Somebody's Gotta Buy This Stone!

[Starzin]

That tourmaline is lovely!

Here's something I just tripped over that you don't find often - an orange buff-top sapphire - video
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-50ct-UNHE...1739?pt=Loose_Gemstones_1&hash=item5669bc64eb

 

[Starzin]

swear I'm not even looking for orange today!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Scintillati...cb928ff8eb36&pid=100009&prg=10629&rk=1&rkt=4&


And the colour on this one is quite fascinating - I wish the video wasn't so fast!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/4-22-Ct-NAT...=100010&prg=10629&rk=4&rkt=24&sd=200774100174

 

[LoversKites]

And the colour on this one is quite fascinating - I wish the video wasn't so fast!

About the second ebay one -- I'd be wary if I were buying from them. They have mystic topaz on their store listed as untreated. I couldn't trust a seller who'd lie blatantly like that. But you never know -- the tourmaline is described as heated which seems honest. If there are interested buyers out there, ask for a AIGS report.

Edited to delete some of the quote which cut off some of my reply.

 

[Niel]

can someone put me out of my misery
lovely pear, unheated 7x5 at about 1400
http://www.thegemtrader.com/Aug14SapphirePage.htm

http://www.jamesallen.com/loose-diamonds/pear-shaped/0.70-carat-d-color-vs2-clarity-sku-229986




make a Margherita Missoni style engagement ring



0r whatever these are called

 

[MelodySaw]

That tourmaline is lovely!

Here's something I just tripped over that you don't find often - an orange buff-top sapphire - video
http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-50ct-UNHE...1739?pt=Loose_Gemstones_1&hash=item5669bc64eb

I like the color. it looks almost like a Jadeite.

 

[Starzin]

LK - thanks for giving the heads up to anyone who's interested, I didn't look around and thus didn't see that about the mystic topaz.

Melody - me too, that's why I thought I'd post it

 

[texaskj]

Niel, you could make a ring like the one Napoleon gave Josephine:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293722/Napoleon-love-Engagement-ring-emperor-gave-wife-Josephine-goes-auction-set-fetch-13-000.html

 

[T L]

Niel, you could make a ring like the one Napoleon gave Josephine:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293722/Napoleon-love-Engagement-ring-emperor-gave-wife-Josephine-goes-auction-set-fetch-13-000.html

Very unassuming ring considering the provenance.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Niel, you could make a ring like the one Napoleon gave Josephine:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293722/Napoleon-love-Engagement-ring-emperor-gave-wife-Josephine-goes-auction-set-fetch-13-000.html

Very unassuming ring considering the provenance.

When Napoleon proposed to Josephine, he was just a military officer, not the political leader. His defense of the Tuillerie during the Convention had been his first step to fame. Josephine, in fact, considered turning him down since he would not be able to give her the lifestyle she wanted and would curtail the, ahem, activities that did, in fact, support her. The Italian Campaign, his first military venture abroad, was soon after his marriage.

 

[alexah]

Drooling over the Pad and the Spess just listed on Finewater

http://www.finewatergems.com/new.html

If anyone knows how to post pics, please do so, for posterity!

 

[Starzin]

Drooling over the Pad and the Spess just listed on Finewater

http://www.finewatergems.com/new.html

If anyone knows how to post pics, please do so, for posterity!

You've been here 10 years and made 1100 posts and haven't bothered to find out?
There's a search function top RHS

 

[T L]

Niel, you could make a ring like the one Napoleon gave Josephine:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2293722/Napoleon-love-Engagement-ring-emperor-gave-wife-Josephine-goes-auction-set-fetch-13-000.html

Very unassuming ring considering the provenance.

When Napoleon proposed to Josephine, he was just a military officer, not the political leader. His defense of the Tuillerie during the Convention had been his first step to fame. Josephine, in fact, considered turning him down since he would not be able to give her the lifestyle she wanted and would curtail the, ahem, activities that did, in fact, support her. The Italian Campaign, his first military venture abroad, was soon after his marriage.

Thanks Lady D, very interesting.

 

[alexah]

Drooling over the Pad and the Spess just listed on Finewater

http://www.finewatergems.com/new.html

If anyone knows how to post pics, please do so, for posterity!

You've been here 10 years and made 1100 posts and haven't bothered to find out?
There's a search function top RHS

 

[Starzin]

Well done Alexah!!

 

[SparkliesLuver]

What a pretty little Montana sapphire with a unique cut!

.73 ct
Light to medium blue with flashes of green
5.3 x 5.3 x 3.5mm
Untreated/unheated - minor silk not visible in the hand
$300

http://www.earthstreasury.com/product/0-73-carat-light-blue-green-montana-sapphire/

 

[Lady_Disdain]

Gorgeous little stone.

 

[iLander]

Small, but what a color! Super rare, red beryl.

http://store.gemologyonline.com/marketplace/viewItem.php?id=622

 

[minousbijoux]

Small, but what a color! Super rare, red beryl.

http://store.gemologyonline.com/marketplace/viewItem.php?id=622

It even looks nice in the video (many of his do not)! Just think if you bought that little red hot coal, you could have Wah Wah bragging rights! I'd like it just to say I have one such a place - kinda like cry me a river or some such.

 

[the_mother_thing]

OH
MY
GAWD!


Just saw this via a link to a seller TL shared in another thread. I almost would trade my Alex for this in a heartbeat (shhhh don't tell my man princess I said that).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Amazing-0-72-Ct-Fancy-Intense-Reddish-Pink-Modified-Square-Natural-Diamond-/311076243203?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item486d96c703

I really wish my iPad OS wasn't jacked up so I could attach this pic!

 

[T L]

OH
MY
GAWD!


Just saw this via a link to a seller TL shared in another thread. I almost would trade my Alex for this in a heartbeat (shhhh don't tell my man princess I said that).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Amazing-0-72-Ct-Fancy-Intense-Reddish-Pink-Modified-Square-Natural-Diamond-/311076243203?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item486d96c703

I really wish my iPad OS wasn't jacked up so I could attach this pic!

He denotes it as HPHT treated, which is "high pressure high temperature" treatment for giving it a pink color. Just to note that so no one thinks it's a natural colored FCD. Thanks for sharing JoCoJenn.

 

[Marlow]

I think HPHT, irradiation + annealing produces these intense pink diamond - not "only" HPHT

 

[the_mother_thing]

OH
MY
GAWD!


Just saw this via a link to a seller TL shared in another thread. I almost would trade my Alex for this in a heartbeat (shhhh don't tell my man princess I said that).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Amazing-0-72-Ct-Fancy-Intense-Reddish-Pink-Modified-Square-Natural-Diamond-/311076243203?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item486d96c703

I really wish my iPad OS wasn't jacked up so I could attach this pic!

He denotes it as HPHT treated, which is "high pressure high temperature" treatment for giving it a pink color. Just to note that so no one thinks it's a natural colored FCD. Thanks for sharing JoCoJenn.

If I had the spare bones to buy it, I think I would be okay with that treatment ... just to be able to look at that color all day.

And I don't even really like pink much.

 

[LoversKites]

OH
MY
GAWD!


Just saw this via a link to a seller TL shared in another thread. I almost would trade my Alex for this in a heartbeat (shhhh don't tell my man princess I said that).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Amazing-0-72-Ct-Fancy-Intense-Reddish-Pink-Modified-Square-Natural-Diamond-/311076243203?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item486d96c703

I really wish my iPad OS wasn't jacked up so I could attach this pic!

There ya go!

Beautiful colour indeed.

 

[MrsCornishWed]

Thank you to the ps' er who pointed me in brads direction. . . . I think he's going to soften the blow of losing out on the tourm with a very similar beautiful stone

 

[Niel]

Thank you to the ps' er who pointed me in brads direction. . . . I think he's going to soften the blow of losing out on the tourm with a very similar beautiful stone

Can't wait to hear about it!

 

[the_mother_thing]

OH
MY
GAWD!


Just saw this via a link to a seller TL shared in another thread. I almost would trade my Alex for this in a heartbeat (shhhh don't tell my man princess I said that).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Amazing-0-72-Ct-Fancy-Intense-Reddish-Pink-Modified-Square-Natural-Diamond-/311076243203?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item486d96c703

I really wish my iPad OS wasn't jacked up so I could attach this pic!

There ya go!

Beautiful colour indeed.

thanks ... For continued torture! LOL

 

[Niel]

OH
MY
GAWD!


Just saw this via a link to a seller TL shared in another thread. I almost would trade my Alex for this in a heartbeat (shhhh don't tell my man princess I said that).

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SALE-Amazing-0-72-Ct-Fancy-Intense-Reddish-Pink-Modified-Square-Natural-Diamond-/311076243203?pt=Loose_Diamonds&hash=item486d96c703

I really wish my iPad OS wasn't jacked up so I could attach this pic!

There ya go!

Beautiful colour indeed.

thanks ... For continued torture! LOL

If you're looking for an affordable alternative
http://diamondbistro.com/index.php?a=2&b=39769
475

 

[Starzin]

Okay... I think someone's bound to be looking for these.

Jeff Davies - I found them on the side bar in YouTube so looked and snapped a pic for you.

Grey half moon spinels and pink trillion spinels. I think that's what they were, I've closed the tab!

 

[Starzin]

And check out these two from Ryan Quantz Studios (aka Stonebender) on Etsy.

 

[minousbijoux]

Starzin: what are the deets and prices on the various stones you posted? TIA