Thanks, sounds good. Is the mint green color hard to find wither way? I rarely see any already cut stones available. Maybe contacting someone like Gene and putting in a request or something?Date: 8/13/2009 4:17:44 PM
Author: Chrono
I’m sure it does. The problem is finding it. Your chances of find it as an already cut stone is very slim. Your best bet is to contact a custom cutter who will be able to source the right mint garnet for you to recut or cut from rough as a step cut.
See, yeah - that just makes me sad.Date: 8/13/2009 4:21:23 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Gemlineinc just auctioned one off on ebay for next to nothing, and it was around 3 carats!! Oh man!! I was considering it for the longest time, but I already have a mint garnet. I wish I could have shown you that stone.
Check out light colored tsavorites on multicolour.com. Some mgiht be EC.
I have seen them, they do exist!!
Date: 8/13/2009 4:13:15 PM
Author:Elegant
Do mint green emerald cut garnets exist?
Ha! Hussies - luvs it!Date: 8/13/2009 4:39:37 PM
Author: packrat
Date: 8/13/2009 4:13:15 PM
Author:Elegant
Do mint green emerald cut garnets exist?
I think they''re out partying with lavender antique cushion cut spinels..hussies.
I''d try contacting some cutters and see what they can come up with! Is this for your ering?
He had it up for sale for very little, but I think the selling price was around $200. I was shocked!! Great deal on that stone. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.Date: 8/13/2009 4:34:15 PM
Author: Elegant
See, yeah - that just makes me sad.Date: 8/13/2009 4:21:23 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Gemlineinc just auctioned one off on ebay for next to nothing, and it was around 3 carats!! Oh man!! I was considering it for the longest time, but I already have a mint garnet. I wish I could have shown you that stone.
Check out light colored tsavorites on multicolour.com. Some mgiht be EC.
I have seen them, they do exist!!
I have bigger fingers so I would need something that big. How much was it?
Ouch! That is worse than I thought...Date: 8/13/2009 5:36:32 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Date: 8/13/2009 4:34:15 PM
Author: Elegant
Date: 8/13/2009 4:21:23 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Gemlineinc just auctioned one off on ebay for next to nothing, and it was around 3 carats!! Oh man!! I was considering it for the longest time, but I already have a mint garnet. I wish I could have shown you that stone.
Check out light colored tsavorites on multicolour.com. Some mgiht be EC.
I have seen them, they do exist!!
See, yeah - that just makes me sad.
I have bigger fingers so I would need something that big. How much was it?
He had it up for sale for very little, but I think the selling price was around $200. I was shocked!! Great deal on that stone. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
Sorry to threadjack..Date: 8/14/2009 7:50:08 AM
Author: Chrono
My idea of a top mint green is something like a GIA vslbG2/5 which translates to a being green (with a slight blue undertone) of light tone but intense saturation. However, most mint garnets I have seen are not vivid in colour; many have a slight gray component to it. It appears that Elegant likes something with a blue undertone aka a true mint because that is what my eyes see in Gene’s picture compared to the Mineral Miner’s picture which shows a slight yellow component.
SS, I am not Chrono, but you can find the GIA color chart here. Hope it helps!Date: 8/14/2009 9:55:53 AM
Author: simplysplendid
Sorry to threadjack..Date: 8/14/2009 7:50:08 AM
Author: Chrono
My idea of a top mint green is something like a GIA vslbG2/5 which translates to a being green (with a slight blue undertone) of light tone but intense saturation. However, most mint garnets I have seen are not vivid in colour; many have a slight gray component to it. It appears that Elegant likes something with a blue undertone aka a true mint because that is what my eyes see in Gene’s picture compared to the Mineral Miner’s picture which shows a slight yellow component.
Chrono, where can I get a colour chart that shows the different colours of the GIA colour grading? I am clueless when PSers talk about the GIA colour codes.
Ditto on what Chrono said, but some vendors consider a light yellowish green, or a very light pure green, to be mint. The trouble is that there are many different forms of mint color, and to me, a true mint is a very light bluish green, but you will see vendors calling any very light yellowish green color, "mint." I guess it's subjective. However, to me, I think a very light bluish green is probably more valuable than a light yellowish green, if everything else is equal (tone, saturation, clarity, gem species, size, etc. . . ).Date: 8/14/2009 7:50:08 AM
Author: Chrono
My idea of a top mint green is something like a GIA vslbG2/5 which translates to a being green (with a slight blue undertone) of light tone but intense saturation. However, most mint garnets I have seen are not vivid in colour; many have a slight gray component to it. It appears that Elegant likes something with a blue undertone aka a true mint because that is what my eyes see in Gene’s picture compared to the Mineral Miner’s picture which shows a slight yellow component.
Date: 8/13/2009 9:01:58 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
It went for only $78 AND it was over 3 carats.Now I''m depressed!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370208280605
I actually like that stone but I think I need like a 2 carat stone. After Gene just explained about the reality of mint green garnet being cut this way - and then in a large stone - I''m wondering...But I do like this one, it is very pretty!Date: 8/14/2009 5:55:42 PM
Author: Gypsy
http://cgi.ebay.com/USA-CUT-EXCEPTIONAL-CUT-MERELANI-MINT-GARNET-EMERALD_W0QQitemZ310068791107QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item48318a4743&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14 This one is lovely. It''s not step cut, but is truly beautiful and at least it''s a rectangular octagon.
Thanks, I just might do that.Date: 8/14/2009 5:16:58 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
You could also email swalagemtraders.com and ask if he has any mint garnets in an EC, or if his precision faceter can cut you one. They''re privy to those stones since they''re located closer to the tsavorite mines.
thanks! i love it, too, but am having the hardest time figuring out how to set it.Date: 8/14/2009 10:01:47 PM
Author: packrat
Looks minty to me-and I think it''s pretty!