Show us your Chrysoberyls

[Niel]

Cat's eye chrysoberyl from Brad @ The Gem Trader. 6 mm. Origin: Orissa, India
This is an amazing stone. These are Brad's photos.

Lula

I had a question for you about this stone. If you can email me though LT that would be amazing. Sorry to bother.


Carry on

 

[Lula]

Cat's eye chrysoberyl from Brad @ The Gem Trader. 6 mm. Origin: Orissa, India
This is an amazing stone. These are Brad's photos.

Lula

I had a question for you about this stone. If you can email me though LT that would be amazing. Sorry to bother.


Carry on

Hi, Niel -- It's no bother. I'm not on PS much anymore, but I'm happy to contact you through LT.

 

[Niel]

Cat's eye chrysoberyl from Brad @ The Gem Trader. 6 mm. Origin: Orissa, India
This is an amazing stone. These are Brad's photos.

Lula

I had a question for you about this stone. If you can email me though LT that would be amazing. Sorry to bother.


Carry on

Hi, Niel -- It's no bother. I'm not on PS much anymore, but I'm happy to contact you through LT.

Awesome.

 

[Gloria27]

OTL and puppyguts, wow, awesome chrysos and rings!
Hope to post mine here soon...have to buy them first...

 

[puppyguts]

Loose stones from TGT round 0.93 ct. 6.3 mm, oval 1.66 ct. 9.6 x 5.6 mm, pear 2.08 ct. 10.8 x 6.3 mm, oval 1.45 ct., 8.3 x 6 mm

Chryso in rose gold DK setting is from multicolour

They are all hard to photograph, look more yellow IRL

& thanks to Niel for putting me onto chrysoberyl. Currently looking for a nice cats eye.

 

[mochiko42]

Puppyguts, I love your ring! The milgrain on it is so pretty.

My new chryso is a bit similar to yours but two tone and without the milgrain
2.5ct Tunduru chryso (from Prima) set in yellow gold with sterling silver shank.

 

[puppyguts]

oh mochiko I love it, the colour is so perfect. have to admit I was a little envious of that stone

I cant believe how fine the millgrain is on my ring its perfect

 

[Lula]

After many -- gulp -- years (!), I finally had time to take some photos of my two faceted chartreuse chrysoberyls (photos of my cats' eye to follow).

6.5 millimeter diameter, 4.4 millimeter depth, 1.5 carat round Portuguese cut by Richard Homer.
11.3 x 8.2 millimeter pear, 4.15 carats, from Brad at GemTrader.
Both from Orissa, India.

After much indecision, I've decided to set these. I'm working with Wink and Melissa of High Performance Diamonds on this project. I considered setting the pear into a ring, but on second thought, these stones are such a good match in color and intensity, that it seems a shame to separate them. I'm planning to set them into a pendant, with a small diamond, on a Tahitian pearl strand. Well, the pearl strand is the goal anyway -- we'll see what the budget allows!

ETA: Photo taken in diffused indoor light, facing a window.

 

[Lula]

This is the orientation for the pendant. The small diamond will sit above the round chrysoberyl.

 

[Lula]

A close-up, outdoors in the sun.
My apologies for the fingerprints!

I live in Texas now, in a semi-arid climate. The light here is different from the Midwest. And these stones look different outdoors than they did when I lived in the Midwest. Has anyone else experienced this?

 

[Niel]

A close-up, outdoors in the sun.
My apologies for the fingerprints!

I live in Texas now, in a semi-arid climate. The light here is different from the Midwest. And these stones look different outdoors than they did when I lived in the Midwest. Has anyone else experienced this?

Lovely stones. Neat that they look different at different latitudes. How would you describe the difference?

 

[Lula]

Hi, Niel -- thank you!
When I lived in the Midwest, my round chrysoberyl (I didn't own the pear then) looked more green -- lime green. Here, in Texas, I live in a much less humid climate (desert) and at a higher elevation, and both chrysoberyls look more yellow. They are "yellowish-green" according to Brad and Richard, and they definitely exhibit both colors, depending on the light.

 

[Lula]

2 carat cat's eye chrysoberyl, from Brad at the GemTrader.
6 millimeters.
Origin: Orissa, India.

 

[Lula]

Better representation of color, but eye not cooperating. This stone is very difficult to photograph.

 

[Gloria27]

This is the orientation for the pendant. The small diamond will sit above the round chrysoberyl.

wow, beautiful!

Better representation of color, but eye not cooperating. This stone is very difficult to photograph.

Puppyguts, I love your ring! The milgrain on it is so pretty.

My new chryso is a bit similar to yours but two tone and without the milgrain
2.5ct Tunduru chryso (from Prima) set in yellow gold with sterling silver shank.

To say it's nice would be unfair, it's beautiful!


here's mine:
artificial light:
natural light:

 

[Lula]

Gloria27 -- I love those three stones together -- beautiful!

So many pretty pieces on this thread...yummy.

 

[Gloria27]

Thanks, Lula, I'll set them in a ring.

 

[Gloria27]

my new and humble (a little over 1ct )sparkly yellow-green round chryso :

 

[userangl28212003]

My neon lemony yellow 1.3cts 6.3mm cushion chrysoberyl

 

[lilmosun]

Admittedly, I love yellow on others but it's not one of my go to colors and seldom wear mine. But when I put on this yellow shirt the other day, I decided to go all out.



Lula - love the cat's eye, Gloria27 - great collection, Userangl - another beautifully set stone!

 

[OTL]

Beautiful!
Love chryso in a round shape!

 

[chatoyancy]

I became a shiny rock today, so I decided to post a pic of my shiny rock.

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Is it yellow or is it green?

 

[Burmesedaze]

I didn't know this thread existed! Bumping it up for Heidi's reference.

 

[Heidi2101]

I didn't know this thread existed! Bumping it up for Heidi's reference.

Thank You!!
Adding in my pics of a 1.74 ct oval.

 

[chatoyancy]

Thank You!!
Adding in my pics of a 1.74 ct oval.

It’s so bright and beautiful. I just love chrysoberyl!

 

[phumv]

Hello
This is one of my collection.

 

[ilovegemstones]

Adding my chryso ring

 

[Bluegemz]

Adding my chryso ring

Gorgeous, ilovegemstones!

 

[chatoyancy]

Hello
This is one of my collection.

That is such a crisp cat’s eye! What a wonderful example of chatoyancy.