A bit of help for a first time buyer please...

[Sal from Cal]

 

[D&T]

I just saw these the other day, not sure if you liked any of them:

http://www.gemrite.com/cubecart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=115

http://www.gemrite.com/cubecart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=123

http://www.gemrite.com/cubecart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=28

http://www.gemrite.com/cubecart/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=126

 

[Stone Hunter]

I just checked out your link to the Master Cut Gems stone. I like it and it is a very unique cut. So if he doesn''t get a buyer he''ll recut the pavillion so it''s not so unique. To appeal to more people.

I''ve found Dana''s photos to be a bit darker than his stones IRL. Hope that helps!

 

[LD]

 

[Sal from Cal]

Thank you all for taking the time to provide such useful inputs.

DT,

Like a few of these and will present them to my wife for review (though she just wants me to buy anything at this point

Stone Hunter,

I also found the stone unique but the deepness of the color is a concern. Will see if I can see if anyone has posted a comparision of his and their photos here....

LovingDiamonds,

WOW! Thanks so much for presenting so much information as well as your opinion on the stones I presented. As for the setting I think she would like to keep it simple to highlight the stone though that may change once we pick the gem. To date the setting vendors I have found on line are...

http://www.stuller.com/ http://www.roseco.com/index.php http://www.pickyourjewelry.com/index.php http://www.gemhut.com/settings.htm (theirs or resale?)


I plan on continuing the tale on how this all plays out and again want to thank everyone on this site as there is SOOOO much great and useful information here.

 

[jstarfireb]

Another site you could check out is GemRite. I bought a gorgeous chrome green tsavorite from them a while ago. Here''s their selection of tsavorite. I think this cushion or this oval would make a nice pendant.

 

[D&T]

Here is a beautiful one from Rick and he has it on sale too!:

http://www.artcutgems.com/item.php?item_id=505&page=3&category_id=49

http://www.artcutgems.com/item.php?item_id=722&page=3&category_id=49

ETA: just realized they are a bit on the smaller side, but if you could halo

 

[chrono]

MultiC: Nice colour and I wouldn''t worry about the dark areas as I expect that to be facet shadowing. It does appear to have a good sized window though.
MCut: Looks rather darkish.
PI: Nice and bright. Could have better saturation though. Good contender.
ACS: Gorgeous cut but darkish and I don''t like yellow in my greens.
PG: Love the first (nice colour and good cut). Not crazy about the next two because the second is rather dark, whicle the third looks olive.

 

[Gailey]

What about this 4.67 ct (12.12 x 11.17mm) Chrome tourmaline shield from Lisa Elser

 

[Sal from Cal]

Wife and I looked over the new suggested stones and and the comments on the ones we listed and are going with either

http://www.paraibainternational.com/product_info.php?product=126 or http://precisiongem.com/html/html/ChromeTourmaline.html Gem 920.

assuming they are available. Plan to ask Paraiba if they can supply another picture to determine if the color is more like the photo or the rotating image. If it is dark enough (like the photo) then that will be the stone for us.

Thanks again all

 

[Sal from Cal]

After a nice and fast response from Adam of Paraiba stating their stone color was closer to the movie image we went with the PG stone. Look forward to seeing it in person and begining the next phase of this project.

Thanks again to all...

 

[LD]

Oooooooh good choice! I can''t wait to see your pictures!

 

[marcy]

Looks like it will be a great stone. I can''t wait to see pictures of it.

 

[chrono]

Another one here anxious for you to receive it and share your opinion with us.