so i went to the natural history museum in nyc today with my toddler.. we looked at the stuffed animals, butterflies (awesome), then i managed to get us down to the gem collection. i'd say i had anywhere from 86 to 94 soothing and leisurely seconds of concentrated viewing... but it was amazing! ive only starting reading about gems, but the first thing i saw as i walked in was a 5ct rich deep red, gorgeous... diamond! i was really glad that i can now appreciate how rare that is and how lucky i am to have seen it.
next i saw the sapphire case... amazing... before i only really "got" ruby and blue sapphire, now i "get" all the colors. they have a look that is unlike anything else. then the emerald roughs, i really thought the emeralds weren't as heavily represented as they should be. on to the... star of india!! another one, i didn't understand what it meant to be transparent and be a star sapphire... amazing.. sought out some orthoclase feldspars with shiller (moonstone), but that again seemed like it was a little underrepresented.. they didn't seem "gem" quality, or i have no idea what that means.. they weren't transparent, and i actually think that some of the people here have ones atleast as good (there was someone who had an amazing collection they posted recently but i can't find).
but the one that i remember the most is the 100.18ct pad in the sapphire case... out of this world. now i want a pad, but i don't want a pad, because i don't think anything will look that that one. it had more tone than i thought, fully saturated, and the color was amazingly delicate and on fire at the same time.... unforgettable, even though i probably spent about 20 seconds looking at it total today...
next i saw the sapphire case... amazing... before i only really "got" ruby and blue sapphire, now i "get" all the colors. they have a look that is unlike anything else. then the emerald roughs, i really thought the emeralds weren't as heavily represented as they should be. on to the... star of india!! another one, i didn't understand what it meant to be transparent and be a star sapphire... amazing.. sought out some orthoclase feldspars with shiller (moonstone), but that again seemed like it was a little underrepresented.. they didn't seem "gem" quality, or i have no idea what that means.. they weren't transparent, and i actually think that some of the people here have ones atleast as good (there was someone who had an amazing collection they posted recently but i can't find).
but the one that i remember the most is the 100.18ct pad in the sapphire case... out of this world. now i want a pad, but i don't want a pad, because i don't think anything will look that that one. it had more tone than i thought, fully saturated, and the color was amazingly delicate and on fire at the same time.... unforgettable, even though i probably spent about 20 seconds looking at it total today...
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