Tashmarine is one of the newest discoveries of the 21st century and a perfect compliment for today's fashions. It's unique color, bluish-green to a slight yellowish-green is natural, untreated and exactly as it is found in the earth. Tashmarine was discovered in late 2001 in the high mountains of central Asia and is part of the diopside family with a hardness similar to tanzanite. Tashmarine is being cut in both calibrated and free size gemstones with shapes from oval to cushion with both standard and checkerboard tops. Larger 5-carat stones are being produced in Radial cuts with concave faceting and smaller stones are available in Portuguese rounds and trillions.



Rough Tashmarine crystals and 3 to
14 carat radial cut rounds and trillions.

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Source: Couture International Jeweler
Feb/March 03 issue