Happy belated Christmas - how bout some red and green? Spinel & Tsavorite

[T L]

2.2 AIGS certified Tanzanian spinel of pinkish orange color. It looks more red than pink to me, but that was the color designation by the AIGS.

2.1 ct tsavorite. I've shown this before, but I love the green with the red.

The spinel has a slight bit of silk that makes really lessens the extinction, but not so much that it is sleepy. It does sparkle. The tsavorite is more blue than my pictures depict. Photo taken in natural diffused white light underneath a glass gem case box top. Sorry for the smudges.

 

[T L]

The spinel goes ruby red in sunlight due to the fluor. It's redder than this picture, but I love the glow. There are some inclusions in the tip of the stone, but they're not visible to the naked eye.

 

[T L]

Another shot of the fluor.

 

[T L]

In incandescent light the spinel goes more orange, and the tsavorite still holds it's color. They reminded me of the Xmas foiled hershey kisses here. Thanks for looking. I've been on a spinel kick lately, and I've been looking forever for a smaller one that is more of a reddish color.

 

[T L]

Here is the pear with two other spinels. The smaller one on the left is a small Burmese hot pink spinel, but the color is not as saturated as the pear. I thought it was pretty until I got this stone. This picture taken in natural diffused light.

 

[Liane]

Oh wow, those are jaw-droppers.

 

[T L]

Thank you Liane.

I already ordered a setting for the pear!! Having trouble finding an oval setting I like for the tsavorite.

However, I do want to set that one next. I wish they were 20x larger and I could dangle the tsavorite oval from the pear.

Talk about Christmas!!

If anyone remembers back, I ordered two reddish pinkish orange spinels from Multicolour.com. The saturation was supposed to be strong on those stones, but it wasn't. I returned them, and I'm so glad to have found this one after looking FOREVER!!!

 

[Bella_mezzo]

WOW! can''t wait to see them set!!!

 

[Arkteia]

A-a-h! Love red or pink and green together. I really wait for someone to combine these two together in one ring or pendant.

Beautiful, beautiful color combination.

 

[chrono]

Awesome eye popping colour! You have STOP and GO colours. Throw your spess in the middle so I can slow down. No wait, your spess is way too orange to pass for the caution traffic light.

Great purchase TL and smart move on getting it certified.

 

[Catmom]

Pretty!! Love the colors together.

 

[haagen_dazs]

hi TL
beautiful spinel
may i know where did you buy it from?

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 1/i2/2010 5:25:56 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Here is the pear with two other spinels. The smaller one on the left is a small Burmese hot pink spinel, but the color is not as saturated as the pear. I thought it was pretty until I got this stone. This picture taken in natural diffused light.

TL, I am still trying to find out this phenomenon in my spinel, so would you be so kind as to explain to me, what this shadow is on your new spinel in this picture, when she is lying in the box with two other stones? It is amost you can see two red "eyes" on her? What is this shadow? Is it "bowtie" or something else? Because this is exactly what I am seeing in my stone, just to be sure? Is it a bowtie? Is it something frequently seen in spinels?

 

[T L]

Date: 1/12/2010 11:41:37 PM
Author: crasru

Date: 1/i2/2010 5:25:56 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Here is the pear with two other spinels. The smaller one on the left is a small Burmese hot pink spinel, but the color is not as saturated as the pear. I thought it was pretty until I got this stone. This picture taken in natural diffused light.

TL, I am still trying to find out this phenomenon in my spinel, so would you be so kind as to explain to me, what this shadow is on your new spinel in this picture, when she is lying in the box with two other stones? It is amost you can see two red 'eyes' on her? What is this shadow? Is it 'bowtie' or something else? Because this is exactly what I am seeing in my stone, just to be sure? Is it a bowtie? Is it something frequently seen in spinels?

The two white sparks in that picture are just sparkles, or light reflecting back, off the back facets. This is normal. Any dark spots in the stone are facet shadows, and they are also normal.

 

[T L]

Thank you for the kind words - Bella, Catmom, Haagen, Crasru.

Date: 1/12/2010 10:06:28 PM
Author: Chrono
Awesome eye popping colour! You have STOP and GO colours. Throw your spess in the middle so I can slow down. No wait, your spess is way too orange to pass for the caution traffic light.

Great purchase TL and smart move on getting it certified.

I'm not into yellow stones Chrono, so I can't make a traffic light. Sorry!! Thank you for the kind words.

 

[Arkteia]

Uph...I am going to apologize to Eric. I was seeing it all the time in my stone and was really bothered by this thing. So it is not extinction, nothing like this, just a phenomenon related to faceting!

 

[T L]

Date: 1/12/2010 11:52:06 PM
Author: crasru
Uph...I am going to apologize to Eric. I was seeing it all the time in my stone and was really bothered by this thing. So it is not extinction, nothing like this, just a phenomenon related to faceting?

Yes, your stone doesn''t appear to have any natural extinction, so those are definitely facet shadows you''re seeing. They''re quite normal and expected in all transparent faceted stones.

 

[ma re]

Date: 1/12/2010 9:29:36 PM
Author: crasru

A-a-h! Love red or pink and green together. I really wait for someone to combine these two together in one ring or pendant.

Beautiful, beautiful color combination.

...and in 22k yellow gold for a total maharani look!

Beautiful stones TL!

 

[Lovinggems]

So red and pretty!

 

[bling addict]

wow they are gorgeous TL - I love the colours of both of them!

 

[chrono]

Date: 1/12/2010 11:41:37 PM
Author: crasru
TL, I am still trying to find out this phenomenon in my spinel, so would you be so kind as to explain to me, what this shadow is on your new spinel in this picture, when she is lying in the box with two other stones? It is amost you can see two red ''eyes'' on her? What is this shadow? Is it ''bowtie'' or something else? Because this is exactly what I am seeing in my stone, just to be sure? Is it a bowtie? Is it something frequently seen in spinels?

Crasru,
That is 100% NOT a bowtie. It is facet shadowing. If this is what you see in your stone, it is definitely not a bow tie. Also, it is not something that is exclusive to spinels.

 

[princessplease]

They''re great!!!!!!!

 

[Crystal keeper]

Those are excellent. The colors are very very nice. That tsav has such a rich green color to it. You pick very good stones and must have a good eye for them. The hershey kiss picture is great. I have seen some of the other posters taking photos in flowers which I think is very cool and this one next to the candy is just as nice. Great color combo. Well done tourmaline lover

 

[gemgirl]

Both stones are absolutely great specimens. What gorgeous colors! That Tsav is beautiful and I''m usually not drawn to the greens. I love the Hershey''s kiss shot.

 

[stepcutnut]

Lovely stones!

 

[Arkteia]

I love all shots, but in the second one, it looks almost extraterrestrial. Fantastic glow!

 

[sleepyspinel]

Beautiful and vivid stones! I can''t wait to see them set

 

[tsavvy]

Love your new pear

Thanks for the update on the Multicolour spinels, too -- I''d been curious about that

 

[T L]

Thank you so much everyone for your lovely and kind remarks!

Tsavvy,
Here is the thread on the Multicolour.com Mahenge spinels I returned.

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/mahenge-spinels.116882/

One more pic. I know, it''s repetitive, but I can''t stop photographing this stone. Indirect sunlight here.

 

[chrono]

Have you found a setting you like for these yet?