Sydneyphoenix
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2021
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So as some of you may have read, I tried to source a jade cabochon from AJS gems in Thailand. Unfortunately it fell through after the jade evaluation by AIGS rated the stone that the vendor thought might fly as “imperial green” only “apple green”. The store took down all the cabochons after the AIGS certificate on the stone I chose was delivered.
Given the AJS have been running 15-20% offer for all purchases for many months now and as I always wished to get a ruby, I have been also looking at their rubies catalogue. Unfortunately they carry only heated stones but fair percentage of them had GRS certificates showing them to be “pigeon blood”. I know many here dislike the term and/or think GRS is exceedingly generous with the designation but better have it in the certificate than not. The cheapest of the lot still looked lovely on video and I ordered it, arriving few days ago.
I haven’t looked at a ruby up close often before, but loved the colour instantly, and the stone is very clean! Except for that it is heated, quite a great looking ruby as far as I can see. Only thing that surprised me was how small 1.12ct stone looked in real life. Given the GRS certificate is 10 years old, I will have a local appraiser look at the stone, but simply to check I got the stone as AJS advertised. I have to learn how to take good gemstone photos but the phone camera is not doing the best job on this ruby or the jade cabochon. Hope you like the photos still and let on how you think of the stone!
Given the AJS have been running 15-20% offer for all purchases for many months now and as I always wished to get a ruby, I have been also looking at their rubies catalogue. Unfortunately they carry only heated stones but fair percentage of them had GRS certificates showing them to be “pigeon blood”. I know many here dislike the term and/or think GRS is exceedingly generous with the designation but better have it in the certificate than not. The cheapest of the lot still looked lovely on video and I ordered it, arriving few days ago.
I haven’t looked at a ruby up close often before, but loved the colour instantly, and the stone is very clean! Except for that it is heated, quite a great looking ruby as far as I can see. Only thing that surprised me was how small 1.12ct stone looked in real life. Given the GRS certificate is 10 years old, I will have a local appraiser look at the stone, but simply to check I got the stone as AJS advertised. I have to learn how to take good gemstone photos but the phone camera is not doing the best job on this ruby or the jade cabochon. Hope you like the photos still and let on how you think of the stone!