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Barry Blue Spinel the Third!

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Here's my new Barry blue, a very modest little fellow at .81ct and .56mm, but what a beautiful blue boy!

My cell phone pics:
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Some perspective.

Sorry the stone is so dirty, didn't have time to clean it!

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VapidLapid

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Still devastating!
 

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Ok, took a few minutes to clean the gem, haha.

Here you go, a few more pics.

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Novel

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Gah :love:

And, um, did you match your nail polish purposely?
 

maebelle

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Ugh. Barry's spinels make me a little faint. This guy packs such a punch, it hardly needs to be bigger!
 

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Novel|1305671308|2924277 said:
Gah :love:

And, um, did you match your nail polish purposely?


Haha no, I had a wedding to attend and I loved this nail color. It is a happy coincidence!

This is now my third barry blue spinel, I'm building up a small horde of them, haha.
 

athenaworth

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I looooove it!!! Why can't it be Wednesday already?!?
 

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It really does look like a sapphire Forte, there is very little of the steely gray mask.
 

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My gosh, that is a stunner! Whatever you do with it, it will be blindingly beautiful.
 

jstarfireb

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That's a fabulous blue!
 

ForteKitty

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MTG, do you have pics of your other blue spinel? is it set? i've only ever seen the two posted here. :)
 

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Sure, here is the other one, it's about 8mm. It's definitely has more of a violet touch.

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JewelFreak|1305675148|2924341 said:
My gosh, that is a stunner! Whatever you do with it, it will be blindingly beautiful.

I think one of the reasons I"m leaning towards putting this in the VC is because I think the intricate setting will compliment the relatively small size.

Can't really think of any other way to set it at the moment. I already have numerous solitaire RHRS, and I"m not really a halo person (and I think diamonds might make the spinel seem darker than it is) or a 3 stone person..hmm..
 

Lovinggems

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Beautiful spinel MTG, better than many blue sapphires and it matches your nails.
 

Barrett

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wow..a blue spinel that actually looks pretty darn gnice. I like that color ...first few pics did bring up comparisions of a sapphire to me as well. Nice pick MTG
 

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Lovinggems|1305763912|2925288 said:
Beautiful spinel MTG, better than many blue sapphires and it matches your nails.

Haha, I know right? I love that color nail polist, it's called "Laser"
 
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