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Date: 12/1/2009 4:07:06 AM
Author: klewis
Good question chictomato. I too have wondered what colours in a Mali Garnet are considered more desirable. Now I really don''t know but I would have thought that since Malis have a high dispersion, you would avoid stones with a dark colour that might overpower that effect.
Ditto. I don''t find either color to be particularly eye-catching. They both look pretty well cut though. As for Mali''s, I''ve always kind of felt like they should be primarily yellow, since demantoid and tsavorite have the greens kind of covered...Date: 12/1/2009 4:34:45 AM
Author: Lady_Disdain
Maybe one of the more colour sensitive PSers can chime in, but both seem to have a brownish or olive cast to them. I am not enamoured of either, actually.
Ditto.Date: 12/1/2009 4:34:45 AM
Author: Lady_Disdain
Maybe one of the more colour sensitive PSers can chime in, but both seem to have a brownish or olive cast to them. I am not enamoured of either, actually.
I purchased a Mali from MC.com that had a vendor photo similar to those you posted, and when I got it, it was pretty brown. However, my stone was less expensive per carat than the ones you posted, so I would encourage the OP to ask David Weinberg (the owner of MC.com) if those have any brown in them. With MC.com, in my experience, you get what you pay for.Date: 12/1/2009 5:40:37 AM
Author: ma re
How about one of these:
#1 - it''s a weird shape, but I think color doesen''t come much better than this
#2 - not a great cut, but another example of a nice color
Generally, if you''d like to know what colors are desirable for a given material, go to some vendor websites, choose a variety and sort the stones from the most expensive to the least expensive. It won''t show you only the most desirable colors, as you''ll also see some stones among the most expensive simply due to them being a rare size for the variety, but it''ll give you a general idea about which colors are the most sought after. You can also jump to the last few pages while you''re at it and see which colors are not as desirable (those will mostly be the least expensive). Sorting features can be useful when you''re not sure about what shade of color to get (and you like many).
A third here with the same opinion. Both are "okay" looking but nothing with what the vendor claims to be vivid or moderately strong saturation. Or maybe he's not a good photographer.Date: 12/1/2009 7:58:30 AM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Ditto.Date: 12/1/2009 4:34:45 AM
Author: Lady_Disdain
Maybe one of the more colour sensitive PSers can chime in, but both seem to have a brownish or olive cast to them. I am not enamoured of either, actually.