#JOTW Green garnet, Red & Pink spinels, Pink tourmaline and more.

[chrono]

As requested, here is a group pile on of the rings I received in the package. I'll have to go take individual pictures now. I debated even posting this picture because the EC ring looks as though it is squashing my finger, giving me the "sausage" finger look. YUCK! The colours of the rest of the stones are off too.

 

[athenaworth]

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Damn I'm in love with that AVC ring!! and silly girl you don't have sausage fingers at all

 

[chrono]

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I feel so inadequate as a photographer. Many have artistic flower pictures and most can at least capture the sharpness of the facets which I can do neither. I cannot even get the colour right! The AVC pictures will be in 2 places but the green garnet stays squarely in CS and the EC stays squarely in SMTB.

 

[chrono]

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You know the colour is off when 18k yellow gold prongs look like white gold.

 

[chrono]

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Moving on to the green (mint) garnet and this one is no better. For some reason my hands shook so much almost all the pictures had to be deleted. Maybe it's because it is lunch time and I should have eaten something first. It is debatable whether this is a mint garnet or tsavorite. Sellers will call this a tsavorite, buyers will call it a green garnet.

 

[Rainbird]

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Wow Chrono, they are all really stunning rings. The AVC with the combination of those luscious red spinels is to 'die-for'. I love those chunky facets. I don't know how you decide which of the rings to wear first.

I think your photos are great, but share your frustration in capturing exactly how it looks in real life.

 

[VapidLapid]

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All that came to you in one package? That must have been a good day!

Really they are all so lovely I don't know where to start, so I will start at the end and say that green pear, neither mint nor tsavorite, should be termed Forest Mint®!

 

[innerkitten]

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I feel so inadequate as a photographer. Many have artistic flower pictures and most can at least capture the sharpness of the facets which I can do neither. I cannot even get the colour right! The AVC pictures will be in 2 places but the green garnet stays squarely in CS and the EC stays squarely in SMTB.

It looks great on! I love those old cuts, and off course paired with spinel it's just perfect. The color on the pink tourmaline is lovely by the way. All of your new, and or updated rings just look really nice!

 

[innerkitten]

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Moving on to the green (mint) garnet and this one is no better. For some reason my hands shook so much almost all the pictures had to be deleted. Maybe it's because it is lunch time and I should have eaten something first. It is debatable whether this is a mint garnet or tsavorite. Sellers will call this a tsavorite, buyers will call it a green garnet.

Ooooh! Where is this stone from?

 

[chrono]

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Rainbird,
Your photos are far superior to mine. Your gems are gorgeous too. I keep coming over to your thread to drool over everything.

VL,
Yup, all 5 rings in a single package. Because the bench isn't local to me, I wanted to save on shipping costs. I saved up all the work until I feel it's about time, then do several projects at the same time. Yes, it certainly made my Friday a great one.

InnerKitten,
The green garnet is from PrimaGems. Thanks for the kind words.

 

[Rainbird]

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Rainbird,
Your photos are far superior to mine. Your gems are gorgeous too. I keep coming over to your thread to drool over everything.

And I keep coming back and looking at yours. I really want an AVC now. Oh dear ...

 

[chrono]

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Just tell me to stop adding pictures. You know you want to, so don't be shy.

 

[chrono]

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More of the 3 stone AVC. I think these are better pictures than the first few.

 

[chrono]

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All right, I swear these are the last pictures.

 

[FrekeChild]

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Dammit Chrono! You need to get all of your jewels in one spot and take pictures of ALL OF THEM. And post it all to one thread.

I've been dying for YEARS to see your whole collection in one spot!

 

[loriken214]

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YUMMY...ALL OF THEM!

Lori

 

[distracts]

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I want more pics of the one with the asscher! Who did that setting? I really love it!

(All the rest are gorgeous too, but that's the one that I don't have enough info on.)

 

[ZestfullyBling]

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Beauties! I love the avc & red spinel 3 stone!! You pick such wonderful reds!!!! Do you source your colored stones through any vendor in particular?

 

[Rubies-R-Me]

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Oh my goodness!! Your new collection of rings are just unbelievably beautiful!!!
Wow.. what a haul. I especially LOVE the emerald cut ring with the fancy work on the sides and the 3 stone ring with the red stones on the side. Do you wear such lovely jewelry every day? If this is one delivery of yours then more days are going to have to added to a year to make it longer than 365 days to fit in all your finery. Enjoy!! Wear them in good health!!

 

[bright ice]

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They are all so beautiful, what a nice collection. You have some beautiful colored stone rings Chrono.

 

[chrono]

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Freke,
What? This isn't good enough? Please have mercy on me. I'm too nervous to take all my jewellery out from the vault at the same time. The value is astronomical and irreplaceable.

Distracts,
I'll take more pictures of the pink step cut octagonal spinel for you. Gotta be careful not to call it an assch** as the original RA owners tend to be sensitive about the branded name. My small town local jeweller made the setting but I wasn't happy with how high the stone sits up. Once I found a better bench, I sent it off to be lowered by at least 3 mm.

ZestB,
Thanks! Because the right coloured stones aren't easy to get, I generally contact several vendors to see what they have. Sometimes, I'll request that they keep an eye out at a show or just at the back of their mind. I only ask vendors whom I've dealt with often though because we already have such a rapport.

Loriken, Rubies and Bright Ice,
Such huge compliments; thank you. I usually wear one ring every day, rotating them out every week. If I feel like royalty that week, I'll wear 2 rings, one on each hand, no more than that. Sometimes I wonder if I have too many rings. Is there such a thing?

 

[FrekeChild]

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Freke,
What? This isn't good enough? Please have mercy on me. I'm too nervous to take all my jewellery out from the vault at the same time. The value is astronomical and irreplaceable.

Exactly. Which is why we need to see it.

So here's how you do it:
1. Take a ton of pictures of this stuff.
2. Take it to the vault. Take out a bunch of your other stuff.
3. Take a ton of pictures of that stuff.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 as many times as needed to get pictures of all of the jewelry you have.
5. Post a couple pictures of each "session" in one big "Chrono's Amazing Bling" thread.
6. Make Freke faint from bling over-consumption.

See? Easy!!!

 

[kgizo]

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Love the family photo shoot! Its neat to see how the colors play off each other. Now off to the other thread to read more about your EC. So pretty.

 

[diamondringlover]

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Freke,
What? This isn't good enough? Please have mercy on me. I'm too nervous to take all my jewellery out from the vault at the same time. The value is astronomical and irreplaceable.

Exactly. Which is why we need to see it.

So here's how you do it:
1. Take a ton of pictures of this stuff.
2. Take it to the vault. Take out a bunch of your other stuff.
3. Take a ton of pictures of that stuff.
4. Repeat steps 1-3 as many times as needed to get pictures of all of the jewelry you have.
5. Post a couple pictures of each "session" in one big "Chrono's Amazing Bling" thread.
6. Make Freke faint from bling over-consumption.

See? Easy!!!

Yea that would be freaking awsome....you have such beautiful jewerly...that red spinel ring is stunning! I would LOVE to see all of your stuff

 

[chrono]

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Ummmm.....seriously? I dunno, Freke. Fainting cannot be a good thing, can it? It'll take months as my travel schedule can be fairly heavy at times. In any case, I had great weather this weekend and took more pictures of each individual item. I tried to be artistic but my house is lacking flowers and all the typically feminine decorative items. Coloured stones only here with diamonds in SMTB to keep within PS's rules.

This is for Distracts.

 

[chrono]

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Can you tell I'm so happy to be able to capture the cutting well? It doesn't take much to make me happy.

 

[chrono]

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It was a challenge to photograph gems with a black iPhone. I kept getting a lot of obstruction. I'll have to remember to get a white or silver case next time.

 

[chrono]

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This one's for Minou since she likes the pink tourmaline in the Art Deco setting. I tried to take flower shots but the rings are so heavy they just fell right off the flower. I then tried to place the rings next to the flowers but the stems were too short so that didn't work either. In the end, I went with the boring leaf shots.

 

[chrono]

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These came out exceptionally well in the kitchen. Very clear and crisp precision faceting came through in these pictures.

 

[chrono]

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The mint garnet / tsavorite was PITA to photograph. I see a very rich deep green with my eyes but my camera saw something else completely different. The setting is custom made by Whiteflash with ACA melees in platinum but not for this particular stone, hence the fit isn't perfect but good enough for me. This way, I get to wear the garnet right away without spending a ton of money. I tried the flower shot again but this time it was worse because the setting is the heaviest I own. I need some fake flowers!