help with loose stones

[lavatea]

So, I jumped right in and had a few stones shipped to me. Two are a pair of matched zircons which I''m going to keep because they are a nice size and the price seems right to me.

The other two stones are both trilliant cut tsavorites. You can view them both here. I need your help! I''m pretty sure I won''t keep the smaller one. Something about it just doesn''t suit my eye, and even as a small ring I think I''d want it just a tad bigger. The larger of the two looks great to me, but I''m concerned with its color. It looks perfect unset, but I''m afraid it will be too dark once set. I''d say its color is fairly close in person to what you see in the photo.

I''ll try to take some photos tomorrow if you need them.

 

[Arcadian]

zrcons...nice! THey''ll make great earrings! I think Gary does a great job to determine color and saturation. So with that in mind, it could very well be too dark to set, but pictures would be nice.(you know how we do

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-A

 

[lavatea]

Ok, I''ll try my hand at photos when I return from Mass.

 

[lavatea]

Well, the afternoon got away from me, so all of these were shot in my kitchen. We have a fluorescent overhead light, and the camera flash was on. I think most of these were true to what I see.

First the zircons I''m keeping:

 

[lavatea]

one more of the zircons:

 

[lavatea]

And now the tsavorites:

 

[lavatea]

See how the smaller one lights up? The larger one just doesn't shine from within the same way. But I think its size and cut are better.

 

[lavatea]

Some size perspective:

 

[lavatea]

Last one:

 

[lavatea]

So as I''m uploading these pictures I have the stones sitting in front of me. The lighting in here is incandescent lighting. The larger stone pretty much looks black with green flashes, and the smaller one looks like the larger one does in the pictures.

I think I''ve made a decision, but I''d still love your (brutally honest) opinions.

Thanks!

 

[marcy]

Your zircons are lovely. The tsavorites are great color but the larger one does look dark and doesn''t seem to have much sparkle to it.

 

[chrono]

I agree with the larger tsavorite looking too dark and not lively in your pictures.

 

[lavatea]

Ok, thanks. That''s pretty much what I had decided. The more I looked at them, and also while I was taking pictures, it just seemed a little listless. The smaller one sparkles a lot, but I don''t think it''s quite right for me, either.

Thanks again!