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3 Apostates
Design by Ian Robinson.
Brilliant cut pavilion and a high crown with 8 narrow frosted parallel-sided facets in a star shape.
20% of sale price via this site will be donated to the charity Humanism UK - link
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
Large Star of David in Lithium Niobate
'Star of David #3', adapted from a design by Fred van Sant, 61 facets
My latest Star of David - a popular design for me. This is cut in the rather rare Lithium Niobate and is most probably the only one presently available worldwide :-). Rather pleased, this rough video does not do it justice - in sunlight this material explodes into a riot of colour.
Not easy to do, getting the frosting this even is tricky whilst the Niobate was an absolute sod to polish. I nearly gave up - unfortunately giving up is something I find difficult. Probably took about 40 hours all told.
10% of sale price via this site will be donated to the U.K. charity World Jewish Relief.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£400 or Etsy Shop
Oxford Museum Stone #2
adapted from Thank You Bern'd by Marco Voltolini
This was cut in lemon quartz, likely natural (not irradiated) as from 1974 stock. Two bubbles are carved into the bottom giving rise to interesting reflections.
Originally cut for U.K. Facet Cutter's Guild display in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Then on display at Assay Office, University of Birmingham.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£500
3 Iron Crosses
Design by Ian Robinson, 41 facets.
Brilliant cut square with frosted facets showing an Iron Cross.
3 gemstones cut in my 'Iron Cross' design. Blue is lab-grown spinel, black is natural black spinel, clear is lab-grown 'white' sapphire.
Oxford Museum Stone #1
'Chrysanthemum', by Quincy D Howell, 81 facets
Cut in Rose De France (light Amethyst). Marking are internal to the stone due to reflections from a small veil - I think this adds interest :-)
Originally cut for U.K. Facet Cutter's Guild display in Oxford University Museum of Natural History. Then on display at Assay Office, University of Birmingham.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
Open to Offers
Natural Citrine - Spellbound Square
'Spellbound Square', design by Jeff Rhonemus, 53 facets
Natural Citrine (not iradiated)
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£200 or Etsy Shop
Rose de France Amethyst - Spellbound Square
'Spellbound Square', design by Jeff Rhonemus, 53 facets
The stone has a slightly 'milky' tone due to a small internal veil on one side which reflects around. To the naked eye, rather than a photograph I see a pale, slightly smokey amethyst. A large stone suitable for a centrepiece.
Natural Amethyst
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£200 or Etsy Shop
Green Sapphire 'Ruination'
Ruination: design by Arya Akhavan.
Pair of non-matched lab grown green sapphires in 'Ruination' cut.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
8.95x6.21 : 8.1x5.6d3.70 : 2.65ct
£175 each or Etsy Shop
Sunwheel in Natural Black Spinel
Sunwheel: Design by Ian Robinson.
The first cut of my new design. A Sunwheel, Wheel of Taranis in natural black spinel. Frosted facets form the spokes.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£200 or Etsy Shop
ᚼ Hagal (Hail) Rune in Blue Spinel
The first cut of a new design. This is what I was originally going for with my 'Apostate' cut. The frosted facets form the Hagal rune. This is the original Scandinavian - Younger Futhark glyph with the longer vertical lines.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal. I neglected to clean all the epoxy off the girdle before shooting, this has been rectified.
£250 or Etsy Shop
Y.A.G. - 'Desoppo Bars'
Design by Marco Voltolini, 25 facets.
An interesting variant on the ‘opposed bars’ concept. Usually opposed bar designs have the bars inverted (orthogonal) with respect to this design. The upshot being that rather than seeing long bars one sees squares. As the stone is moved square flashes occur.
Yttrium Aluminum Garnet, as known as alexite, amamite, circolite, dia-bud, diamite, diamogem, diamonair, diamone, diamonique, diamonite, diamonte, di'yag, geminair, gemonair, kimberly, Linde simulated diamond, nier-gem, regalair, replique, somerset, triamond, YAIG, and yttrium garnet. This was widely used as a diamond simulant before the development of lab-grown cubic zirconium. It has a high moh hardness of 8.5, higher refractive index than sapphire (more sparkly) and a high dispersion. Widely used in the laser industry it is a rare gemstone material.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£150 or Etsy Shop
100 London Blue Topaz Ovals
London Blue Topaz 5X4 OVALS x100 each approx 0.4ct. Good condition and ready to be set. Colour and polish are good and cutting is better level overseas cutting (Sri Lankan). No windowed stones and all clean and undamaged.
£150 or Etsy Shop
Apostate - blue spinel
Design by Ian Robinson. No7 - 'Apostate A'
Gorgeous cobalt blue lab-grown spinel in my Apostate cut. Brilliant cut pavilion and a high crown with 8 narrow frosted parallel-sided facets in a star shape. Quite a large stone which would make an impressive centrepiece or single setting. This should be easy to set in a round setting -video.
20% of sale price via this site will be donated to the charity Humanism UK - link
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£250 or Etsy Shop
Tears of Elune- pink sapphire
Tears of Elune, design by Arya Akhavan. Cut in light pink sapphire -vid.
Nice: shard like narrow pear shape.
Somewhat time consuming and fiddly to cut taking me about twice as long as similar pear designs.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£140 or Etsy Shop
Apostate - yellow sapphire
Design by Ian Robinson, No7 - Apostate B
Light yellow lab grown sapphire in my Apostate cut. Brilliant cut pavilion and a high crown with 8 narrow frosted parallel-sided facets in a star shape - video.
20% of sale price via this site will be donated to the charity Humanism UK - link
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£200 or Etsy Shop
Apostate B - Leuco Sapphire
Design by Ian Robinson, No7 - Apostate B
Pure white lab-grown sapphire in my Apostate cut. Brilliant cut pavilion, the crown has 8 narrow frosted parallel-sided facets in a star shape radiating from a central polished table - -video
20% of sale price via this site will be donated to the charity Humanism UK - link
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£180 or Etsy Shop
Apostate A - Leuco Sapphire
Ian Robinson, Design No7 - Apostate A
Pure white sapphire in my Apostate cut. Brilliant cut pavilion and a high crown with 8 narrow frosted parallel-sided facets in a star shape - -vid.
20% of sale price via this site will be donated to the charity Humanism UK - link
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£200 or Etsy Shop
Two pairs of Pink Sapphires - SRB
Standard Round Brilliant - 'Stacked Mains - design by Long & Steele
Just a comparison of 2 pairs of sapphires cut in hot pink and lilac-pink swiss lab-grown sapphire.They are very bright and sparkly, in part due to the quality of polish on the pavilion - the bottom of the stone.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
Matched Pair Pink Sapphires - SRB
Standard Round Brilliant - 'Stacked Mains - design by Long & Steele.
This is a matched pair of precision cut sapphires each of 2.90ct, cut in Swiss Lab Grown Sapphire. Would look nice in large drop earrings, being essentially round (strictly 16 sided) they should be easy to set.
They are very bright and sparkly, in part due to the quality of polish on the pavilion - the bottom of the stone.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£250 or Etsy Shop
Zircon Spinel - Iron Cross
Design by Ian Robinson, 41 facets.
Brilliant cut square with frosted facets showing an Iron Cross - video
Having cut a number of cross designs I was looking for one that was simple and bold where the design could be clearly seen without magnification. This seems to work well and has attracted a lot of interest. Cut in Swiss lab-grown Spinel
The Iron Cross has been a German military award from 1877 to the present and its design may be traced back to the cross pattée of the 11th century Teutonic Knights of Jerusalem and earlier.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£200 or Etsy Shop
Pink Sapphire Pair - 'Hanami 花見'
Design by Marco Voltolini, 66 facets, cut in lab-grown sapphire
Hanami (花見, "flower viewing") is the Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the transient beauty of flowers.
Another interesting design by Marco Voltolini. 'Hanami' is modelled on a cherry blossom. A set of tiers is left frosted with the 'petals' polished.
A delicate subtle cut!
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£250 or Etsy Shop
Bolivian Ametrine - Square Brilliant
Natural Ametrine, classic Square Brilliant Cut
Came out rather nice Strictly approx 1/3rd of stone is amethyst with 2/3rds being citrine. Under normal lighting the internal reflections tend to make the effect more symmetrical - video
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£120 or Etsy Shop
Blue Topaz - Geometric Etude No 1
'Geometric Etude No 1', adapted from a design by Arya Akhavan, 49 facets. Cut in Natural Topaz (likely irradiated).
Very hard to photograph well!
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£145 or Etsy Shop
Natural Tourmaline - 'Emerald Cut'
'Gram Emerald', Design by Jeff Graham, 45 facets.
Cut in dark moss green natural tourmaline.
This is not the highest quality tourmaline hence the low price. However the cut is certainly to at least my usual standard. The stone is eye clean and large enough to form the centrepiece of a pendant.
This video may give a better impression than the photo above.
No retouching, colour modification nor dust spot removal.
£130 or Etsy Shop