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What color stone should I pick???? |
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| P: 6/18/2007 2:26:18 PM | |
Stone Hunter Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,778 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 5/12/2006 |
I wear alot of neon green and orange and khaki and turquoise blues. |
| Posted: 6/18/2007 2:26:18 PM | |
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| P: 6/18/2007 3:41:43 PM | |
twodoor2 Cut Rock Total Posts: 406 Last Post: 8/5/2007 Member Since: 4/2/2007 |
The spess and the spinel are a lot more durable than the tourmaline, but color is everything in colored stones. Most green tourmalines have a lot of extinction and look black, same thing with some spessartites (unless it's a neon mandarin which can be costly), and spinel is a very pretty and extrememly durable stone for the money, but many have a grey mask that I don't care for, again, unless you want to spend the dollars. I guess it's a matter of what you like and what your budget will allow. |
| Posted: 6/18/2007 3:41:43 PM | |
| P: 6/18/2007 4:39:42 PM | |
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Stone Hunter Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,778 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 5/12/2006 |
THANKS. I've been off researching Spinels. The online photos look good, but so does the Spess. ETA: I really don't know whethor the prices I'm looking at are average or high...I'm checking many different sites to get an idea of this. I want a nice stone but not over the top $$$
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| Posted: 6/18/2007 4:39:42 PM | |
| P: 6/18/2007 9:13:59 PM | |
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twodoor2 Cut Rock Total Posts: 406 Last Post: 8/5/2007 Member Since: 4/2/2007 |
It depends on your budget. You can get some awesome mandarin garnets (a type of spess with orange neon color) for a decent price in the 2 carat and below range. Once you start going past two carats, and then three and five, they're much more expensive. Regular spessartites that are not in the mandarin subfamily, are a lot less money, but very reddish brown to me. Spinels come in all kinds of colors, so there's a lot of options. |
| Posted: 6/18/2007 9:13:59 PM | |
| P: 6/19/2007 12:00:16 PM | |
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Stone Hunter Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,778 Last Post: 11/18/2009 Member Since: 5/12/2006 |
Date: 6/18/2007 9:13:59 PM THANKSAuthor: twodoor2 It depends on your budget. You can get some awesome mandarin garnets (a type of spess with orange neon color) for a decent price in the 2 carat and below range. Once you start going past two carats, and then three and five, they're much more expensive. Regular spessartites that are not in the mandarin subfamily, are a lot less money, but very reddish brown to me. Spinels come in all kinds of colors, so there's a lot of options. I've seen some spinels for 20 or 30 dollars but they look very bad to me. I'm thinking 200 or 300 dollars is more what I'd like for color and clarity to be where I want it in a 1.5 to 2ct spinel. Does that sound right? I know that a Richard Homer cut can be much more but I'm not ready for that yet. Just pleasing color clarity and a very good cut. Part of spinel's appeal is the many color options and the hardness. But I like that orange the some spess have.
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| Posted: 6/19/2007 12:00:16 PM | |
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