I barely made it to the show as I arrived at 12. I was only able to skim through hall 10 and 11, and stop by four dealers that I knew really well. overall, the materials are average with exception of several highend European and Japanese dealers. I saw a lot of rubies, sapphires, emeralds, paraibas, and alexandrites.
One thing for sure, the price tags were insanely high like it used to a year ago. I was considering to purchase a fine alexandrite, but I finally end up with a "not so alexandrite". It is a red chrysoberyl, but it may "change" to grayish teal under a controlled environment. Otherwise, it looks reddish purple, even under my living room's light. Btw, this germany dealer that I bought this red chrysoberyl, gave me a 100 years return period if any top lab conclude that this stone was not an untreated chrysoberyl.
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One thing for sure, the price tags were insanely high like it used to a year ago. I was considering to purchase a fine alexandrite, but I finally end up with a "not so alexandrite". It is a red chrysoberyl, but it may "change" to grayish teal under a controlled environment. Otherwise, it looks reddish purple, even under my living room's light. Btw, this germany dealer that I bought this red chrysoberyl, gave me a 100 years return period if any top lab conclude that this stone was not an untreated chrysoberyl.
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