Master Cut Gems August Udate

[Niel]

Very, very nice! For the life of me, I can't figure out why for such a consistently lovely gemstone the price is not much higher per carat! I can't believe the price won't be increasing in the future - zircon is just too nice of a stone not to.

Yeah I wasn't expecting it to be this bright, considering how much it cost.

 

[arkieb1]

Nice zircon Niel, not too dark and not too light - just right!!!

 

[Stone Hunter]

Took this stone to the jeweler today and had them check it out. Settings choices are limited by the depth of the stone, 5mm!

This is a 7 x 5 mm unheated Lavender Sapphire with a depth of 5mm.

There is an inclusion that I can see from certain angles but it's not distracting and doesn't break the surface. The color is exactly what I'd hoped for. The dark you see in the stone outside is the metal of the stone holder showing, in real life it's a very sparkly stone. These are cell phone photos since my camera is broken.

Dana's photo


Inside under artificial light, it looks purple until I hold it up to an amethyst geode and then it looks blue.


Sitting on my window sill, so natural light only.


Outside in a shaded area. In bright sunlight the stone appears to be blue. In the shade it's lavender.

 

[Niel]

Took this stone to the jeweler today and had them check it out. Settings choices are limited by the depth of the stone, 5mm!

This is a 7 x 5 mm unheated Lavender Sapphire with a depth of 5mm.

There is an inclusion that I can see from certain angles but it's not distracting and doesn't break the surface. The color is exactly what I'd hoped for. The dark you see in the stone outside is the metal of the stone holder showing, in real life it's a very sparkly stone. These are cell phone photos since my camera is broken.

Dana's photo


Inside under artificial light, it looks purple until I hold it up to an amethyst geode and then it looks blue.


Sitting on my window sill, so natural light only.


Outside in a shaded area. In bright sunlight the stone appears to be blue. In the shade it's lavender.

Beautiful!

 

[Acinom]

Amazing stone Stone Hunter! I love the different personlities in different lighting conditions. I like!!!

 

[mochiko42]

Niel: your zircon looks even better in your photos than in Mastercut's! Nice stone.

Thanks. I'm trying to make sure they are close to what I'm seeing. I took them outside on a sunny day but under shade and /or while the sun tucked under a cloud. You can compare it with my k diamond ring and my very lovely silver grey spinel

I don't normally buy zircon as I haven't seen any that wow me at the local gem shows, but the color is so beautiful, it is like a beautiful tourmaline or apatite. It's making me rethink my plan for blue zircons.

 

[Stone Hunter]

Amazing stone Stone Hunter! I love the different personlities in different lighting conditions. I like!!!

Thanks. I picked it based on the color and am pleased with it. Now I am trying to figure out a setting, the 5mm depth and my pocketbook are limiting me. And I keep going back and forth between different styles.

 

[Stone Hunter]

Beautiful!

Thanks Niel. Now I just want to get it set so I can wear it.

 

[Niel]

Beautiful!

Thanks Niel. Now I just want to get it set so I can wear it.

How?

 

[Stone Hunter]

Beautiful!

Thanks Niel. Now I just want to get it set so I can wear it.

How?

Sorry I didn't see your response earlier! I plan to set it in a ring oriented North South. I'd like to do a simple but interesting setting that keeps the focus on the colored stone. I think I'm down to 6 settings at this point. Some of them won't be able to accommodate the depth of this stone so that'll narrow things down.