My BB malaya garnet

[baby nurse]

I began collecting colored stones in February. I thought I would share this one first since I''ll be sending it to JKT next week to be set in a ring. It will be in either palladium (likely) or yellow gold with 1 green stone on either side of the garnet, possibly demantoid or peridot.

I got the stone from Barry in mid March. It''s 2.63 carats, 8.2 mm.

Here is Barry''s vendor pic.

 

[cellentani]

Oooooh, love the color! Hey, is that an open culet??!!

 

[packrat]

Date: 5/22/2010 10:50:06 PM
Author: cellentani
Oooooh, love the color! Hey, is that an open culet??!!

haha my eye went immediately to that too! The color is so pretty baby nurse! Looking forward to seeing the finished ring!

 

[baby nurse]

These are the light pink flashes I see in the sun-- I love it!

 

[baby nurse]

I cropped this picture so that you could see the stone more easily... hopefully it worked.

 

[baby nurse]

This is how the stone usually looks, a mix of plum and melon.

 

[baby nurse]

Showing the faceting on the pavillion.

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/22/2010 10:50:06 PM
Author: cellentani
Oooooh, love the color! Hey, is that an open culet??!!

Oh my gosh, I just noticed that (new to colored stones)! It may be, but it''s staying that way

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/22/2010 10:55:14 PM
Author: packrat

Date: 5/22/2010 10:50:06 PM

Author: cellentani

Oooooh, love the color! Hey, is that an open culet??!!

haha my eye went immediately to that too! The color is so pretty baby nurse! Looking forward to seeing the finished ring!

Thank you! I do love the color, and since it''s my first project, I''m especially excited

 

[yssie]

The colour is gorgeous

Can''t wait to see what you do with it!

 

[loriken214]

Gorgeous!!!

Lori

 

[LD]

Very pretty.

May I make a suggestion? Have you put your Malaya next to Palladium? Palladium tends to be slightly more grey looking than Platinum. I''m not sure how the rich warm tones of your gem will react next to the cool/cold/grey look of Palladium.

 

[ma re]

Lovely color, generous size, you did very well for a newbie!

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/23/2010 3:17:48 AM
Author: LovingDiamonds
Very pretty.


May I make a suggestion? Have you put your Malaya next to Palladium? Palladium tends to be slightly more grey looking than Platinum. I''m not sure how the rich warm tones of your gem will react next to the cool/cold/grey look of Palladium.

Hmmm... I haven''t put it next to Palladium. I placed it beside my husband''s platinum band and it seemed to look better there than beside my yellow gold one, although it really didn''t look bad beside the yellow gold, either. When I asked Julia about white gold, she said she had yellow gold and Palladium, which is why I was thinking of Palladium. I may ask about platinum, I wanted to keep the price down a little bit.

 

[Cehrabehra]

gorgeous color! I could see it being happy in unplated white gold... JKT doesn''t work in white gold? Hmm...

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/23/2010 12:37:44 AM
Author: yssie
The colour is gorgeous

Can''t wait to see what you do with it!

Thank you yssie! I will post lots of pictures once it''s done!

 

[Laila619]

Beautiful! BB stones are gorgeous!

 

[Barrett]

color is very nice on that i must say..yum yum

 

[marcy]

Very pretty stone and great color.

 

[oddoneout]

Pretty colour.

 

[Arkteia]

I call this color "a debutante''s blush"

 

[SB621]

oh i can''t wait to see the finished product!

 

[BWise]

so pretty! you can never go wrong with a BB stone. congrats!

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/23/2010 10:41:10 AM
Author: Cehrabehra
gorgeous color! I could see it being happy in unplated white gold... JKT doesn''t work in white gold? Hmm...

Thank you! I think it would look nice in white gold as well, I still have a little bit of time to decide whether to do white or yellow.

I''m not sure about whether she works with white gold or not-- when I mentioned that I had not made up my mind re yellow vs white, she said she could do yellow gold or palladium, didn''t say anything about white gold... I''ll double check.

 

[chrono]

Superb cutting as expected as shown by the colourful flashes and I like the little open culet. I’m with LD that the grayer palladium will do this Malaya garnet no justice. In fact, unplated white gold with that hint of warmth could be a better choice since the garnet looks warm toned to me.

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/24/2010 10:32:00 AM
Author: Chrono
Superb cutting as expected as shown by the colourful flashes and I like the little open culet. I’m with LD that the grayer palladium will do this Malaya garnet no justice. In fact, unplated white gold with that hint of warmth could be a better choice since the garnet looks warm toned to me.

Thanks for your input, Chrono. What do you think of yellow gold with this stone?

 

[chrono]

It might work. Have you placed it next to a yellow gold setting yet to see how it looks? Since Malaya garnets are notorious colour shifters, do check it out under both indoor and outdoor lighting.

 

[baby nurse]

Date: 5/24/2010 11:14:26 AM
Author: Chrono
It might work. Have you placed it next to a yellow gold setting yet to see how it looks? Since Malaya garnets are notorious colour shifters, do check it out under both indoor and outdoor lighting.

Well, I guess I''ve answered my own question. I''ve placed it beside my own yellow gold band and it looks great in all lighting. Yellow gold is my favorite precious metal, so I was leaning towards it. But then I placed it beside my husband''s platinum one, and somehow that was more flattering. If she can do it in white gold, I''ll choose that. Otherwise, it will be yellow gold.

Thank you

 

[baby nurse]

Lori, ma re, Laila619, amethystguy, Marcyc, oddoneout, crasru, sarahbear621, and yingh

Thank you for the compliments and enthusiasm. Purchasing this stone was a positive experience but sharing it with you has been just as much fun! I''m looking forward to posting pictures of the completed ring