Bought my first CS! - BB Tanga Garnet

[ladyciel]

After lurking and drooling over all the delicious stones around the CS board (you ladies have made me soooo jealous, so many times!), I finally gave in. For a while I was completely set on going green (tsav or a green tourmaline), but THEN I walked past an antique shop with a box of rings in the window all sporting stones of the most juicy raspberry pinks I'd ever seen in person. I resisted the urge of going in to try them on, but haven't been able to get the color out of my head. And so, when I saw this little tanga garnet pop up on Barry's site today, it took me 20 seconds or so to decide to just go for it. There are several others on his site that I would love to own, but I wouldn't be able to afford setting any of them right away. I'm absolutely dying to see it in person, as is my camera (lots of pics coming, don't worry!). Barry hopes to ship it tomorrow, which means it should be here no later than Monday.

Thank you so much to all of you who post here in CS - I came in here knowing nothing about colored gems, with not much of an appreciation of them, either, and now I spend more time drooling over sites like Barry's than I do in the SMTR thread....

http://www.acstones.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=141&idproduct=3206

ETA: I'm pretty sure I want to set it in a ring, but I'll wait to see it in person before deciding for sure. Suggestions for settings are most welcome, though.

 

[lavatea]

Beautiful!

 

[klewis]

Waiting for a stone to arrive is fun. I look forward to seeing your pics too - congratulations on your purchase.

 

[oddoneout]

Nice colour.

 

[Catmom]

It''s beautiful and I love the color!

 

[PumpkinPie]

very pretty colour

 

[loriken214]

YAY....Barry''s stones are amazing!

Lori

 

[virgoruby]

Congrats on your first CS purchase! It''s so pretty!

 

[vc10um]

Well, you already know *I* love it...but I had to tell you again anyway!

 

[cellentani]

I can''t think of a better way to start a colored stone collection than with one of Barry''s stones!

Looking forward to seeing your pics when it arrives.

 

[Kismet]

Welcome to the dark colored side. One of Barry''s stones is an excellent first purchase.

 

[Laila619]

What a gorgeous stone to start with! You will be addicted in no time.

 

[ladyciel]

Whoohoo! Barry emailed me this morning to say the garnet is in the mail, and he included a stone holder in the package so I can "get it out of the gembox and play with it".

I''d say the man knows his audience!

lavatea - Thank you! I agree, and boy do I hope I love it as much, if not more, in person!

klewis - I''m not a terribly patient person, so I''m not sure fun is the right word, but I AM excited.

Thank you for the ''grats, though!

oddoneout, Catmom and Maevie - Thank you for your compliments on the color!

Lori, cellentani, and Kismet - The amazing thing about PS is how you can go from knowing nothing to appreciation of the finest in the span of just a few hours. I learned mighty quickly that if I spotted something of Barry''s (or numerous other cutters whose names turn up often around here) that I really couldn''t go wrong. I particularly <3 the vendor vs owner photo thread and plan to contribute to it once I have my garnet in hand.

virgoruby - Thank you!

vc10um - Haha, thank you, Dear.

Laila619 - Hehehe - It was so easy to get addicted to just LOOKING, that I''m afraid of what might happen once I actually have the gemmy in front of me. It''s playing with fire, me thinks...

 

[vc10um]

I know you got something in the maaaaaaiiiiil today!

Now we need pictures, lady!

 

[ladyciel]

VC is correct, my stone DID arrive, and I just nabbed as many photos as I could in what light I had left after getting home from work. I <3 this stone, but it''s a bugger to photograph! Copying photos off the camera as I type. Back shortly after I find some good ones and get them downsized...

 

[cellentani]

F5 F5 F5!

 

[ladyciel]

Eeeep, sorry that took me so long!

But, here she is!!!

 

[ladyciel]

She goes a bit darker in direct sun

 

[ladyciel]

She goes from purple to bright pink, depending on the light and angle

 

[ladyciel]

The bright pink is a purer pink/purple, less peachy, than it tends to photograph.

 

[platinumrock]

Very pretty! So what do you think? Is she a keeper?

 

[ladyciel]

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[StonieGrl]

That is a STUNNER! Love your pic with flowers too, nice springtime touch!

Re Barry's stones, nothing like starting at the TOP!

My first loose CS was from Gene/Precision Gem

Now that you have have experienced the rush of getting your stone, you will find out you don't have to be ready to set it immediately.

I think there's been on thread on how many loosies we all have. I have set two stones and have 12 loose...Getting ready to set my third shortly.

 

[ladyciel]

She''s 6mm

 

[ladyciel]

More flowers.

 

[ladyciel]

Just let me know if I should stop with the pics....I took a bunch.

Hard to capture the sparkles looking at the stone with the camera, but the window sill shows them all!

 

[ladyciel]

Better hand shot

 

[ladyciel]

Playing with other jewelry to try and figure out the best metal color. I want to set her in a ring, but I am completely undecided about the setting. Anybody have any ideas???

 

[ladyciel]

This is the only jewelry with rose gold that I have. yay? nay?

 

[vc10um]

Hooray! She IS lovely!

Next time I come visit, I''ll bring my tsav and we can do garnet buddy pics!