The Definitive Guide to the World of Color in Tourmaline Gemstones
The Definitive Guide to the World of Color in Tourmaline Gemstones
Orange Tourmaline Gemstones
Round – Less than 1 Carat
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This standard round brilliant has a very nice medium dark tone level and a good saturated orange color. There is certainly brown in this eye clean droplet of color, but it is not excessive. It weighs .86 carats.
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This is the vivid orange color I hoped to find in tourmaline. It is a standard round brilliant and is eye clean and a bright, flashy member of the droplets of color. It weighs .62 carats.
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Not a large standard round brilliant and more oranges have rolled threw, but this really flashy, bright clean orange was the first and still one of the best orange droplets of color. It weighs .77 carats.
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This standard round brilliant is bright and eye clean. It is a true medium toned orange without brown problems. It weighs .87 carats and couldn't be kept from the droplets of color even if I want to.
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This standard round brilliant is a great piece of eye candy. The yellow orange color of medium tone grabs the eye and no inclusions inhibit the pleasure of examining this .83 carat, droplet of color.
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This standard round brilliant its not as vivid as some of its sister rounds, but it is a great yellowish orange color. It is a beautiful stone with no brown over tones and all the right properties. It weighs .90 carats.
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This standard round brilliant slides with the light and is a mixture of orange, gold and brown. It has a medium light tone level and appears to be eye clean. This flashy gem weighs .89 carats.
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This small round has one feather down the middle of the standard round brilliant. Face up it is not very noticeable (even under the loop.) because it is perpendicular to the table. It weighs .24 carats.
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This standard round brilliant appears to be eye clean. It has a great bright even golden color. It weighs .41 carats.
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Smaller round (droplet of color) that has a great, very transparent, golden yellow color to bright up the collection. It has a few growth tubes that are eye visible, but have negligible impact on this cute smaller standard round brilliant. It weighs 1.55 carats.
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There is no green in this rich bright golden standard round brilliant. I love smaller rounds like this, that have all the colors of the rainbow in my collection. I call them droplets of color. This one weighs .80 carats of perfect pleasure in tourmaline color.
