Barry peach tourmaline

[arjunajane]

Hey all,
I received this tourmaline from Barry earlier this week - I ordered it after those couple
pretty peachy tourmalines were in the May drop..It''s 2.4cts..

Now, this is officially the first gem that has given me trouble to photo
accurately - I''ve never had a problem with any of my other stones, but despite my efforts
this one simply will not show it''s true colours !
IRL it''s a very delicate peachy pink colour - but in the photos it looks..gold?
It has awesome sparkle - I''m not sure if this is a normal facet of tourmalines, or Barry''s cutting,
or both - but it''s a serious sparkler..

I haven''t tried to photograph it in the sun yet, as there hasn''t been any all week

I will see how it shows up in natural light hopefully soon.

For now, here''s a bunch of pics is in the lightbox - granted, it could be my lighting imparting
some of the gold colour as I haven''t got anything special happening..

Oh and this is my first Barry round cut - I''m in love!

 

[arjunajane]

Lot''s of pics..

see what I mean about the colour? it''s really weird!

 

[Nomsdeplume]

It does look very gold... Quite strange.
But it''s pretty.

 

[arjunajane]

To show how different it can look, here''s the same spot with flash -
this is darker than I see though - so the real thing is a combo between the two,
if you can imagine that, lol..

 

[arjunajane]

for reference, here is one of Barry''s pics - this is almost exactly what I see in person.

Hey kribbie - I know, it''s so strange - I''ve never come across this kinda thing before,
usually I find my pics are pretty darn close.

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Maybe it''s just shy.

It''s already warming to the camera. I''m loving the color in the latest pics!

 

[arjunajane]

And here''s about as close as I got..

 

[Lovinggems]

It looks like a lively, bright stone.

Maybe you need sunlight to capture its true colour? I am looking forward to more photos.

 

[arjunajane]

Here''s some more gold-y ones jff..


Kribbie, I actually really like the colour in the pics (although I like the real life colour better
though)

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I''m looking forward to seeing it in the sun.


thanks for looking!

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 5/23/2009 11:08:16 AM
Author: Lovinggems
It looks like a lively, bright stone.

Maybe you need sunlight to capture its true colour? I am looking forward to more photos.

Hey LG! It is really bright, and def. sparkly..
I like it alot.

I will take some pics when I get some sun to compare for sure -
winter decided to come on here all of a sudden, and it''s been crazy stormy all week - and very cold!

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Hmmm... I think I might start looking around for a golden tourmaline.

 

[arjunajane]

Pretty facets - love this cut!

Ok, that''s all for now,

 

[weegem]

Seriously stunning!!!

 

[Stone Hunter]

Very pretty looking stone. I look forward to seeing photos of it in sunlight.

What plans do you have for it?

 

[arjunajane]

Date: 5/23/2009 11:26:50 AM
Author: Stone Hunter
Very pretty looking stone. I look forward to seeing photos of it in sunlight.


What plans do you have for it?

thx Hunter - actually, none yet - except for that it will be a ring.
I am thinking it should go in WG though, what do you think?


thankyou weegem!

 

[ma re]

A great stone! Regarding metal choice, I know most will say yellow gold, but I think even white can look lovely, assuming there are no brown or grey secondaries. If the color is...gentle (for the lack of a better word), and looks apricotish, either metal can work. Heck, I think even rose gold might work with this color, to make it blushy.

 

[D&T]

I''m loving all of barry''s stone.. they are gorgeous, and this is one yummy peach.. I know what you mean,, it took me forever and half to get the right shots for my little tourmaline to look like his photo.

 

[FrekeChild]

I vote rose gold! I think it''s gorgeous!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Very pretty!
Yeah, I find pink-peachy stones tricky to photograph sometimes too, I don''t what the camera does to make it so difference from what we see. But I had a tough time photographing my malaya and pad (though it was a fun time trying!).

It looks so nice though, I really need to get a Barry stone one day, love his cuts.

 

[Gypsy]

I love it! It''s beautiful. It looks like it has some personality too. I can''t wait to see it set. I''m going to vote for white gold. It looks like it has enough color to hold it''s own. Or maybe if you want a vintage look, unplated 14k white gold.

 

[LaurenThePartier]

That is pretty! Peach pink stones never photograph well for me, but I''m sure it''s a gorgeous stone in person!

 

[Linda W]

It''s gorgeous AJ, I love the different color shifts it has. Barry cuts are so darn beautiful. Any ideas how you will set it?

 

[chrono]

It''s sort of funny that it''s showing all sorts of colours except the one in Barry''s picture.

 

[packrat]

Pretty stone! I second Gypsy w/the unplated wg!

 

[marcy]

Love the color.

 

[arjunajane]

well, what a difference the daylight makes!
So it appears my tourm doesn''t like halogens, but she does like the sun

This is still not *exactly* what I see irl (it''s still prettier)but it''s very close..
truth be told, I''m really digging the colour shift on it!

I don''t believe I''ve ever seen one except in pics, but this stone reminds me of what I imagine a pad colour is..

 

[arjunajane]

I love the way the facets light up in Barry''s cuts!
I cannot wait to get another one..

Thankyou all who have commented so far - and I love the idea of unplated WG - I honestly
think that will be perfect with this girl. I don''t have an idea for setting yet - but most
likely will go to Sally sometime in future.

so warning, this is a lil pic-heavy as I enjoyed the challenge of trying to capture
this gem''s true colour..(and being out in the sun)

 

[arjunajane]

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[arjunajane]

looking rosey..

sorry if these are a lil repetitive - I was a bit scared of doing a full on
photo shoot with this one as I''d already dropped it a couple times

 

[arjunajane]