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New concave topaz!

P: 4/11/2008 12:55:23 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	The new concave topaz for my pendant is finally in! I'm on my way to the jeweler's to inspect the stone. Hopefully pics to follow later this afternoon!
Posted: 4/11/2008 12:55:23 PM

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P: 4/11/2008 3:49:46 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Okay...this is gonna be picture overload, but I'm so happy with how it turned out!!
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:49:46 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:50:50 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Here's a second shot
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:50:50 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:51:59 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	I'm obsessed with how concave cuts look in shadows...this stone absolutely pops!
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:51:59 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:53:00 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Mr. Morton, the jewelry model...
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:53:00 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:53:48 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Neck shot 1
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:53:48 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:55:19 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	With my mobius bracelet (birthday gift from DH, I wear it every day)
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:55:19 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:55:27 PM
Kismet Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,444 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 5/6/2005	Wow! That looks fabulous. What are the specs on the stone? _____________________________________________________ Kismet's rings
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:55:27 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:55:57 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Another one
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:55:57 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:56:46 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Thanks, Kismet!! It's a 9mm blue topaz, concave cut
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:56:46 PM

P: 4/11/2008 3:58:06 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Last one - this pic is kinda blurry, but it captures the bright blue so well (this is such a dreary day, the pics aren't doing the color justice!). Thanks for looking!! :)
Posted: 4/11/2008 3:58:06 PM

P: 4/11/2008 5:36:13 PM
Selkie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,616 Last Post: 11/11/2009 Member Since: 1/11/2006	Oh, it's lovely! I so want a concave cut stone of some kind... *** Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Posted: 4/11/2008 5:36:13 PM

P: 4/11/2008 5:42:12 PM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	OMG! The facets look so sharp...and it gl ws!!! I love it ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 4/11/2008 5:42:12 PM

P: 4/11/2008 6:00:47 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Thanks Selkie and Love in Bloom! My jeweler had just received a buuunch of concaves - several peridots and citrines, a GORGEOUS amethyst ring, and a HUGE oval yellow quartz that just looked like a star exploding. I told DH I wanted a peridot and a citrine - one is the color of our kitty's eyes (Morty, the one in the pic) and the other is the color of his brother Elmo's fur :) I think this is my new addiction :)
Posted: 4/11/2008 6:00:47 PM

P: 4/11/2008 6:06:40 PM
Love in Bloom Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,535 Last Post: 11/19/2009 Member Since: 3/31/2007	Mr. Morton makes a lovely jewelry model! He doesn't seem to mind, and actually becomes him ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When the axe came into the forest, the trees said the handle is one of us. -bumper sticker
Posted: 4/11/2008 6:06:40 PM

P: 4/11/2008 6:31:01 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,760 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Date: 4/11/2008 3:58:06 PM Author: Elmorton Last one - this pic is kinda blurry, but it captures the bright blue so well (this is such a dreary day, the pics aren't doing the color justice!). Thanks for looking!! :) Oooohhh! The color in that back of the hand shot is AWESOME!! **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 4/11/2008 6:31:01 PM

P: 4/11/2008 6:52:28 PM
FrekeChild Ideal Rock Total Posts: 12,885 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 12/14/2007	Yay!! You finally got it in!!You're about to make me into a concave convert! It's gorgeous. Swiss blue? I love the color!!! (I still haven't done anything to make any headway with the silver topaz...no estimates, nothing...) _______________________________ "Women are either goddesses or doormats." Pablo Picasso "In all matters of opinion, our adversaries are insane." Mark Twain
Posted: 4/11/2008 6:52:28 PM

P: 4/11/2008 7:10:54 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	LIB, yes, isn't he a natural? Haha. I think he looks kinda irritated, actually. Around that point, he was trying to attack the camera strap, so I had to snap quickly! Thanks, FlyGirl! I've been meaning to ask you - in your old av, was that your cub (it was a cub, right??)? I grew up with an airshow performer in the fam and around planes, but it's been sooo long since I've been in anything non-commercial. I think it's pretty awesome when women fly, since it's such a male dominated hobby!! Freke, yupp, it's a swiss blue! If I make you a concave convert, then I will consider it a job well done on my part, haha. Of course I'm patiently waiting for your topaz project, but know that you have so much more on your plate than to be bothering with it - it will be beautiful when the time is right!!
Posted: 4/11/2008 7:10:54 PM

P: 4/12/2008 4:19:20 AM
monarch64 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 9,544 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 8/12/2005	Elmorton, it's just gorgeous. I have a soft spot for blue topaz ( don't know why, I just do, and always have), and I absolutely love concave cuts and bt's. So happy for you, the pendant is stunning. Congrats! "Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined." Henry David Thoreau
Posted: 4/12/2008 4:19:20 AM

P: 4/12/2008 7:10:53 AM
bling addict Ideal Rock Total Posts: 883 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 3/6/2008	That's gorgeous Elmorton! I too have a thing for blue topaz, but never thought I liked concave cuts -- I think you've changed my mind!
Posted: 4/12/2008 7:10:53 AM

P: 4/12/2008 1:34:04 PM
movie zombie Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,216 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 1/20/2005	nice! movie zombie "I don't feel enjoyment watching films that evoke passivity. If you need that kind of comfort, I don't understand why you wouldn't go to a spa." Chan-wook Park
Posted: 4/12/2008 1:34:04 PM

P: 4/12/2008 1:49:42 PM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Thanks MZ, Monarch, and Bling Addict! It's funny, I had actually wanted blue zircon at the top of my colored stones wishlist and desperately wanted a concave cut, so it was the color and affordability of the blue topaz that made this project happen instead. I don't regret the choice for a minute - the topaz is quite the performer! I'd be super pumped if my little pendant made some more people into concave converts!! I literally sat at my desk and gasped the first time I saw them here...yay for PS! :)
Posted: 4/12/2008 1:49:42 PM

P: 4/12/2008 3:52:36 PM
violet3 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,776 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 12/18/2007	Ok, that is seriously a BLUE stone - i can't believe how beautiful the color is! I love love love the shot of it on your kitty cat. It's amazing - congratulations!
Posted: 4/12/2008 3:52:36 PM

P: 4/12/2008 8:11:02 PM
Fly Girl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,760 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/9/2007	Date: 4/11/2008 7:10:54 PM Author: Elmorton Thanks, FlyGirl! I've been meaning to ask you - in your old av, was that your cub (it was a cub, right??)? I grew up with an airshow performer in the fam and around planes, but it's been sooo long since I've been in anything non-commercial. I think it's pretty awesome when women fly, since it's such a male dominated hobby!! That Cub isn't mine. Just a nifty photo that I found on-line. I belong to a flying club with a fleet of four airplanes. There's me and 42 men. I wish more women did fly. It is an awesome sport. Maybe you can take flying lessons someday. **** Life is a Journey, not a Destination. ****
Posted: 4/12/2008 8:11:02 PM

P: 4/12/2008 8:43:37 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,823 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	Wow, what a beautiful stone; congrats!!! Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 4/12/2008 8:43:37 PM

P: 4/13/2008 8:09:17 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	El, all I can say is WOW. Seriously, I just keep looking at that stone and going, wow. lol It is stunning. The cut, the color, the size, perfect. I am SO jealous, and I rarely get jealous! (in a good way of course) I'm so glad this turned out so well, considering. Now wear that dazzler in good health! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 4/13/2008 8:09:17 AM

P: 4/13/2008 10:39:00 PM
akmiss Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,572 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 1/8/2008	where do you get all these beautiful stones? THIS AGGRESSION WILL NOT STAND - The Dude
Posted: 4/13/2008 10:39:00 PM

P: 4/14/2008 11:53:28 AM
Elmorton Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,748 Last Post: 11/21/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2007	Flygirl, I think my dad always hoped I'd get interested in planes but when I got older but he gave up our plane (a little piper cherokee) for health reasons a few years before I could start taking lessons. He did get my mom to take lessons though - and she did everything but solo. I'm actually a really nervous flyer - when I was little, you know, dads are invincible, so I felt 100% comfortable when I knew who was operating the plane, but it's not something I think I'd ever take up on my own. STILL - I have a lot of respect for women who do!! Violet, Skippy, and Ellen, thanks so much!! After I read your posts, I was telling DH how cool it is to receive compliments on PS - when you love others' pieces and their taste in stones it means so much to hear back that you did a good job finding something of your own ;) Akmiss, this stone actually came from a cutter that my local jeweler uses for concave cuts (I don't know who that is, actually, but I think he or she might be somewhat local?). My original stone that was 100% identical to this one (there were some problems with setting and the jeweler broke the stone) came from Rick at artcutgems.com - he's wonderful to work with and I'd highly recommend him for business. AND, unless it's sold, he has my stone's twin - a 9mm concave blue topaz that's currently in a ring. He might still have a couple other concaves left - he had a gorgeous citrine and a beautiful peridot (I thought I saw that one sold, but I don't remember which). And, of course there's the master of concave cuts, Richard Homer - Wink can find you his stones, and you can see a bunch of them at concavegems.com.
Posted: 4/14/2008 11:53:28 AM

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