Bought some garnets!

Gemobsessed · Jan 30, 2018

I have bought a couple of garnets- One Umbalite and one small mehenge-6.5mm and 5mm respectively.

I was thinking they may make a cool stacker set or just be good on their own. Would really love some ideas! Please share your ideas for a low cost setting!

mellowyellowgirl · Jan 30, 2018

Wow!!!! Amazing colour!

pwsg07 · Jan 31, 2018

Umbalite and Mahenge probably have the most vivid colour for red garnet. Which one is brighter?

Gemobsessed · Jan 31, 2018

pwsg07 said:
Umbalite and Mahenge probably have the most vivid colour for red garnet. Which one is brighter?

I think they both are very bright. In general round cut being more sparkly coupled with lighter colour maybe the little mehenge is brighter

chatoyancy · Jan 31, 2018

They are gorgeous! They look so bright and saturated. How do you photograph yours? I can’t get my photos to look like the actual stones do IRL. It’s so embarrassing!

Gemobsessed · Jan 31, 2018

chatoyancy said:
They are gorgeous! They look so bright and saturated. How do you photograph yours? I can’t get my photos to look like the actual stones do IRL. It’s so embarrassing!

I just use my iPhone 7 in my office garden. Usually comes out exactly like it looks. But one trick is to take a video and extract some moments from the video. That’s usually the best representation of the stone.

chatoyancy · Jan 31, 2018

Gemobsessed said:
I just use my iPhone 7 in my office garden. Usually comes out exactly like it looks. But one trick is to take a video and extract some moments from the video. That’s usually the best representation of the stone.

Thank you for the tips! I have noticed that my outside pics turn out better. My indoor photos are atrocious. It was just so windy yesterday.

T L · Jan 31, 2018

Very pretty! I would get a round tsavorite, and make stackers with all three. I love pink and green together.

Rubybrick · Jan 31, 2018

They are lovely, the colors compliment each other so nicely, I’d go for stackers

Gemobsessed · Jan 31, 2018

T L said:
Very pretty! I would get a round tsavorite, and make stackers with all three. I love pink and green together.

Sounds awesome! Never thought of that. Do you have something with Green and pink together? Would love to see an example.

T L · Jan 31, 2018

Gemobsessed said:
Sounds awesome! Never thought of that. Do you have something with Green and pink together? Would love to see an example.

Mint garnet and pink spinels

https://www.pricescope.com/communit...5/345556-2e06b643a7f7dd7a7da62a01466466c0.jpg

elle_71125 · Jan 31, 2018

Great pic of your beautiful new gems. I love them both but that little spinel is just to pretty.

Have you checked out Ivy & Rose for some inexpensive settings? I know a lot of people use them for cheaper settings.

Gemobsessed · Jan 31, 2018

elle_71125 said:
Great pic of your beautiful new gems. I love them both but that little spinel is just to pretty. Have you checked out Ivy & Rose for some inexpensive settings? I know a lot of people use them for cheaper settings.

Oh no spinels here. Both garnets even the little one.

I will check Ivy and rose out now. It’s a great idea

elle_71125 · Jan 31, 2018

Gemobsessed said:
Oh no spinels here. Both garnets even the little one.

I will check Ivy and rose out now. It’s a great idea

Oops. My bad.

MissyBeaucoup · Jan 31, 2018

Wow! So pretty! The colors are yummy!

I love garnets and found a nice halo setting for my mandarin spessartite at Ivy and Rose. It was reasonably priced and they were easy to work with.

Gemobsessed · Jan 31, 2018

MissyBeaucoup said:
Wow! So pretty! The colors are yummy!

I love garnets and found a nice halo setting for my mandarin spessartite at Ivy and Rose. It was reasonably priced and they were easy to work with.

Ooh I have had my eye on this one! Please do share pics !

dkata · Feb 1, 2018

@Gemobsessed those are beautiful garnets, and it seems, we have similar tastes. I’m eyeing the same setting from I&R, and I’m also planning to set a 6 mm mahenge garnet in this setting! Funny! I’ve just opened a thread about it!

Lisa Loves Shiny · Feb 1, 2018

Very pretty and bright!

jewelsforalltosee · Feb 1, 2018

I really love those colors @Gemobsessed! Stacking rings would be lovely! But I also really like that semi mount @MissyBeaucoup posted...hmmm decisions!...I have my garnet to set at some point too!

Gemobsessed · Feb 3, 2018

Thank you Guys for your kind words and yes indeed that setting is gorgeous! I think I will definitely go the stacking route. The Umbalite garnet looks very purple in evening light and that will go with my smaller mehenge. Here are another couple of pics...

woweezowee · Feb 3, 2018

Those are beautiful! Who cut them??

shinyrocks · Feb 3, 2018

Ooooo - beautiful! I love them both

Gemobsessed · Feb 3, 2018

woweezowee said:
Those are beautiful! Who cut them??

Thank you ! I got it from Abraham Gomez on Facebook. This is an octagon cut but from the bottom it’s like a Portuguese cut. It’s really his best. So shiny!

Bron357 · Feb 3, 2018

Another here eyeing off Ivy and Rose for my bright yellow sapphire.
Maybe all us PS ers should be getting a discount - ha ha.

Bron357 · Feb 3, 2018

MissyBeaucoup said:
Wow! So pretty! The colors are yummy!

I love garnets and found a nice halo setting for my mandarin spessartite at Ivy and Rose. It was reasonably priced and they were easy to work with.

Did you send them the spess? I’m in Australia but they charge heaps here just to set so maybe it’s cheaper to post my sapphire over and get it set and returned?

Stone Hunter · Feb 3, 2018

Gemobsessed said:
I have bought a couple of garnets- One Umbalite and one small mehenge-6.5mm and 5mm respectively.

I was thinking they may make a cool stacker set or just be good on their own. Would really love some ideas! Please share your ideas for a low cost setting!

GREAT color and cuts on those garnets!! I love the stacking idea. Stuller.com has many reasonable priced settings.

Gemobsessed · Feb 4, 2018

Bron357 said:
Another here eyeing off Ivy and Rose for my bright yellow sapphire.
Maybe all us PS ers should be getting a discount - ha ha.

Oh my I totally agree! We should do get the discount!

Gemobsessed · Feb 4, 2018

Stone Hunter said:
GREAT color and cuts on those garnets!! I love the stacking idea. Stuller.com has many reasonable priced settings.

I am not that familiar with Stuller. I will check it out

Thanks so much

pwsg07 · Feb 4, 2018

Bron357 said:
Another here eyeing off Ivy and Rose for my bright yellow sapphire.
Maybe all us PS ers should be getting a discount - ha ha.

It is so hard to find a vivid yellow sapphire. Is it untreated? Where is the origin?

Stone Hunter · Feb 4, 2018

Gemobsessed said:
I am not that familiar with Stuller. I will check it out
Thanks so much

You won't be able to see the prices. I pick a setting and ask my local jeweler for the price of the mounting and their fee for setting the stone. Cost varies with the price of gold and how much metal the mounting uses. Different jewelers charge different amounts. I go to one that is comfortable setting garnets. HTH

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