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Sometimes a gemstone should take a walk on the wild side.
PHOTO Natalie Dissel’s green pyromorphite crystal and diamond earrings set in 18-karat gold retail for $2,680.NatalieDissel.com
PHOTO Natalie Dissel’s green pyromorphite crystal and diamond earrings set in 18-karat gold retail for $2,680.
NatalieDissel.com
NatalieDissel.com
PHOTO This “Facets” ring is a unique, proprietary cut featured as part of a new collection by Elizabeth Garvin. The center stone is green amethyst in a partial bezel setting of oxidized sterling silver and 18-karat gold, accented with flush-set ice-green color-treated diamonds. It retails for $3,900.
ElizabethGarvin.com
ElizabethGarvin.com
PHOTO Alishan’s uniquely faceted pink tourmaline marquise ring is set in 18-karat gold and oxidized sterling silver with three diamonds to accent. It retails for $4,000.
AlishanOnline.com
AlishanOnline.com
PHOTO Gintare’s “Dancing Light” pendant features a custom precision-cut cabochon quartz weighing 18.45 carats, set in 18-karat white gold with diamonds that reflect in the quartz dome. It retails for $4,180.
GintareJewelry.com
GintareJewelry.com
PHOTO Dissel also created this “Rose Mountain” ring, featuring a 45-carat natural hessonite set with diamonds in 18-karat rose gold. It retails for $5,400.
NatalieDissel.com
NatalieDissel.com
PHOTO An 18-karat yellow gold ring, from TAP by Todd Pownell, boasts a 2.19-carat raw uncut brown diamond surrounded by inverted and regular-set brown diamonds. It retails for $6,640.
TAPByToddPownell.com
TAPByToddPownell.com
PHOTO From Pratima Design’s “Spectrum” collection is this 18-karat white and yellow gold ring with an aquamarine, cut by Tom Munsteiner, and accented with 0.23 total carats of diamonds. It retails for $6,800.
PratimaDesign.com
PratimaDesign.com
PHOTO These earrings from Annie Fensterstock feature emeralds, diamonds and Paraiba tourmaline slices made in 18-karat yellow gold and blackened sterling silver. They retail for $7,900.
AnnieFensterstock.com
AnnieFensterstock.com
PHOTO Jacquie Aiche’s 14-karat yellow gold necklace features triple graduated aquamarine crystals accented with diamonds. It retails for $10,000.
JacquieAiche.com
JacquieAiche.com
PHOTO This 18-karat gold necklace, also from Pratima Design’s “Spectrum” collection, features a 5.33-carat peridot, cut by Tom Munsteiner, and 0.57 total carats of diamonds. It retails for $10,600.
PratimaDesign.com
PratimaDesign.com
PHOTO Symmetry Jewelry created this 18-karat gold handcrafted bracelet boasting aquamarine, tourmaline, citrine, peridot, garnet and heliodor in free-form cuts. It retails for $14,000.
SymmetryJewelry.com
SymmetryJewelry.com
PHOTO The “Cambrian” bracelet from designer Pamela Huizenga is an 18-karat gold single row bracelet with one-of-a-kind, custom-cut turritella, aquamarine, fossilized coral with a diamond frame, freshwater baroque pearl, trilobite fossil, fossilized coral from Alaska, and a cameo shell. It retails for $35,000.
PamelaHuizenga.com
PamelaHuizenga.com
PHOTO Carved gems, like this rubellite, can offer a unique look into the stone. The 140-carat carved rubellite in this “Maharani Devi” pendant from Paula Crevoshay is accented with tsavorites, tourmalines and diamonds. It retails for $69,300.
Crevoshay.com
Crevoshay.com
Sometimes a gemstone should take a walk on the wild side.
It can be good to give up the straight angles and symmetrical curves, and instead bust out in wild, irregular angles and patterns, especially since there always will be a customer for these uniquely cut, rough-and-tumble specimens.
For the customer who wants something one-of-a-kind, show them a gemstone design that’s as unique as a snowflake and get ready to talk gemology. Irregular gem cuts also offers a challenge for designers, forcing them to take their game up a notch.
Here are 13 examples of the wide diversity of gem cutting, and even not cutting.
Natalie Dissel’s green pyromorphite crystal and diamond earrings set in 18-karat gold retail for $2,680.
NatalieDissel.com
NatalieDissel.com
This “Facets” ring is a unique, proprietary cut featured as part of a new collection by Elizabeth Garvin. The center stone is green amethyst in a partial bezel setting of oxidized sterling silver and 18-karat gold, accented with flush-set ice-green color-treated diamonds. It retails for $3,900.
ElizabethGarvin.com
ElizabethGarvin.com
Alishan’s uniquely faceted pink tourmaline marquise ring is set in 18-karat gold and oxidized sterling silver with three diamonds to accent. It retails for $4,000.
AlishanOnline.com
AlishanOnline.com
Gintare’s “Dancing Light” pendant features a custom precision-cut cabochon quartz weighing 18.45 carats, set in 18-karat white gold with diamonds that reflect in the quartz dome. It retails for $4,180.
GintareJewelry.com
GintareJewelry.com
Dissel also created this “Rose Mountain” ring, featuring a 45-carat natural hessonite set with diamonds in 18-karat rose gold. It retails for $5,400.
NatalieDissel.com
NatalieDissel.com
An 18-karat yellow gold ring, from TAP by Todd Pownell, boasts a 2.19-carat raw uncut brown diamond surrounded by inverted and regular-set brown diamonds. It retails for $6,640.
TAPByToddPownell.com
TAPByToddPownell.com
From Pratima Design’s “Spectrum” collection is this 18-karat white and yellow gold ring with an aquamarine, cut by Tom Munsteiner, and accented with 0.23 total carats of diamonds. It retails for $6,800.
PratimaDesign.com
PratimaDesign.com
These earrings from Annie Fensterstock feature emeralds, diamonds and Paraiba tourmaline slices made in 18-karat yellow gold and blackened sterling silver. They retail for $7,900.
AnnieFensterstock.com
AnnieFensterstock.com
Jacquie Aiche’s 14-karat yellow gold necklace features triple graduated aquamarine crystals accented with diamonds. It retails for $10,000.
JacquieAiche.com
JacquieAiche.com
This 18-karat gold necklace, also from Pratima Design’s “Spectrum” collection, features a 5.33-carat peridot, cut by Tom Munsteiner, and 0.57 total carats of diamonds. It retails for $10,600.
PratimaDesign.com
PratimaDesign.com
Symmetry Jewelry created this 18-karat gold handcrafted bracelet boasting aquamarine, tourmaline, citrine, peridot, garnet and heliodor in free-form cuts. It retails for $14,000.
SymmetryJewelry.com
SymmetryJewelry.com
The “Cambrian” bracelet from designer Pamela Huizenga is an 18-karat gold single row bracelet with one-of-a-kind, custom-cut turritella, aquamarine, fossilized coral with a diamond frame, freshwater baroque pearl, trilobite fossil, fossilized coral from Alaska, and a cameo shell. It retails for $35,000.
PamelaHuizenga.com
PamelaHuizenga.com
Carved gems, like this rubellite, can offer a unique look into the stone. The 140-carat carved rubellite in this “Maharani Devi” pendant from Paula Crevoshay is accented with tsavorites, tourmalines and diamonds. It retails for $69,300.
Crevoshay.com
Crevoshay.com
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