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OOOH NOVEL thats such a pretty gemmy, and the lotus earringsDate: 11/25/2009 12:28:10 PM
Author: Novel
Date: 11/25/2009 11:39:08 AM
Author: MakingTheGrade
Yay Novel!!
Thanks, MTG! They''re the below stones and I was thinking that if there isn''t too much extinction (static photo...), then I''d set them (eventually) in silver lotus earrings. I loved the color and the price was right!
Date: 11/25/2009 1:21:09 PM
Author: D&T
OOOH NOVEL thats such a pretty gemmy, and the lotus earringsDate: 11/25/2009 12:28:10 PM
Author: Novel
Date: 11/25/2009 11:39:08 AM
Author: MakingTheGrade
Yay Novel!!
Thanks, MTG! They're the below stones and I was thinking that if there isn't too much extinction (static photo...), then I'd set them (eventually) in silver lotus earrings. I loved the color and the price was right!I've been contemplating about getting a pair. So I'll be waiting to see yours![]()
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Date: 11/25/2009 11:14:20 AM
Author: D&T
ok I''ll spill,
I just acquired this beauty... its a christmas/birthday/mother''s day present. I''ve been drooling over this for sooooo long and have tried to persuade other PSer''s on this beauty, but alas, it was meant for ....ME! since many know how much I![]()
love concave cuts!- its finally time I get one from the Master himself.![]()
I won''t get this until February though... maybe sooner (if my bonus comes through) but no rush as we have to save up for the Ritani inspired halo setting as well and Wink has this locked up for me until I figure it all out- THANK YOU WINK!![]()
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Date: 11/25/2009 1:12:21 PM
Author: jstarfireb
I bought too many colored stones before the holidays, so I don''t have much of a list. I do have a tiny benitoite on hold...and I may be looking for a tsav to replace the beautiful Gemrite one that I just learned was broken during setting.![]()
oooh, I have to search for your thread on the concave spess again,, I sooo love concave cutsDate: 11/25/2009 1:28:46 PM
Author: LtlFirecracker
Date: 11/25/2009 11:14:20 AM
Author: D&T
ok I''ll spill,
I just acquired this beauty... its a christmas/birthday/mother''s day present. I''ve been drooling over this for sooooo long and have tried to persuade other PSer''s on this beauty, but alas, it was meant for ....ME! since many know how much I![]()
love concave cuts!- its finally time I get one from the Master himself.![]()
I won''t get this until February though... maybe sooner (if my bonus comes through) but no rush as we have to save up for the Ritani inspired halo setting as well and Wink has this locked up for me until I figure it all out- THANK YOU WINK!![]()
LOVE that stone. I actually got a quote on it last March, but decided to get my concave cut spess instead.
No gemstone presents for me.....holding out for a diamond maybe (?). By BF totally is keeping me in the dark, he really wants me to have no idea when it is coming....annoying.
I am starting my list for next year, but I don''t think I will get as many stones as I did this year. My first project is to set the spess.
Date: 11/25/2009 1:39:35 PM
Author: IrisAccents
Concave cuts are sooo beautiful- that sapphire is yummy!
I am still waiting to see my purple sapphire halo ering now that it is set- and **HOPE** I will be getting it soon! BF has been sitting on it for a month because his original plan (on Halloween) was foiled.![]()
I''ll share as soon as it is on my finger- and am also hoping to see lots of new colored stone treats after the Holidays!
Those look quite good for blue spinels...but you brought up a good point about the extinction. They look like the half and half extinction that I sometimes see when the wrong design is chosen for the stone. Is the culet pointed or a keel? I suspect a pointed culet. I'm sorry to say the half and half effect does not go away. I have one such stone purchased years ago that I've never set because it bugged me to no end. I thought this effect would go away and was common in gemstones but found out years later that it is not acceptable.Date: 11/25/2009 12:28:10 PM
Author: Novel
Thanks, MTG! They're the below stones and I was thinking that if there isn't too much extinction (static photo...), then I'd set them (eventually) in silver lotus earrings. I loved the color and the price was right!
D&T,Date: 11/25/2009 1:07:03 PM
Author: D&T
thanks ladies!!! I''m sooo excited for this gemmyI''m actually going to halo it...lol I don''t have any halo... here is the inspiration ring that it will go in (only I think I''m going with yellow gold since my wedding rings are in yg),,, with my mockup of the gem in it..lol![]()
It depends on the rough material. Some are fine with a pointed culet, others do better with a keel. Remember also that diamonds are different from coloured gemstones. The purpose of diamonds is brilliance and light reflection while the purpose of coloured gemstone is colour reflection with a balance of brilliance.Date: 11/25/2009 1:57:06 PM
Author: Novel
Sorry to threadjack, but Chrono, should an oval have a keel or pointed cutlet? I''d read about keel vs. pointed cutlet on a thread from Karl somewhere regarding ECs and princesses, but not for these shapes. And honestly, I have no idea. This was the only picture and it was such an impulse thing for me (which I''m still a little shocked by) that I didn''t ask for more pictures.
This is dreadful...is the stone salvageable?Date: 11/25/2009 1:12:21 PM
Author: jstarfireb
I bought too many colored stones before the holidays, so I don''t have much of a list. I do have a tiny benitoite on hold...and I may be looking for a tsav to replace the beautiful Gemrite one that I just learned was broken during setting.![]()