Lupinbunny
Rough_Rock
- Joined
- Jul 22, 2008
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I'm getting a pair of demantoid studs made up, and have two sets of stones to choose from... and I'm having trouble deciding. So, without seeing pictures, what would you do in my situation?
Both pairs are the same price.
Both pairs are very, very similar in colour. Pair A is a touch more mossy and is deeper in colour, Pair B maybe best described as 'grassy.' Probably has a touch less brown in it.
Pair A is African, 5 mm across, big, bold flashes of light and loads of red and blue flashes. Definitely look bigger than Pair B. Clean.
Pair B is Russian, 4.5mm across, doesn't have the same bold red and blue flashes. They have smaller, more glittery sparkles. One stone has an inclusion juuuuust visible to my eye that is apparently a horsetail under loupe. I think the other may have some loupable inclusions also, but I can't see them for the life of me.
So - size and fire; or origin and slightly better colour?
Both pairs are the same price.
Both pairs are very, very similar in colour. Pair A is a touch more mossy and is deeper in colour, Pair B maybe best described as 'grassy.' Probably has a touch less brown in it.
Pair A is African, 5 mm across, big, bold flashes of light and loads of red and blue flashes. Definitely look bigger than Pair B. Clean.
Pair B is Russian, 4.5mm across, doesn't have the same bold red and blue flashes. They have smaller, more glittery sparkles. One stone has an inclusion juuuuust visible to my eye that is apparently a horsetail under loupe. I think the other may have some loupable inclusions also, but I can't see them for the life of me.
So - size and fire; or origin and slightly better colour?