Yellowish Green Chrysoberyls from Tan

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

They came today! They''re 7 x 5.1 x 3.8mm ovals. Not the same color as in the video listing here but they''re still pretty!

Back w/pictures shortly.

chrono · Jun 14, 2010

Oh, do hurry up.

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

Downloading to the computer as we speak. Not sure how they''re going to turn out the-just from what I could see on the little camera screen, they don''t look good. They''re a bright limey spring green IRL tho, so we''ll see. Sparklie suckers.

I took some pics w/my yellow supernova too.

T L · Jun 14, 2010

Waiting patiently. . . okay, not so patiently!!

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

crap, sorry, i thought i could get them posted before lunch was ready!

I resized 4 for now. I *think* this is somewhat true to color..maybe if it was sunny out it would make a difference.

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

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packrat · Jun 14, 2010

Makes my yellow look brown, and it''s not brown at all IRL. Maybe that''s just a reflection or something.

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

last one. What do you guys think?

Are shades of green hard to photograph or is it just me having difficulties? Maybe I''ll try different settings on the camera later. I did the flower w/these since they were close up.

chrono · Jun 14, 2010

I’m digging the green ones over the yellow one.

Arkteia · Jun 14, 2010

agree

T L · Jun 14, 2010

The greenish ones are very bright. That sometimes interferes with the camera sensor. I will reserve judgement on the color until later tonight when I get on my good monitor. My current monitor makes everything look dead.. However, I will say that the two new stones appear to have good luster and sparkle, they are also greener than your other chyrsoberyl, which in the photo, apears to be more of a golden yellow, hence the reason you probably see more brown in it in your digital photo.

Do you have your white balance adjusted properly? My new trick with white balance for those using auto white balance, is to photograph the gems on your fingers. If your fingers look corpse colored or some other odd color than normal, then your white balance is probably off.

VapidLapid · Jun 14, 2010

Im still digging the yellow one. Notice how in one view it still sparkles nearly all the way around the crown. The greens are nice too but they dont perform like the yellow one.

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

Thanks for the replies guys! Yeah, I know it, in these pictures, my yellow is not being so pretty as before. I didn''t see any of that when I was taking the pictures tho, all I could see was that I thought the greens didn''t look as pretty-turns out was the other way around. Ugh, I wish you guys could just come here and look at them!

I''ll try your trick on my fingers, TL and see if that works better.

Weird that the yellow didn''t look golden at all until I put it next to the greens to see the color/cut differences. Good thing the white zircons are going on either side of it and not the green chrysos!

T L · Jun 14, 2010

I thought your yellow was always a golden, more canary colored chrysoberyl, even with the white zircons around it. I think it takes putting a gem next to another for some people to discern the color better though. Both colors of chrysoberyl are nice, greenish-yellow or golden-yellow, it''s just a matter of preference and even with both, you want them to be as saturated as possible.

Now you have both kinds of chrysoberyl colors that are prevelant in nature, and you can have fun comparing them to each other. They are both nice in their own right, and I think the cutting on Michael''s stone is fab (high crown right?).

chrono · Jun 14, 2010

Sometimes, seeing colour can be tricky and it becomes easier when a different colour is placed next to it for comparison. Of course, you can always send ALL three stones to me to see them in person.

T L · Jun 14, 2010

Take more photos in sunlight and incandescent light since the green might go more green or yellow. These greenish yellows tend to color shift.

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

Yep, the yellow has the high crown-it''s so neat. I was kinda worried that I wouldn''t like the cut on the greens b/c I have such a weak spot for my supernova-I was antsy that they would be 1/2 & 1/2 or bow tied, but I don''t really notice anything other than pretty green!

I''ve not played w/them too much b/c it''s a tish breezy today and Trapper was following me around begging to see what I was doing. I did however spend a lot of time smiling and giggling like a dork b/c I''m so happy w/them. And heck, the price! My word, you can''t beat that w/a stick.

I''m super happy w/all my stones! Whatever color my yellow is, greenish yellow, canary yellow, I love him to bits.

Oh hey, before I forget, the green..is this a green that would look ok w/a little yellow gold? My plan again is a colette e/w bezel in argentium w/a thin bit of yg around the inside of the bezel up next to the stone.

T L · Jun 14, 2010

Date: 6/14/2010 3:39:43 PM
Author: packrat
Yep, the yellow has the high crown-it''s so neat. I was kinda worried that I wouldn''t like the cut on the greens b/c I have such a weak spot for my supernova-I was antsy that they would be 1/2 & 1/2 or bow tied, but I don''t really notice anything other than pretty green!

I''ve not played w/them too much b/c it''s a tish breezy today and Trapper was following me around begging to see what I was doing. I did however spend a lot of time smiling and giggling like a dork b/c I''m so happy w/them. And heck, the price! My word, you can''t beat that w/a stick.

I''m super happy w/all my stones! Whatever color my yellow is, greenish yellow, canary yellow, I love him to bits.

Oh hey, before I forget, the green..is this a green that would look ok w/a little yellow gold? My plan again is a colette e/w bezel in argentium w/a thin bit of yg around the inside of the bezel up next to the stone.

I would love to see in a low carat yellow gold, 14K or lower. I think it would bring the green out more. I''ve placed my chrysoberyl on top of a yellow gold halo just to see how it would look, and I love how it brings out some of the green. I think white gold would wash the color out. Look for my chrysoberyl threads and you''ll see photos of it in there. It''s my cz halo setting that I test gems with for haloing.

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

Ok, I''ll go take a peek around for your pics TL. So would you do all yg then, not just inside the bezel? Or would that be enough to keep it from being washed out? I wonder if the entire colette bezel could be yg and the rest argentium??

T L · Jun 14, 2010

I think yellow gold around the stone is a good idea, even if the rest of the ring is white metal. Are you doing a ring with one or the pair?

packrat · Jun 14, 2010

Well, my original plan was to use 1 for a ring and either save the other for something down the road or sell it..but here I thought I was being such a smarty buying a pair and now I just want to use them both in 2 separate rings but stack them together b/c I like them so much.

Took some more pictures on my hand just now.

I''ll talk to Daniel more about the setting and see if the whole bezel itself can be yg or just around the inside. I don''t want a tube bezel ring so I''ll see what he can do.