Ordered a lab spinel and it's finished! Waiting for it to arrive. Not sure it's quite as neon as I hoped, but still beautiful!!
@lovedogs are you planning on having your stone set soon? If you are can you let me know if it's a complicated set? And any tips your jeweller has for completing the work? The couple jewellers I asked about it think it's going to be a complicated set. But since yours is similar to mine I figured it would be good to see what yours thinks about it. Or opposite if I happen to set mine first
Specifically told it (the stone) might be a bit complicated to set. Mostly about the evening of the prongs. (My personal guess was because it's not a typical round shape it might make it harder to sit in there.)
Why, because of the sides? I have a ring and a pendant, both I believe with 10 sides, set in 4 prong settings and it was no problem at all. Pendant was a WF custom but ring was a stock setting. Let me see if I can dig up their photos.
That's so good to hear/see! Thank you. Definitely makes me feel better about pronging the sucker. As long as the colour came out as pretty as it looked in his picture to me I was going to be happy with it anyway and just bezel it if I had to like the cutter had also suggested. One way or another this thing is getting set. Just a matter of how much and whenWhy, because of the sides? I have a ring and a pendant, both I believe with 10 sides, set in 4 prong settings and it was no problem at all. Pendant was a WF custom but ring was a stock setting. Let me see if I can dig up their photos.
I'm so curious to see mine in person.
This cobalt spinel is GORGEOUS! I can't decide whether I'd like to see this one set first or your red spinel set first. Have you decided, or need more time to decide which to set first?I got my lab spinel over the weekend and am THRILLED!!!
Quick pics in my bathroom. It almost shifts from a lighter to a darker blue depending on light. It's so pretty!!!
That's a good idea! What are the sizes on the side gems, and are you wanting to do all blue again, if you decide to change them?I actually already have the setting for this one. I'm going to replace the current aussie sapphire in my 5-stone sapphire ring, because the aussie was too dark for me IRL and I've been wanting to replace it with something more vibrant for a long time. Now the only question is whether to replace all 5 stones or just the middle one
Here's the ring that it will be going into (can't find any better pics for some reason!)
So here is my Christmasy synthetic sapphire pendant set with 0.46 tcw of diamonds in 18k WG.
I love this! It reminds me of a snowflake and it looks just gorgeous on you.
Can't wait to get these stones in my hand!
Wow gorgeous!I have a project in the works for a sort of mother's ring and my stones are finished! My daughters' birthdays are May and June, which is somewhat difficult birthstone - wise, being emerald and pearl/alexandrite. Not cheap, or particularly well suited to everyday wear, so I decided to go with lab created.
So the plan is for a 3 stone ring, with a 7mm alexandrite cushion and two 4.5mm emerald trillions. They were cut by Brian Wiebe from Stag and Finch and I think they look amazing! I would have to re-mortgage the house to get equivalent in natural stones! As always, the green doesn't really work for the alexandrite in photos
I have a project in the works for a sort of mother's ring and my stones are finished! My daughters' birthdays are May and June, which is somewhat difficult birthstone - wise, being emerald and pearl/alexandrite. Not cheap, or particularly well suited to everyday wear, so I decided to go with lab created.
So the plan is for a 3 stone ring, with a 7mm alexandrite cushion and two 4.5mm emerald trillions. They were cut by Brian Wiebe from Stag and Finch and I think they look amazing! I would have to re-mortgage the house to get equivalent in natural stones! As always, the green doesn't really work for the alexandrite in photos
So even though I'm very happy w the lab spinel I got, it's still not *exactly* the right color. After looking via google search, I found this example (cut by Peter toracca for a PSer a few years ago).
Since that's exactly the color I want, I asked RUSgems what cobalt spinel rough they had, since their cutting seems pretty poor and I'd rather have someone precision cut. They got back to me with this, which I LOVE!
So I might end up buying this massive 76ct rough and getting someone to cut it for me.
I also am obsessed with paraiba tourmaline, but sadly will never be able to afford the color I really want. Turns out RUS also has paraiba colored lab Beryl. So I'll probably order a few rounds and see how it looks in person!
So even though I'm very happy w the lab spinel I got, it's still not *exactly* the right color. After looking via google search, I found this example (cut by Peter toracca for a PSer a few years ago).
Since that's exactly the color I want, I asked RUSgems what cobalt spinel rough they had, since their cutting seems pretty poor and I'd rather have someone precision cut. They got back to me with this, which I LOVE!
So I might end up buying this massive 76ct rough and getting someone to cut it for me.
I also am obsessed with paraiba tourmaline, but sadly will never be able to afford the color I really want. Turns out RUS also has paraiba colored lab Beryl. So I'll probably order a few rounds and see how it looks in person!
I’m half tempted to see if you’d want to split it, as a nice piece of lab blue spinel rough is on my bucket list. But I’m afraid it might be priced like that tiny piece we looked at a while back!
Yeah, I think that 2.5 ct piece was like $9/ct!! If its reasonably priced maybe we should have a chat
I can't believe I'm over here! So... Gene is cutting a lab emerald for me. It's the only way I can get one you can see with the naked eye.
I'm interested in a good size lab ruby or sapphire (8mm+). Would you recommend Better Than a Diamond or Stag and Finch? Or are they the same-ish?
Thanks!!!!!
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