon with a medium to week colour. Fascinating how strong the colour saturates through faceting. There lots of internals also eye visible in this gem, still lively and brilliant. 1.83 cts., 7.9 x 6.4 mm available

		Brazil Smoky Quartz   Brown Smoky Quartz with some hints of orange from Brazil. Eyeclean with more untypical LF-pattern. 10.37 cts., 15.7 x 9.2 mm available

		Arusha Tanzanite   Another big Liquid Flower gem cut from a very special rough: a dichroic Tanzanite with light purplish bue and violet hues. Also from Arusha. The rough was heated and this fascinating gem is a bit lighter that shows the LF-pattern so well. 12.83 cts., cts. 14.8 x 9.4 mm available

		Mocambique Hessonite   Reddish orange Hessonite from Mocambique. Multicrystalline gem with the typical sugar like structure of many tiny crystals. Some bigger internals but overall very good glowing out of the deep. 5.49 cts., 11.2 x 6.8 mm available

		Arusha Tanzanite   Untreated trichroic (blue, purple and green) Tanzanite in a very pointed version of  the "Pelegrinischer Drache" design. 2.62 cts. not for sale, sorry!

		Auvergne Sapphire   From a new localitiy in the french "Massif Central" comes this spectaculare coloured Sapphire. The pic shows - as usual - the daylight colour (we call this colour "Bleu d´Auvergne") while incandescent light is just a small step softer and more grey. Absolutely eyeclean even a 40x magnification shows no internals. This beauty was faceted from a "yellow core"-crystal. Hope to find more of this unbelievable stuff! 0.64 cts., 4.8 x 3.9 mm sold

		Tanzanian Hessonite   This nice cinnamonic orange Hessonite from Tanzania was faceted in an very old european octogon style and is even with all these internals very lively and brilliant. 1.33 cts., 6.7 x 4.9 mm available

		Rescued Morganite   The best cut on this 4 boring oval gems was the Morganite on the left. The colour is a soft pinkish brown and it has some needlelike inclusion not visible for unaided eyes  but easily to sse on the pic or with a little magnification. The rebirth from a weak standard gem to an adorable gem in my "Lighthouse of Porporela" design. 3.97 cts., 11.8 x 9.3 x 7.7 mm available

		Rescued Topaz   From the weak and very shallow jungle cut Topaz (first pic, middle in the back) came our#t a vivid outperforming oval gem. I don't do oval so often (I think this is my third oval...) but this design based on the Reimschuessel brillant is a good reason for an exception. Perfectl clean, slightest colour zoning andlessly briance. 3.80 cts., 11.3 x 9.5 x 6.2 mm available

		Vatomandry Sapphire   A colour changing Saphir from the east side of Madagscar, from Vatomandry. A little alexandrite-like character with greenish hue in natural daylight and more reddish/pinkish colour in incandescent light. In some light conditions both colour can be seen at the same time and/or much stronger. 1.20 cts., 5.5 x 4.8 mm available

		Ampanihy Rhodolite   This faceting was a bit experimental in order to play with 7 hexagons on a flat crown. Easy to cut and a nice result. Some silk and a rich dark red colour. 1.25 cts., 6.4 x 4.5 mm available

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