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About Larry Woods - World Famous AGTA Gem Cutter.

With almost 40 years of gem cutting experience, Larry Woods is internationally recognized as a master gem cutter and artist having won many prestigious awards for his original gem cutting, carvings, and gem designs. “My passion and love for colored gems and gem cutting is in revealing the most beautiful, most brilliant gem from each rare piece of gem rough. I am very grateful for the opportunity of expressing creativity and craft in the fashioning and evolution of these rare and precious expressions of nature.” Woods cut the Havey Tourmaline from a terminated crystal taken from one of the 2013 pockets. The original crystal weighed 75 carats (approximately 15 grams). Like most gem-quality tourmaline from Havey Quarry, it was a rich blue-green and featured fine fractures lining its surface. The interior of the crystal, however, was flawless. Woods recognized the potential of the stone the first time he saw it during a visit to the quarry in the fall of 2013:

[Morrison] brought out flat after flat of beautiful blue green tourmaline crystals and gem rough. One piece stood out far and above all the other specimens in his collection, an exceptional 15 gram gem tourmaline crystal termination. The clarity, color, size, and shape of the piece made it a perfect candidate to be cut into a world class gem, and was to that date, one of the largest and finest pieces Jeff had ever found. I realized immediately that this was a very special piece. …My inspiration for cutting the piece followed a fairly traditional formula—a Barion style facet pattern—designed to produce the most brilliant finished gem while maintaining the greatest weight retention from the rough crystal. I especially wanted to bring out the beautiful blue green color of the material. I also decided to add a modern twist to the design: engraved, carved, high-polished grooves in the pavilion of the stone to increase the overall brilliance and light reflection in the finished gem. I am truly grateful to everyone who had a hand in this project, and I am honored to have received the opportunity to work with this incredible gem.Woods and Jeffrey Morrison credit Francis Seay’s generosity for bringing the gem and crystals to the Smithsonian.

AWARDS

Pictured at Top above: A 9.15ct Zultanite Medicine Wheel Cut fancy cut.

Pictured Below a sample of Larry's Work on Citrine, Aquamarine, Yellow Beryl Gemstones.

1991

1st place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards

Combination Cuts- Malaya Garnet Medicine Wheel™

1998
3rd place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Carving- Deco Blue Chalcedony Carving

2004
2nd Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Suites & Pairs- 11 piece, 32.25ct. TW, Spessartite Garnet suite
Medicine Cross™

2nd Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Combination Cuts- 31.37ct. Spessartite Garnet
Medicine Wheel™

2005
2nd Place Lapidary Journal Gemmys Awards
Specialty Cuts- 103ct Bolivian Amethyst,
Abstract Organic carving

2006
1st Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Combination Cuts- 26.19ct. Golden Beryl
Four Directions Oval™

1st Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Carving- 49.72ct. Green Tourmaline
Abstract Organic carving

2007
3rd Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Carving- 61.11ct. Rubellite Tourmaline
Abstract Organic carved bead

2008
2nd Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Combination Cuts- 52.12ct Nigerian Aquamarine
Four Directions Radiant™

2009
1st Place AGTA Cutting Edge Awards
Carving – 40.47ct Lightning Ridge Crystal Opal
Abstract Organic Carving
Four Directions Radiant™

80ct Heart Shaped Swiss Blue Topaz Pendant Stone!
8ctw Madeira Citrines Trillions Concave Starburst cut by Mark Gronlund.

Regular price

$1,100.00
Amethyst 11.52ct Shark bite Custom Cut by Mark Gronlund

Regular price

$1,300.00
Amethyst 25.15ct Fancy Cut By Mark Gronlund

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$2,700.00

Mark Gronlund recently won the 2018 AGTA (American Gem Trade Association) 1st place award for Innovative Faceting a 96ct Blue Topaz with a Round Spiral Brilliant Cut.

See Link to this below:

https://agta.org/spectrum/enter-spectrum/2018-winners/

Mark started in the jewelry industry as a self-taught goldsmith. His early work consisted of fabrication, model making, centrifuge casting, stone setting and finishing. Mark began his work as a professional lapidary in 1995. Self-taught in the discipline, Mark quickly earned him mark in the industry by winning the "Cutting Edge" portion of the 1996 AGTA Spectrum Awards, winning a total of three awards his first year. The following two years yielded five more AGTA Cutting Edge Awards.

Once people acquire a Mark Gronlund creation, they never see gems the same way again. That’s the passionate assessment of many retailers who carry Gronlund’s work.
Gronlund’s signature concave-faceted gems have delighted consumers since he ventured into the field in the early 1990s.

Mark also won the AGTA's Annual Cutting Edge faceting competition which Gronlund entered with his 1997 and 1998 submissions. This placed Gronlund squarely in the realm of America’s most talented lapidary artists.

His gems have a depth you don’t normally see. Mark has indicated he always cuts his gemstones for brilliance rather than to save weight. People who have bought a Gronlund gem become immediate collectors. A Gronlund gem typically has uniform, pure color and uncharacteristic brilliance. His concave faceting, particularly in the gem’s pavilion, increases reflection and refraction because light waves reflect off of convex surfaces internally. He also places curved facets along the crown and table of some gems for even stronger brilliance and color. When you see the intricate patterns and precisely interlocking facets, you will think Gronlund must be a “math whiz".