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 Post subject: Vanadium and Chromium-Bearing “Color-Change” Pyrope Garnet
PostPosted: Wed Jan 20, 2016 9:01 pm 
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http://www.gia.edu/gia-news-research/va ... ope-garnet

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 Post subject: Re: Vanadium and Chromium-Bearing “Color-Change” Pyrope Garn
PostPosted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 4:39 am 
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That is beautiful material!
Thanks for sharing.

Do you know what main pavilion and crown angles were used in cutting these?


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Can you tell me the RI's of those 5 garnets?


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 Post subject: Re: Vanadium and Chromium-Bearing “Color-Change” Pyrope Garn
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This material showed a pretty consistent 1.736 RI for all the samples tested. However, the stones tested for the study don't include the large 5 pieces in the lead photo.

There is a red button to download the full paper at the above link.

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When you open Nathan's link above, click on the Download PDF red button to read the full article:
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Michael P. wrote:
That is beautiful material!
Thanks for sharing.

Do you know what main pavilion and crown angles were used in cutting these?


Sorry, I don't know what the main crown and pavilion angles are on those stones.

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Nathan Renfro wrote:
There is a red button to download the full paper at the above link.


Er, Thanks! havn't seen this :oops:

The paper does answer my question about cutting angles as well.
35° crown angle, 38.5° pavilion angle.

Thanks for sharing this!


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 Post subject: Re: Vanadium and Chromium-Bearing “Color-Change” Pyrope Garn
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Nathan Renfro wrote:
This material showed a pretty consistent 1.736 RI for all the samples tested. However, the stones tested for the study don't include the large 5 pieces in the lead photo.

Thanks. Look me up at Tucsun and we can talk.


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 Post subject: Re: Vanadium and Chromium-Bearing “Color-Change” Pyrope Garn
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We can also find this kind of material in Madagascar, nearby Fort Dauphin.


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