Stone : Rhodolite Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #235
Design : Phi Flower Dome (Doug Menadue)
Origin : Tanzania
Treatments : None
Weight : 4.8 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 10 x 10 x 6.5 mm
Price : $640 AUD

Comments : This is a luscious rich red rhodolite from Tanzania. There are strong vibrant red tones with purple/pink/plum overtones and is beautifully eye clean. It has very good scintillation with eye catching violet purple sparkles... when I first took it out into the sunlight to admire it I was surprised by this violet sparkle as I wasn't expecting it. This is a very fine rhodolite and is cut in my own 161 faceted "Phi Flower Dome" design. I had in mind that it would look fantastic set in a solid gent's gold ring. This would certainly be a special setting if you went in this direction. A very beautiful gem!


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Stone : Fanta Orange Spessartite Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #230
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Tanzania
Treatments : None
Weight : 2.1 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 7 x 7 x 5 mm
Price : $980 AUD

Comments : This is a beautiful fanta orange spessartite garnet from Tanzania. Gems over 2 carats in this material are scarce and this is a beauty. It is lovely and bright and cut in the classic Round Brilliant. There are some minor inclusions that are common to garnet including a small amount of silk/needles. These inclusions do not detract from the appearance of this gem. This gem is alot more bright and orange in person than it appears in the photo. This is a top little performer!


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Stone : Fanta Orange Spessartite Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #229
Design : Flanders Brilliant
Origin : Tanzania
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.45 carats
Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included
Size : 6 x 6 x 4 mm
Price : $700 AUD

Comments : A delicious fanta orange spessartite garnet from Tanzania. It is cut in the classic Flanders Brilliant square design that suits this garnet fabulously. It is a little lighter in tone then #220 and #230. There are some minor inclusions that are common to garnet but nothing that detracts from the overall appearance of the gem. This gem is alot more bright and orange in person than it appears in the photo. This is a spectacular little gemstone!


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Stone : Grossular Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #226
Design : Mini-Mint
Origin : Mali, Africa
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.6 carats
Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included
Size : 6.8 x 6.8 x 5 mm
Price : $520 AUD

Comments : A very nice light green grossular garnet from Mali. These are very bright stones when cut and this one certainly sparkles. This is a good large size for Mali garnets are they are generally fairly small. There are some minor speck-like inclusions that are common in garnet.

Stone : Grossular Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #225
Design : Mini-Mint
Origin : Mali, Africa
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.16 carats
Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included
Size : 6 x 6 x 4.3 mm
Price : $370 AUD

Comments : A very nice light orange grossular garnet from Mali. These are very bright stones when cut and this one certainly sparkles. There are some minor inclusions that are common in garnet.

Stone : Grossular Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #224
Design : Mini-Mint
Origin : Mali, Africa
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.3 carats
Clarity : Very Very Slightly Included
Size : 6 x 6 x 4.5 mm
Price : $410 AUD

Comments : A very nice light green grossular garnet from Mali. These are very bright stones when cut and this one certainly sparkles. There are some minor speck-like inclusions that are common in garnet.

Stone : Malaya Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #206
Design : Flanders Brilliant
Origin : Africa
Treatments : None
Weight : 2.1 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 7 x 7 x 5 mm
Price : $180 AUD

Comments : A richly toned garnet cut in a classic square design. It has nice deep flashes of red and would make a great ring stone.

Stone : Kangala Rhodolite Garnet
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #50
Design : Utopia Pear (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Kangala, Africa
Treatments : None
Weight : 5.4 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 12mm X 8mm X 7mm
Price : RESERVED

Comments : This is a lovely, good sized rhodolite garnet with the classic rhodolite colours of pink, purple and red. It is not overly dark like so much garnet that is around, rather it is about medium on the saturation scale and this, combined with the elegant pear cut makes for a very appealing stone. This stone comes from a location (Kangala) which is renown for its rhodolite garnet.

It does have some of the silky inclusions that are common to this material but it does not detract from the overall beauty of the stone. There is a very small inclusion veil just under the girdle on the pavilion which I don't think will be noticeable once it is set. It will make a gorgeous ring stone. Precision cut rhodolite garnets of this size, colour and pedigree are not easy to come by.

Stone : Garnet Rhodolite
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #56
Design : Saw Tooth Marquise (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Tanzania
Treatments : None
Weight : 2 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 12mm X 6mm
Price : $130 AUD

Comments : A nice red rhodolite garnet cut in an elegant marquise design.

Stone : Lapis Lazuli
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #172
Design : Square Step Cut
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 8.5 carats
Clarity : N/A
Size : 13 x 13 x 6.5 mm
Price : $420 AUD

Comments : A first class piece of lapis lazuli. This is the good fine grained material in a deep blue colour.


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Stone : Lapis Lazuli
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #125
Design : Trapezoid One (Doug Menadue)
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 2.2 carats
Clarity : N/A
Size : 12.5mm long X 7.5mm widest end X 2.5mm deep
Price : SOLD

Comments : Lapis lazuli from Afghanistan is without doubt the best in the world. It has been mined for thousands of years and was the material used to make one of the most expensive pigments used by the old masters in their oil paintings... ultramarine. Lapis lazuli slices like this one are great on their own or used to accent other gems in a setting... looks absolutely amazing in gold!


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Stone : Peridot
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #182
Design : Weimar The Second (Fred Van Sant)
Origin : Pakistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 4.65 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 7 x 14 x 6.5 mm
Price : $460 AUD

Comments : A very nice peridot cut in an interesting design. The tone is a little bit lighter then #169 and works well in this design.

Stone : Peridot
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #169
Design : Acorn (Doug Menadue)
Origin : Pakistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 4.1 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 8 x 8 x 8.5 mm
Price : $580 AUD

Comments : A superb eye clean Pakistani peridot cut in the elegant Acorn design. This is a top class gem and it is rare to get peridot in any decent size that is eye clean. Good green tones. The photos show more yellow then what there actually is. In the sunlight this gemstone is blinding! There is excellent "fire" and "light"... it is a very dazzling gem!

Stone : Peridot
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #223
Design : Crystal Tourmaline (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Pakistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 6.7 carats
Clarity : Slightly Included
Size : 12 x 12 x 8 mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : A nice big pakistani perdot cut in a very interesting design. This is a different sort of trillion and makes a nice change. There are a number of veil inclusions that are common to peridot.

Stone : Peridot
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #73
Design : Pop's Orange (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Pakistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 3.38 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 8.3mm X 8.3mm X 7mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : This is a stunner of a gem. It is the apple green colour that Pakistani peridot is famous for. The photos do not do it justice at all... my apologies. It is cut in an elegant design that would make a fabulous ring stone. I love this sort of design with the fuller pavilion shape... very similar to my "Acorn" design. There is something about these shapes that work well and look the part. There is a very small veil inclusion in the pavilion. This stone is exceptionally bright and brilliant!

Stone : Peridot
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #71
Design : Rainbow (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Ethopia, Africa
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.9 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 8.5mm X 6mm X 5mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : This is a nice solid olive green peridot from Ethopia. Its a nice size for a ring. There is a very small veil in the stone but it is hard to see and does not detract from the stone's appearance.

Stone : Peridot
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #140
Design : Asscher Cut
Origin : Pakistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 3.1 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 8mm X 8mm X 6.5mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : This is an apple green Pakistani peridot cut in the classic asscher design. It is a wonderful gemstone and a good size as a ring stone. There are some very very minor inclusions that are common to peridot of this size. They are not visible face up and do not detract from the stone at all. An excellent gem!

Stone : Sapphire (Green)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb8
Design : Emerald Cut
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.21 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 7 x 4 x 3.5 mm
Price : RESERVED

Comments : A beautiful green sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Green)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb9
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.62 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 5 x 5 x 3 mm
Price : $100 AUD

Comments : A beautiful green sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Green)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb10
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.42 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 4 x 4 x 2.5 mm
Price : $80 AUD

Comments : A beautiful green sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Parti)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb12
Design : Emerald Cut
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.53 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 3 x 5 x 2.5 mm
Price : $160 AUD

Comments : A beautiful parti-colour sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Blue)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb13
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.49 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 4.5 x 4.5 x 3 mm
Price : $100 AUD

Comments : A beautiful blue sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Blue)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb14
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.61 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 5 x 5 x 3 mm
Price : $180 AUD

Comments : A very beautiful blue sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Blue)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb15
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.27 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 3.8 x 3.8 x 2.5 mm
Price : $50 AUD

Comments : A beautiful blue sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire (Parti)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb16
Design : Emerald Cut
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.78 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 4 x 5 x 3 mm
Price : $140 AUD

Comments : A very beautiful parti-colour sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire Parti-Colour
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #79
Design : Little Mack (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Reddestone Creek, Inverell, NSW, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.88 carats
Clarity : Slightly Included
Size : 6mm X 7mm X 5mm
Price : $280

Comments : This is a nice little parti-coloured sapphire from Reddestone Creek near Inverell. There are some small bubble-like inclusions but nothing serious. The design is an oval shape.

Stone : Sapphire (Parti)
Cut By : Bill Bradford, 2009
Item : #bb11
Design : Round Brilliant
Origin : Rubyvale, Central Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 0.35 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 4 x 4 x 2.5 mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : A beautiful parti-colour sapphire from the Central Queensland sapphire fields.

Stone : Sapphire
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #165
Design : Freeform Step Cut
Origin : Lava Plains, Queensland, Australia
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.84 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 8 x 5 x 4 mm
Price : SOLD

Comments : Everyone is familiar with the sapphires that come from Central Queensland but few people know that there is another place in North Queensland where sapphire can be found. It is a small area called "Lava Plains" and the sapphire found here has the most beautiful cobolt "medicine bottle" blue colour... it is a most beautiful blue. The digging is very hard here and dry. All water has to be brought in order to wash the dirt to find the sapphire. It is only a very small deposit and finding a good clean stone takes alot of hard work and time. A true collector's gemstone.

Stone : Bi-Colour Green Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #194
Design : Classic Step Cut
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 5.7 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 6 x 15.5 x 6 mm
Price : $1650 AUD

Comments : A great example of a bi-coloured tourmaline from Afghanistan. I'd say its a darker mint green fading to clear. It is very bright and glassy and looks sharp and crisp. There are some minor inclusions which are typical to tourmaline, they're not as bad as they look in the pics. Its a good size and all round a lovely gem. It has an open "C" axis which means it is not dark and instead has a very bright lime green colour down the "C".


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Stone : Pink Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #179
Design : Asscher Cut
Origin : Nigeria
Treatments : None
Weight : 5.5 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 10 x 10 x 8.5 mm
Price : $1280 AUD

Comments : It's big and it's beautiful! This is a luscious pink tourmaline, eye clean and cut in the classic Asscher cut. In person it has rich cranberry pink tones with secondary peach tones (the photos just don't do this gem any justice). This is a top shelf gem and you don't often come across flawless gems of this size, colour and quality.


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Stone : Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #180
Design : Smith Bar (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 5.4 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 7 x 14 x 6 mm
Price : $1200 AUD

Comments : When it comes to Smith Bars, a rich green Afghan tourmaline is THE classic stone. There is something about this stone that so well suits the Smith Bar design. Perhaps it is the original crystal shape which is an elongated triangluar prism. This gemstone exhibits two tones of green, a sort of deep lime green at one end changing to a rich slightly blue green at the other. It is the perfect size and shape for a stunning ring, pendant or bracelet. It is very slightly included with some of those small fine vertical veils that are common for tourmaline which in this stone are difficult to see face up and do not detract from its overall beauty.


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Stone : Bi-Colour Indicolite Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #181
Design : Classic Step Cut
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 2.3 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 5 x 10 x 5 mm
Price : $480 AUD

Comments : Indicolite (blue) tourmaline is probably one of the harder-to-find gemstones in the tourmaline family. This is a lovely little gemstone cut in the favorite classic step design. Towards one end of the gemstone it changes to clear and this makes for a very unique stone indeed. There are inclusions that are typical of tourmaline.


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Stone : Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2010
Item : #183
Design : Smith Bar Variation
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 4.75 carats
Clarity : Slightly Included
Size : 6 x 18.5 x 4.5 mm
Price : $640 AUD

Comments : A long tourmaline with deeper green tones. Its cut in a sort of elongated Smith Bar. There are inclusions in this gemstone and they mostly are along the bottom keel of the pavilion and are visible when face up.


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Stone : Tourmaline Bi-Colour
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2009
Item : #155
Design : Smith Bar (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Afghanistan
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.45 carats
Clarity : Very Slightly Included
Size : 8 x 5 x 4mm
Price : $320 AUD

Comments : This is a lovely little bi-colour tourmaline from Afghanistan. It is a green-blue colour one end changing to almost clear the other. There are several small inclusions that are typical of tourmaline.


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Stone : Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #39
Design : Boxed (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Nigeria
Treatments : None
Weight : 1.26 carats
Clarity : Eye Clean
Size : 7mm X 5.5mm X 5mm
Price : $160 AUD

Comments : The stone has a blue/green colour but is a little on the dark side. Would be suitable for a ring setting.

Stone : Tourmaline
Cut By : Doug Menadue, 2008
Item : #51
Design : Zig (Jeff Graham)
Origin : Nigeria
Treatments : None
Weight : 2.14 carats
Clarity : Slightly Included
Size : 11mm X 5.5mm X 4mm
Price : $280 AUD

Comments : A nice flashy tourmaline with blue/green colours.