BGJ102 | 18k White Gold | 18k Yellow Gold | Pink Tourmaline 6.3ct 11mm | Colour Change Garnets | Diamonds

With this ring I wanted to explore curves and peaks and shoulder with a fantastical edge. My hand would often draw and doodle these sorts of curves and arcs idly on a piece of paper while daydreaming or listening to someone on the phone. At some point it clicked that I had this beautiful pink tourmaline and this vision of it being proudly held aloft by these graceful curves and I knew that I had to draw up a design for a ring.

On a more lighthearted note, my eyes are very much drawn to the particular styling of the shoulders of the ring. They remind me of spaulders and pauldrons which are components of a knight's plate armour that protect the shoulders. More specifically I think of those fantastical suits of armour in that game, World of Warcraft. What must I have been channeling when I designed this ring?

When our beautiful British Blue Shorthair turned three I carved a little thumbnail sized bust of her, carved of course from a sky blue topaz crystal. Wish I could say she was excited by it but after sniffing it for a few moments she lost interest and wandered off. I kept this piece for us. :-)

• #1918

• Sky Blue Topaz

• Brazil

• Skye, a Thumbnail Bust

• Enhanced

• Eye Clean

• 40.22 Carats

• 19.13x16.04x13.21mm

A waterscape created using a beautiful natural blue topaz from O’Briens Creek in North Queensland.

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• #1804

• Natural Blue Topaz

• O’Briens Creek, North Queensland, Australia

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 79.14 Carats

• 40x21x10.5mm

This is an awesome gem! Citrine and my turbine design just work so well together. I love the pattern that the design makes (just like the turbine of a jet engine) and the rich hues of golden citrine just make the gem come alive. The tapered crown and the flat bottom makes this a low profile gemstone and easy to set, an ideal ring or pendant stone.

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• #1258

• Yellow Citrine

• Brazil

• Turbine

• Heated

• Eye Clean

• 11.36 Carats

• 14.36x14.36x8.21mm

The third in my Psychonaut series of small sculptures is created from a natural piece of O'Briens Creek citrine that I dug many years ago when I spent some time up that way fossicking for gemstones. I am really enjoying sculpting these pieces, they are a study in patience and attention to detail and they allow me to play and draw out other ways of working with gemstones that I want to explore.

With these pieces in the Psychonaut series I want to try and capture or convey a sense of wonderment and child-like awe, and again in this small sculpture we see my little astral traveller passing through the cosmos silently witnessing beautiful and amazing things taking place. The things he must see, things we would never believe!

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• #1465

• Yellow Citrine

• O'Briens Creek, Qld, Australia

• Psychonaut Trinity Carving

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 68.52 Carats

• 36.5x27x12mm

This gem was again something of an experiment. I wanted to see how the chrysanthemum design would work in a square cut, when you're creating something new the only way to see how it will look is to do it. I was very pleased with how this turned out. The pattern effect works nicely within the square shape. I named it "Origin" because of a certain metaphysical resonance I had when seeing the design for the first time. In the beginning everything starts from a point and radiates outwards. This creates the "four directions" of north, south, east and west and is embodied in the four sides of the square. It's sort of a creation/origin event story captured in a gem. It's hard to explain in words, sorry about that. It's something that my mind intuitively grasps because of my life story and studies but like a lot of things in life, it's hard to put down into words.

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• #1265

• Silver White Topaz

• O'Briens Ck, QLD, Australia

• Origin

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 14.7 Carats

• 12.47x12.44x8.05mm

Here is a gem carving I'm calling "Flame". This is a gorgeous golden citrine and it looks like someone took a tablespoon of the yummiest honey and shaped it just so. The way the light and curves flow within with liquid grace, how the colour washes around inside as you handle it in your fingers is just delicious. A wonderful citrine that I had alot of pleasure carving.

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• #1276

• Golden Yellow Citrine

• Brazil

• Flame

• Eye Clean

• 15.56 Carats

• 18.57x12.71x10.14mm

An outstanding Australian sapphire with one of the most beautiful hues of blue I've seen in ages. The saturation and intensity of this blue sapphire is ideal and overall it is a real stunner. Very highly recommended.

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• #47147-12

• Blue Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Heated

• Eye Clean

• 0.53 Carats

• 4.8x4.8x3.08mm

Australian black spinel is my favourite black gemstone and it always cuts a striking and super glossy gem. This beautiful black spinel has been cut in a classic pear design and will make the perfect pendant or ring stone. These are quite special natural Australian gemstones and finding them in larger sizes that are gem quality is quite scarce.

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• #1840

• Black Spinel

• Weld River, Tasmania, Australia

• Pear

• Untreated

• Opaque

• 11.62 Carats

• 18.08x11.97x7.79mm

This is a stunning natural Australian blue sapphire from a very special location called the Lava Plains. This is actually a cattle station in North Queensland which has a very interesting volcanic geography and is sapphire bearing. The sapphires from this location have a rich deep royal blue hue and this beautiful sapphire is no exception. I have cut in it one of my designs, Allure which is a favorite of mine. A very fine sapphire and highly recommended.

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• #1732

• Blue Sapphire

• Lava Plains, QLD, Australia

• Allure

• Untreated

• Very Very Slightly Included

• 1.73 Carats

• 8.29x5.93x4.76mm

This is a fun and exciting gem carving and will create an amazing and unique piece of jewellery.

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• #1374

• Golden Yellow

• Citrine

• Brazil

• Untreated

• Very Very Slightly Included

• 8.08 Carats

• 14.46x12.45x8.47mm

A wonderful Australian green sapphire that has been precision cut and polished by a local gemfields cutter into a fancy tapered baguette design. The sapphire is a very bright gem and the design is a variation of the traditional baguette design.

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• #12083-23

• Green Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Tapered Baguette

• Heated

• Eye Clean

• 3.6 Carats

• 14.95x6.89x4.24mm

A beautiful piece of O'Briens Creek smoky quartz cut in a very modern Square design. This design makes a very dynamic and fascinating gemstone with a mesmerising pixel-like play of light and pattern.

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• #1724

• Smoky Quartz

• O'Briens Creek, Qld, Australia

• Mock Check Square

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 8.83 Carats

• 12.01x12.10x9.26mm

I knew this carved amethyst was going to look great once it was set but how it finished up just exceeded all my expectations! I worked with the award winning Sydney jeweller, Roberto Mattei to create this unique, custom pendant. The design features 112 diamonds set in delicate curving tendrils of 18K yellow gold that grip and hold the richly hued amethyst in a loving embrace. To see this pendant in the hand and especially at night is dazzling, it truly is something special. This is one jewel that I am very very happy with. If required, a suitable gold chain and be arranged to complement this piece.

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• #BGJ108

• Purple Amethyst, Diamonds

• Brazil

• Curvature Carving

• Untreated

• 18K Yellow Gold

• 77.98 Carats (Amethyst), 112 Pieces, 1.71 Total Carat Weight (Diamonds)

• 35x23x15mm

A beautiful matched pair of amethysts from Uruguay cut in the classic Antique Round design.

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• #1857

• Purple Amethyst

• Uruguay

• Matched Pair Antique Round

• Eye Clean

• 3.9 + 3.88 Carats

• 9.48x9.45x8mm, 9.44x9.42x7.94mm

In the hand this is a very bright and lively Australian natural sapphire. It has a wonderful play of colour and faces up an excellent blue. The gem is an ideal size for a ring setting. A truly beautiful sapphire and one I highly recommend.

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• #212495

• Blue Parti Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Untreated

• Very Very Slightly Included to Eye Clean

• 1.04 Carats

• 5.89x5.94x3.96mm

An exceptional natural Australian sapphire with a striking green colour!

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• #212491

• Green Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 1.07 Carats

• 6.08x6.07x3.85mm

Another gorgeous natural Australian sapphire! This is a stunning little sapphire with a green blue parti combination of hues. A very fine gemstone.

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• #212490

• Green Blue Parti Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 0.98 Carats

• 6.02x6.01x3.70mm

This is a wonderful natural rhodolite garnet from Tanzania that has a soft inner glow that is beguiling and beautiful to behold. The gem has the classic raspberry pinkish red hues that rhodolite is renown for and at night under lights it is truly magnificent. I picked this single particular stone from a large parcel of rhodolite, there was just something about it that sung to me... it had this glow that kept drawing my eye to it. The stone does have some of the usual fine silky needle inclusions (but is otherwise clean) that rhodolite often has and I think this is in part what gives the gem it's special glow. I knew as soon as I saw it that the Supernova Oval would be perfect for it and that was ultimately the design I ended up cutting. I have included some pics of the gem being faceted along with a couple of the original rough stone.

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• #1252

• Raspberry Pink Red Rhodolite Garnet

• Tanzania

• Supernova Oval

• Untreated

• Very Very Slightly Included

• 5.98 Carats

• 12.05x8.99x7.58mm

A lovely raspberry pink red rhodolite cut in a sweet chrysanthemum design. A nice low profile design suitable for any jewellery setting.

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• #1495

• Raspberry Pink Red Rhodolite Garnet

• Tanzania

• Chrysanthemum

• Untreated

• Very Very Slightly Included

• 2.88 Carats

• 8.54x8.56x4.08mm

This beautifully hued gem is a bahia citrine from Brazil. The rich golden colour is lovely and the optical dishes I've carved come together to create an amazing inner world as the planets move and melt and flow into one another. If you look carefully you might also see a face. It has been carved with it being set as a ring or pendant in mind.

It is also pictured with two other carvings that I did at the same time from the same parcel of rough (1871, 1872, 1873).

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• #1873

• Bahia Citrine

• Brazil

• Innerscape Ember

• Eye Clean

• 23.43 Carats

• 25.11x12.79x11.82mm

This is a very fine natural Australian green blue sapphire with a nice bright lively appearance. A very lovely sapphire.

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• #212492

• Green Blue Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Untreated

• Very Very Slightly Included

• 0.85 Carats

• 5.52x5.51x3.54mm

This natural Australian sapphire has intense and vivid golden yellow hues. It is a sapphire that packs a punch and will be outstanding as a ring stone. Australian golden yellow sapphires are without equal when it comes to the richness and beauty the colour. The pics show a bit more green then is actually there in the hand. A bright sunny sapphire.

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• #212687

• Golden Yellow Sapphire

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Untreated

• Eye Clean

• 0.76 Carats

• 5.31x5.32x3.22mm

A very fine lot of 10 Australian sapphires well matched as a graded run of colour in the spectrum of green yellow - yellow green - green - blue green - green blue - blue. These could be used together to make a beautiful bracelet or for the jeweller it would be a nice set of sapphires to have on hand that you can show your client with a good range of colours for them to pick from.

Sold as a lot.

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• #47455-3A

• Mixed Green Yellow To Blue Sapphires

• Rubyvale, Qld, Australia

• Round Brilliant

• Heated

• Very Very Slightly Included to Eye Clean

• 5.5 Carats Total Weight

• 5x5mm

• 10 Pieces