henrietta
Rough_Rock
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- Oct 29, 2009
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Hi, it's my first thread here. I've read some threads about pad here, and impressed by the recent one about what's the ideal color of it. Many say it's not likely possible to buy one on Ebay since many sellers like to call their stone "pads" while they are not. But my story is quite interesting and the opposite.
About one and a half years ago I came across an Ebay auction.The Thiland seller is with good reputation, specializes in sapphires. Most are from ceylon and some are from Africa, including heated and unheated among them. In one of his actions there's one described as "unheated 1.1ct orangish pink sapphire",orgin is ceylon. The pic seemed to be a soft pink stone, very small and can not be enlarged due to network error.The auction ended up with not high price and I got it. Later when I received the stone, I was so surprised by its beauty which strongly reminds me of the sky in sunset. According to the description of padparadscha I searched, I later believed it to be a true one. What's ironic is that in the seller's store, there were at that time some "padparadscha sapphire" which are actually pretty hot pink heated sapphires from Africa, sold at much higher price. I'm so happy I got my one by opportunity and love it so much.
Its color looks so soft and vivid, uniform, of medium saturation or maybe a little lighter than that in some light.And in my view, it almost has equal pink and orange for pads,or maybe more pink? I can never see any yellowish, brownish or single orangish shade besides the pure orangish pink in any angle. The 1st pic is taken using white balance in the morning light. The second is under fluorescent and shows some purplish pink tone. The stone is mostly vvs but has a short needle inclusion in the bottom, which can be seen from the top.
Any commont or disagree is welcome.
About one and a half years ago I came across an Ebay auction.The Thiland seller is with good reputation, specializes in sapphires. Most are from ceylon and some are from Africa, including heated and unheated among them. In one of his actions there's one described as "unheated 1.1ct orangish pink sapphire",orgin is ceylon. The pic seemed to be a soft pink stone, very small and can not be enlarged due to network error.The auction ended up with not high price and I got it. Later when I received the stone, I was so surprised by its beauty which strongly reminds me of the sky in sunset. According to the description of padparadscha I searched, I later believed it to be a true one. What's ironic is that in the seller's store, there were at that time some "padparadscha sapphire" which are actually pretty hot pink heated sapphires from Africa, sold at much higher price. I'm so happy I got my one by opportunity and love it so much.
Its color looks so soft and vivid, uniform, of medium saturation or maybe a little lighter than that in some light.And in my view, it almost has equal pink and orange for pads,or maybe more pink? I can never see any yellowish, brownish or single orangish shade besides the pure orangish pink in any angle. The 1st pic is taken using white balance in the morning light. The second is under fluorescent and shows some purplish pink tone. The stone is mostly vvs but has a short needle inclusion in the bottom, which can be seen from the top.
Any commont or disagree is welcome.