While there is still a lot more to do before February 2020, I have been making some progress faceting the 2019 Tucson acquired rough. Green colored rough was among some of the first purchased and is towards the head of the list being cut. Green is my favorite color, so of course it is working that way.
Here are a two of Arizona peridots. (The photos do not do them justice. They are bright and sparkling.) The first is 9.0 mm., 2.89 carat round.
The second, also round, is 9.3 mm. and 3.29 carats.
Continuing on the green theme is this 9.3 mm., 3.30 carat chrome diopside.
There is something about that really dark shade of green…