Red

[MAC-W]

Date: 3/5/2010 3:51:20 PM
Author: crasru

Date: 3/5/2010 11:55:04 AM
Author: MAC-W
This is my Richard Homer paprika spessartite

SO...Who did you choose to set it? I remember we had so many conversations.

Hi Crasru.

LOL Thanks for remembering, Yes I did go back and forth a bit didnt I?

I ended up going with a company called Koro. They were the larger jeweller I was talking about, the one that had the store front et al. They are quite well known in Perth and have a very good reputation. I''m really pleased with the workmanship especially the pave.

 

[MAC-W]

Date: 3/5/2010 4:18:35 PM
Author: MakingTheGrade
Hey Mac, does that have its own thread? Cause it should!!

Hi MTG,
Thanks for the compliment

Yes I put a thread up last night. You can find it here https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/my-new-ring.137880/

 

[T L]

Okay, not mine, but I had to contribute this photo to this thread. Race's Burma ruby. I hope Race doesn't mind, but I think it's absolutely gorgeous. In this sunlight photo, you can see the stone fluorescence.

 

[Kismet]

Here are my reds from left to right: Umba garnet, rubelite, star ruby, bixbite, tanga garnet, red spinel, tanga garnet (1 of a pair).

 

[Indylady]

Date: 3/5/2010 5:40:04 PM
Author: Matata
3.21 spinel from my wedding ring currently at BGD for a reset.

Matata, I can''t wait to see your ring!

 

[MAC-W]

Date: 3/6/2010 9:07:59 PM
Author: Kismet
Here are my reds from left to right: Umba garnet, rubelite, star ruby, bixbite, tanga garnet, red spinel, tanga garnet (1 of a pair).

Hi Kismet,

Beautiful stones. What size is your bixbite? (carat & mm''s please if thats possible)

If you are comfortable about it, can you also please share where you got it from and when.

I''ve been looking for one for ages and think I''ve found the one I want, but just before I "press the button", I''d love to know more about yours

Also the umba garnet - is that a pendant? Its lovely and very unusual.

 

[Kismet]

Date: 3/8/2010 2:02:52 AM
Author: MAC-W

Date: 3/6/2010 9:07:59 PM

Author: Kismet

Here are my reds from left to right: Umba garnet, rubelite, star ruby, bixbite, tanga garnet, red spinel, tanga garnet (1 of a pair).

Hi Kismet,


Beautiful stones. What size is your bixbite? (carat & mm''s please if thats possible)


If you are comfortable about it, can you also please share where you got it from and when.


I''ve been looking for one for ages and think I''ve found the one I want, but just before I ''press the button'', I''d love to know more about yours

Also the umba garnet - is that a pendant? Its lovely and very unusual.

The bixbite is just .13ct and is 3.5mm. I bought it just this past February from ACS. You can see some more pictures of it
here.

Yup, the umba garnet is a pendant. The garnet was cut by Gene Flanigan and it was set by Peter Lees.

 

[Matata]

Date: 3/7/2010 1:38:04 AM
Author: IndyLady

Date: 3/5/2010 5:40:04 PM

Author: Matata

3.21 spinel from my wedding ring currently at BGD for a reset.

Matata, I can''t wait to see your ring!

I posted the CAD a while ago and only a few folks responded. It''s a very different design than what is currently popular on PS. It''s very minimalist & modern.

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 3/6/2010 10:16:14 AM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Okay, not mine, but I had to contribute this photo to this thread. Race''s Burma ruby. I hope Race doesn''t mind, but I think it''s absolutely gorgeous. In this sunlight photo, you can see the stone fluorescence.

Looks like a ruby!

 

[T L]

Date: 3/8/2010 9:21:10 PM
Author: crasru

Date: 3/6/2010 10:16:14 AM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Okay, not mine, but I had to contribute this photo to this thread. Race''s Burma ruby. I hope Race doesn''t mind, but I think it''s absolutely gorgeous. In this sunlight photo, you can see the stone fluorescence.

Looks like a ruby!

It is a ruby, and not just any ruby, but a Burma ruby.

 

[chrono]

Date: 3/8/2010 10:15:29 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover

It is a ruby, and not just any ruby, but a Burma ruby.

A heat only Burmese ruby with fluorescence.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

2 red spinels from Burma. The oval is just under a carat and the princess is 0,9cts. Since I can't take good photos, please accept my word that the princess is red, not pink and te oval is really red!

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Barbra''s much better photo of the princess spinel.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

And a tiny, heat only burma ruby cut by Gene

 

[Indylady]

Date: 3/9/2010 1:18:25 PM
Author: Lady_Disdain
And a tiny, heat only burma ruby cut by Gene

Gorgeous! I remember hearing about this ruby on an earlier thread.

 

[PumpkinPie]

Date: 3/5/2010 5:40:04 PM
Author: Matata
3.21 spinel from my wedding ring currently at BGD for a reset.

that is an amazing shade of red!

 

[Arkteia]

OK I do not have that many reds...wanted to post this brooch first

 

[Arkteia]

It is an old garnet brooch...pyrope and almandine (or rhodolite)

 

[Arkteia]

sorry posted twice

 

[MAC-W]

Date: 3/8/2010 4:30:48 PM
Author: Matata

Date: 3/7/2010 1:38:04 AM
Author: IndyLady

Date: 3/5/2010 5:40:04 PM

Author: Matata

3.21 spinel from my wedding ring currently at BGD for a reset.

Matata, I can't wait to see your ring!

I posted the CAD a while ago and only a few folks responded. It's a very different design than what is currently popular on PS. It's very minimalist & modern.

Matata,
just found your thread with the CADs. Wowzer. Thats going to be a fantastic ring.

Cant wait to see your IRL pictures

 

[MAC-W]

Date: 3/16/2010 10:30:10 PM
Author: crasru
It is an old garnet brooch...pyrope and almandine (or rhodolite)

Nice. How old is that? It has a very ''old europe'' type look.

 

[chrono]

Crasru,
The brooch is simply beautiful!

 

[T L]

Date: 3/17/2010 7:44:00 AM
Author: Chrono
Crasru,
The brooch is simply beautiful!

It is!! Is it Russian?

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 3/17/2010 1:06:50 AM
Author: MAC-W

Date: 3/16/2010 10:30:10 PM
Author: crasru
It is an old garnet brooch...pyrope and almandine (or rhodolite)

Nice. How old is that? It has a very 'old europe' type look.

I have no idea as to how old it is. I like the way it looks, and it can be also worn as a pendant. I saw a picture of a similar brooch with two peridots in a book. I bought it at a reputable jewelry store, at the time when business was very slow, hence the price. I liked it - I have a soft spot for garnets. I certainly chose a wrong background for my photographs, and when I saw it, the brooch was already locked away in a box it my house so I decided to post pics as they are. The gold is very soft.

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 3/17/2010 7:44:00 AM
Author: Chrono
Crasru,
The brooch is simply beautiful!

Thank you, Chrono. I ,too, like it.

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 3/17/2010 11:16:30 AM
Author: tourmaline_lover

Date: 3/17/2010 7:44:00 AM
Author: Chrono
Crasru,
The brooch is simply beautiful!

It is!! Is it Russian?

I am not sure. As I have mentioned, I bought it here, from a very reputable jeweler. Can you believe me if I say that there was a time when I did not know any single reputable jeweler so I just browsed all of the jewelers mentioned at BBB website, from A to T? (I simply had no time to get to Z - too bad, since I did not get to Ultra Diamonds! Gr-r-r-r...)

 

[Arkteia]

Decided to post my new tourmaline from Lisa

 

[haagen_dazs]

Date: 2/25/2010 12:14:39 PM
Author: LaurenThePartier
Here are my two;


My 1.66 ct. (wonky cushion

) red spinel.

LTP . i was wondering if you know where your spinel originated from?

 

[Arkteia]

After Lauren's spinel...mine is just a baby

0.85 ct. Tanzanian spinel
in daylight

 

[Arkteia]

In evening light