Cut
The cut of the tourmaline is important in determining its value. While it is less crucial an color and clarity, a good cut can make a nice tourmaline gemstone into a world class tourmaline gemstone. The quality of the cut also affects the tourmaline’s beauty: it sparkles more when it is well cut.
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| Bad Cut: You can tell this tourmaline is poorly cut because of the space in the middle where we can see right through it. A well cut tourmaline will reflect light from all facets. It is also sloppy and uneven. | Poor Cut: This tourmaline is cut much better than the previous one, but it still doesn’t give the maximum sparkle. The angle of the pavillion is too shallow. | Excellent Cut: Here is an emerald cut bi-color tourmaline. It’s cut is excellent. Light is reflected from all facets. All facets are even and symmetical. | Excellent Cut: This is another example of a perfect cut. With tourmalineas with all gemstones, it doesn’t matter what the SHAPE of the cut is, it matters how well it’s done: even, symmetrical, and most importantly, the right angle to refect light. |
