inclusions

This sapphire has a pretty good color and is reasonably clean looking at normal viewing distances, in spite of having some inclusions. Color: Medium…

A very pretty, nices sized grossular garnet that sometimes looks like a Merelani mint garnet and other times is more light yellow. The clarity in…

I cut this tourmaline in a design much like Jeff Graham’s Smithsonian Bar, but added some extra facets to both the top and the bottom. The color…

This unheated sapphire has a pleasing powder blue color and, even though it has some fine silk under magnification, I can’t see any inclusions…

A nice spessartite garnet that borders on being bright enough to call a mandarin garnet. It has some small, transparent crystal inclusions in it…

A very nice bi-color tourmaline that doesn’t have the inclusions usually found where the color transitions. I also used this for a bit of…

This demantoid garnet actually looks surprisingly clean in person considering the tiny inclusions under magnification. The video is a much better…

This spinel has a very nice, almost lavender purple color and only a small amount of faint silk along the edge with no big inclusions of any kind. Color:…

A pretty good Tanzanian tsavorite type green garnet with some minor inclusions, but nothing very noticeable in normal viewing conditions. Color:…