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Hi,
About 6 yrs ago I started buying gemstones. After learning that I did not get what I thought I was buying, due to dishonest claims, I stopped buying for 3 yrs or so. Recently, I decided to buy the so called semi-precious stones. Now that I understood windows, color etc. I felt maybe I could do a better job of buying stones. In addition, these were not so expensive. So far so good.
As my buying increased, I found stones that I thought were a good opportunity. I seized the day and bought those only to be disappointed by the photo representions vs the actuaity. However, Amyethyst Guy may have given me one of the most important points of assessing gemstones on line. He said something to the effect..... After all we all know the base colors of gemstones are all darker then the picture shows. The picture captures the flash or the sparkle that we , of course want in our gemstone, but that is not the basic assessment we should be making.
I tried this new approach and it is working for me. I recently bought a padparacha color spinel. The color was like Linda W''s sapphire. But I wasn''t fooled. I looked at the undercolor, which was brownish orangie, and decided I would try that.
This color spinel is sold by Pala, Tan, and others for many $''s more. Most important I wasn''t disappointed in the base color. The dispersion of the sparkle color is just like Linda W. light pink- peach pad. I will now only make my assessment on purchases if I think the base color is right for me. Any light on the spinel floods the stone and you don''t even see the under color of browny orange. After all the vendor is flooding light on their stones so the base color is blocked out.
I want to thank Ammy Guy for this tidbit that helped me. I am awaiting more stones using this method. I am hoping I am on to something. Will let you know the result.
Thanks.
Annette
You all may be aware of this but for me this info just cilicked in.
About 6 yrs ago I started buying gemstones. After learning that I did not get what I thought I was buying, due to dishonest claims, I stopped buying for 3 yrs or so. Recently, I decided to buy the so called semi-precious stones. Now that I understood windows, color etc. I felt maybe I could do a better job of buying stones. In addition, these were not so expensive. So far so good.
As my buying increased, I found stones that I thought were a good opportunity. I seized the day and bought those only to be disappointed by the photo representions vs the actuaity. However, Amyethyst Guy may have given me one of the most important points of assessing gemstones on line. He said something to the effect..... After all we all know the base colors of gemstones are all darker then the picture shows. The picture captures the flash or the sparkle that we , of course want in our gemstone, but that is not the basic assessment we should be making.
I tried this new approach and it is working for me. I recently bought a padparacha color spinel. The color was like Linda W''s sapphire. But I wasn''t fooled. I looked at the undercolor, which was brownish orangie, and decided I would try that.
This color spinel is sold by Pala, Tan, and others for many $''s more. Most important I wasn''t disappointed in the base color. The dispersion of the sparkle color is just like Linda W. light pink- peach pad. I will now only make my assessment on purchases if I think the base color is right for me. Any light on the spinel floods the stone and you don''t even see the under color of browny orange. After all the vendor is flooding light on their stones so the base color is blocked out.
I want to thank Ammy Guy for this tidbit that helped me. I am awaiting more stones using this method. I am hoping I am on to something. Will let you know the result.
Thanks.
Annette
You all may be aware of this but for me this info just cilicked in.