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		Zircon from the Göltzsch-River, Saxony Germany isn't known as a gem country. We really don't have lots of localities for great gemstones. But when it comes to german gems you surely will have heart about the Hauyns with its perfectly neonblue (cyan) colour or the enthusiasts also know the even rarer light greenish blue to colourless Boracites or even the best canary yellow  Topazolites. But we have something special too, much more common as a gemstones and sometimes in big sizes  (for example the big dark red one with 11 cts.). What I'm talking about are the Zircons from the river Göltzsch in Saxony (if you can't pronounce 'Göltzsch', don't worry, it's difficult for most Germans too). Here I have an example in rich copper - bronze colour with IF-clarity and some decent colour-zoning (mostly hidden) and also the double refraction is not to prominent, only visible at both ends). This is the second faceted Zircon from that locality that I cut by myself. The supply for the roughs is very low after digging for these gems is generally forbidden. But I had the luck to meet some guys with permisions and a decent offer of roughs. If you are interested in more details search for LAPIS #2 from 2009 but this is in german only, but google can translate this into your language, or just contact me. 2.25 cts., 9.5.x 5.0 x 3.8 mm available

		2 San Carlos Peridots Faceting a matching pair is always a bit challenging, even if the design is new and I have to do a test cut before. This it worked well, it was a lot of work and many hours later a nice result appeared after the second stone was freed from the dop. Very noteworthy is the origin of these two beauties: San Carlos in Arizona, USA thelocality where you can in google-maps the diggings for these gems: San Carlos, AZ. 3.71 cts., 8.9.x 5.4 x 4.2 mm not for sale, sorry!

		Manmade Spinel Completely new: this is the hemispherical version of the "Tudor`s Kaleidoskop" faceted in a big Co-Blue Spinel from the ex-GDRs labs. Extremely scintillating and even in incandescent light with countless red seams along the numerous reflections. 21.94 cts., 15.5.x 14.1 mm available

		Brazil Clear Quartz Here comes an impressive example of the "13PhaseStar" in colourless brazil Quartz. Perfect clarity and the wonderful pattern of the white star inside the dark star beneath a flat and very wide table. 35.20 cts., 23.0.x 14.7 mm available

		Manmade Ruby from Bitterfeld (GDR) Beautiful coloured manmade Ruby from the Labs of Bitterfeld in the former GDR. Best ruby-red colour and strong pattern of the "Tudor`s Kaleidoskop"-design Please regard there is somedaylight fluorescence in this material my camera cannot handle, means the colour irl is much better, stronger and more saturated than in this (poor) pic! 6.00 cts., 10.7.x 7.8 mm available

		Brazil Light Smoky Quartz From the same chunk of rough like the previous one I also cut a smaller "Tudor`s Kaleidoskop", again flawless clarity. For any reason my camera still refuse to show the warm light smoky colour correctly. 2.94 cts., 9.7.x 7.0 mm available

		Manmade Spinel From the long gone labs of the former GDR comes this beautiful Blue Co-Spinel. Very saturated colour, eye-clean and with some red-flashes in incandescent light, faceted in my  "Round Trillion"-design. 2.43 cts., 8.1.x 5.9 mm available

		Brazil Amethyst "Rose de France" Soft coloured "Rose de France" Amethyst from Brazil with perfect Liquid Flower pattern. 8.76 cts., 14.2.x 9.2 mm available

		Brazil Smoky Quartz The biggest Liquid Flower ever! I have never cut a bigger Liquid Flower like this one. Light Smoky Quartz from Brazil, perfetlx#y clean and super brilliant. BTW two days of hard working! 94.01 cts., 30.8.x 20.8 mm available

		Mocambique Garnet   Wonderful coloured Garnet from Mocambique with 1.58 cts. a very good size after most rough are really tiny. Also very good clarity in this six-sided brilliant type gem. 1.58 cts. 6.8 x 5.0 mm sold

		Ampanihy Pastel-Pyrope   #2 of the new design "Night over Marrakesh" One of the smaller samples of the new design and it works also very well. Additionally it is no problem to get the right proportions and symmetry in tiny gems without being to time-intense. Totally clean Pink Garnet from Ampanihy in Madagascar. 1.33 cts. 6.0 x 4.9 mm $ 385.-

		Vatomandry CS Sapphire   From the time when there was a little rush of the very special Sapphires from Vatomandry at the maagascan east coast comes this colour-shifting Sapphire. It show a very high clarity with only tiny internals and a area with a reflecting Rutile layer, a bit similar to the shiller in Oregon Sunstones. In daylight the colour is weaker (see second pic) while incandescent light shows the beaury of this impressive 100% natural/untreated gem. 2.96 cts., 9.3 x 6.3 mm available

		Madagascan Cornelian   Another example of the fine Cornelians I got at the Munich Show. A new find in Madagascar with high end Cornelians in facet-quality, of course with strong silk but there are some reflections visible and the faceted gems looks like an Fire Opal. 2.52 cts., 10.7 x 8.1 x 6.6 mm sold

		Tanzanian Sunset-Tourmaline   Bicolour Sunset-Tourmaline (Dravite) from Tanzania. The C-axis is perpendicular to the table, so you can see a colourful axis and also a darker one. Do you know where the name "Dravit" comes from? In South Tyrol, near Innichen, a river rises that flows eastwards, through East Tyrol and Carinthia and then through Slovenia and Croatia. This river is called "Drau" in german and "Drava" in the slavic languages. The first known locality of this tourmaline is located in today's Slovenia close to the Drava and was named after this river. Perfectly clean and faceted as "Flandriant". 3.86 cts., 9.2 x 9.2 x 7.2 mm available

		Chatoyant Quartz   #3 of the new design "Night over Marrakesh" A chatoyant Quartzcolourless with lots of tiny needles inside. Bought last time at the Munich Show as a unspectaculare tumbled stone and now turned into a charming gemstone. 7.11 cts. 11.7 x 9.6 mm available

		Ampanihy Pink Silk Rhodolite   Beside the fine red and vivid pink Garnets Ampanihy also has the pink silky Rhodolites with a colour ranging from pink to magenta. These a hard to find and I only got these offerred once in the time before my former madagascar dealer became crazy. So from time to time I enjoy daceting one of these beauties. This one shows an average size and is silky but otherwise clean with a more magenty colour. A nice and charming gem with a very own character different to all the standards. 1.68 cts., 7.0 x 5.1 mm available

		Turkish Chalcedony   The Chalcedonies are a group of hard to photograph gemstones. Most of the internal reflections they have are not seen in the pics. This means you will have a nie surprise when have one of the Chalcedonies in your hands and see it irl. No difference with this example from Turkey in a soft blue colour and a six-fold brilliant design. 2.83 cts., 9.4 x 7.0 mm available

		Ampanihy Rhodolite   A medium to dark red Rhodolite from Ampanihy in southern Madagascar. In my eyes the localitiy for the finest classical red Garnets. This beauty shows here and there a spectaculare flash from some Rutil needles and platelets and is otherwise completely clean. The design is the latest of my ideas and hasn't a name now. I'm open for your suggestions! 1.89 cts., 7.2 x 5.5 mm available

		Turkish Chalcedony   Another fine example of the beautiful turkish Chalcedonies. Softblue colour, intense internal glowing, super shin polishing are the typical properties of this uncommon gemstone. Will meet the miners soon and hope for more roughs. Beside the the silk there are some nearly invisible internals, not really worth to mention. 6.37 cts., 12.7 x 9.2 mm available

		Mali Garnet   IAnother "Faceted Cabochon" this time a whopping neon yellowish green Mali Garnet. There are a lot of internals visible from any view that gives a lot of extra life to this glowing gem. 88 facets in total including table, "pavilion", girdle and a phase (the girdle were cut woith an angle of 80° to make a setting easier but I don't think setting is a good idea). A wonderful collector-piece. 14.60 cts., 13.5 x 8.7 mm available

		Brazil Clear Quartz   #5 of the new design "Night over Marrakesh" After some successful pieces it was time for a big chunk of Clear Quartz. Comes from Brazil and is totally clean and super brilliant. The 12 triangular facets are left unpolished. It's a fun to play with this big baby in my hands and see the brilliant sparkles that comes out of this gemstone. 44.88 cts. 21.3 x 18.2 mm available

		Ambohimasina Citrine   The next hemispherical gem finished yesterday is a big Ambohimasina (Madagascar) Citrine. Great golden colour with brownish and orangish modifiers. Flawlessly clean, 118 facets and two days of focussed work presents a stunning result. 40.90 cts., 21.4 x 18.6 mm available

		Turkish Chalcedony   The fascinating thing in some milky gemstone is that beside the bodycolour they often have another colour that could be called "reflecting colour" like this one have. It is a warm, slightly orangish hue that is only visible in the reflection and occurs in daylight and incandescent light. Here I have done the same hemispherical design. as you can see in the Bahia Citrine below but the angles of the crown are a little more flat. 12.80 cts., 15.9 x 11.4 mm available

		Bahia Citrine   The first gem from this years SMAM-fair: a big light straw yellow Ctrine from Bahia, Brazil. Again in my bew hemispherical design with no less than 105 facets for great sparkle and live. Completely clean clarity with some region that show slightly silk. 30.70 cts., 20.6 x 15.9 mm available

		Chinese Serpentine   Nearly one year ago in Sainter-Marie-aux-Mine I purchased a bigger piece of very fine Chinese Serpentine or more exacrly a yellowish green Antigorite. Normally these are nothing for faceting except on the really good ones like this. Absolutely milky appearance with a nice internal glowing and only here and there a black tiny black dot. Polishing is a bit challenging after this stuff tends to get a structured surface whatever you do to polish it. But the 0-0,5 fine grain diamond powder on an old CD worked very well make it shine. 20.80 cts., 17.8 x 14.9 mm available

		Pink Chalcedony   Very strong colour in Chalcedony: a glowing warm pink and additionally in very big size. From my last years hunt at the Munich Show to catch some special Chalcedonies.Takes a while to cut but polishes so well. As yiu see typical strong silk and some very,very decent reflections at the girdle that turns to the nice glowing in the center. The colour is a bit stronger in incandescent light and softer in diffuse daylight. A total of 97 facets (85+12) in a hemispherical brilliant design. 17.30 cts., 16.7 x 14.0 mm available

		Ampanihy Pastel Pyrope   GStrong pink Pastel Pyrope from Ampanihy in Madagascar..With 1.22 cts. this is one of the bigger eyamples of this rare and wonderful kind of Garnet. 1.22 cts., 5.9 x 4.8 mm available

		Brazil Citrine   A Trinity hexagon with its tri-star pattern in a light golden Citrine.Perfectly clean and soo lively. 5.98 cts., 11.1 x 10.1 mm available

		Malawi Rhodolite   During the last weeks I have played a bit with the "Lighthouse of Porporela"-design and some new shape came out that way. This is the elongated version with additional barion facets and spectacular reflexctions.This gem is near flawless and just stunning. 7.98 cts., 16.0 x 8.3 x  8.6 mm available

		Brazil Aquamarine   A light greenish-blue Aquamarine from Brazil in the rounded version of my "Floret"-design that I was inspired on a medieval festival in Kufstein, Austria. In fact this structure is from a rosette of an old guitarre. Some tiny internals that didn't detract the brilliance of this pastel gem. 0.88 cts., 6.2 x 5.0 mm available

		Pastel Pyrope   What a chunky piece for a Pyrope and even Pastel Pyrope! Good clarity with no foreign stuff but some veils and much softer colour than usual. The "Pentagon" with its number of facetsstands for contrasty reflections. 1.74 cts., 7.4 x 5.2 mm available

		Rock Creek Sapphire   Typical greenish blue Sapphire from the Rock Creek deposit in Montana, USA. It has the so common cloudy colour areas this locality is known for. Luckily this doesn't detract the brilliancy too much. Untreated. 0.51 cts., 4.4 x 3.4 mm available

		Rock Creek Sapphire   The Mo-Sapphires have such great range of colours (even the untreated ones like this here). This pentagon cut Sapphire has a golden center along its c-axis and colours most of the gem so. There some internals prominent at the A1-/A2 axes and are still visible from above. Anyway a unique beauty! 0.57 cts., 4.9 x 3.5 mm available

		Songea Sapphire   While some of my collegues complained that the last Munich Show was so low with rough gems me and my students found soe#me new dealers with an interesting selection of Sapphires from Songea like this one. Very clean with only minor Rutiles and shifting greenish blue colour (it likes the cloudy daylight best with highest saturation and most dominant blue). 0.76 cts., 5.8 x 4.8 x 3.9 mm available

		Tanzanian Rhodolite   A dark typical red Rhodolite in a nearly round trillion with only 40 facets. Eyeclean clarity. 1.21 cts., 6.3 x 4.5 mm available

		Tanzanian Rhodolite   European faceting tradition from Turnau meets Rhodolites from East-Africa. The faceting school from Turnov in todayys Czech Republic established a classical design for the really small bohemian Pyropes and this is this design adjusted to an octagonal cushion shape. Some easy visible internals but no foreign stuff. 1.33 cts., 6.5 x 6.5 x 5.7 mm available

		Tanga Rhodolite   A fresh coloured RHodolite from Tanga, Tanzania. Beside the inclusion at 9 o'clock it is perfectly clean. Slight colour-shift from more magenta in daylight to more reddish in incandescent light. 1.78 cts., 6.5 x 5.8 mm available

		Vatomandry Sapphire   Colourshifting Sapphire from the east coast of Madagascar, Vatomandry. Some of the common Rutile-"ghosts" are visible if the light hits the Rutile-plain. In daylight the colour is a cold and more bluish pink that turns to a softer more reddish pink in incandescent light. 0.42 cts., 4.3 x 3.4 mm available

		Liquid Flower Amethyst   After a long here comes an absolutely perfect Liquid Flower in a flawless & top coloured Amethyst. No more words needed! 26.47cts., 20.4 x 13.3 mm available

		Tunduru Hessonite   The same design as the Spessartine but here in a polycrystalline Tunduru Hessonite with its sugar-like appearance. 0.64 cts., 5.8 x 4.1 x 4.1 mm available

		Mosambique Tourmaline   Unheated Tourmaline from Mocambique faceted in Tom Herbst's "Hexpo" design. Top clarity and a soft colour that contains salmon, pinkish amd some slight greyish hues. 3.07cts., 8.2 x 7.0 mm available

		Lemon Citrine   Here is a medium sized Lemon Citrine (some prefer Lemon Quartz?) Anyway a  fine gem with well saturated yellow colour  and even with treatment it has no silk as it occurs so often. Perfectly clean with some more colour than thepic shows (my camery don't like these yellow colours, sorry!). 3.44 cts., 11.2 x 9.2 x 7.5 mm available

		London-Blue Topaz   Dark greenish blue Topaz (London-Blue, treated) in my hemispherical "Palac Struga" design. with 69+6 facets, eyeclean. I'm very enthusiastic for hemispheriacl gems and this is definitely one of my favorite designs, very time-intense but always worth doing it. 11.28 cts., 11.7 x 11.3 mm available

		Tanzanian Rhodolite   A typical dark red Rhodolite from Tanzania faceted in the French Cut #2, eyeclean. 0.88cts., 4.7 x 4.7 x 4.1 mm available

		Surselva Smoky-Quartz   #1 of the new design "Night over Marrakesh" When I have a new design I usually start with a Quartz- clear or smoky - to have a bigger size, not to strong colour and and a good view to the pattern and reflections. This Swiss Smoky Quartz has the 12 triangulare facets left unpolished/ ("frosted") that is normally not a big thing for me, but here it works well and I like it, shows a good contrast between the hexagonal facets and the small triangulare ones. One tiny dot from Chlorite otherwise perfectly clean. 14.77 cts. 14.9 x 12.5 mm sold

		Tanga Rhodolite   After a long time I faceted a new very big Rhodolite. This time it was an alluvial marble-shaped piece from Tanga, Tanzania with a purplish red colour. To achieve a good result I decided for the nine-sided nearly round trillion with a high top crown. The clarity is very high just some of the tanga-typical Rutile needles & platelets that add here and there a nice colour flash to this impressive gem. The whole gem has a intense mystical glowing from the deep all over its crown, my camera couldn't show that. 15.63 cts., 13.7 x 12.0 mm available

		Erongo Demantoid   This one was a hard fight. The rough was a big piece with 2.5 gram and only one half had a better clarity. The result still has many internals, but hey this is a Demantoid with over one carat! WIsh I would have more roughs even with this inclusions. The "Lighthouse of Porporela" with extra steep angles gave an extra portion of colour and dispersive flashes. 1.22 cts., 6.7 x 5.6 x 4.8 mm available

		Ampanihy Pastel Pyrope   It was not easy to find, to catch (and to pay!) this outstanding gem. A rough marble with a diameter of around 17 mm weighing 10.4 gram and was catching my eyes. It had the perfect shape for my "nearly round trillion" and here is the result: high saturated magenta colour, vvs clarity and an astinishing size for a Pyrope Garnet. 18.54 cts., cts. 14.7 x 12.7 mm available

		Mocambique Hessonite   Reddish-orange Hessonite from Mocambique with all typical internals of the multicrystalline Grossulare-variety. 2.44 cts., 9.1 x 5.7 mm available

		Val Val Smoky Quartz   After years it was time for y new NEO. It´s often hard to find a rough with a good shape for special designs like this one. The rough is from Switzerland, Surselva or more specifically from Val Val. Except on some fingerprint internals at 6 o'clock it´s completely clean. If you have very sharp eyes you might notice it. 7.63 cts., 15.4 x 8.6 x 12.3 mm available

		Arusha Tanzanite   Supersoft coloured Tanzanite. Nearly white with a little violett to pink. The "Flandriant"-design works well in this little gem and makes an intense spakle. Some small and really hard to detect internals (no foreign stuff). 0.80 cts., 5.3 x 5.3 x 4.1 mm available

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