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This was originally going to be my ering stone, but I decided I wanted something a bit bigger (which arrived today and I will be posting pics of that too once I''ve resized them
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In the meantime, I thought I''d post some pics of my first coloured gemstone purchase, this is what Dan Stair told me about it :

That spinel is a very pretty grape purple color that shifts toward pinkish purple under incandescent light. I cut it as an Asscher style square emerald. It doesn''t have quite as many rows of facets or the pavillion depth as what I''d call a full Asscher cut, but is close and very pretty. This stone weighs .94 carats, measures 5.37mm across from side to side and appears to be flawless under 10x magnification.

First, here is the vendor picture

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I should perhaps mention this is the first time I''ve attempted to take pictures of gemstones - apologies if they are rubbish!

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picture number 2

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picture number 3

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picture number 4

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picture number 6

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Linda W

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It''s beautiful and I LOVE the color of it.
 

MissDayna

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oops, this should be #6, silly me

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#7

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#11 - sorry about the overload of pics, I''m nearly done!

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#14, last one I promise!
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hope you liked them!

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Can you take a couple of pictures outside of the box please?

I''m liking what I''m seeing!!!
 

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Very nice! I figured you''d want to bump the size for your e-ring! Can''t wait to see the e-ring stone. However, this is very pretty! How will you set it?
 

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Thanks Linda and Freke

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Freke - I''ll go put my camera on charge now (I kinda drained the battery taking so many pics of my new arrival - it''s a pain trying to capture a colour-shift
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Thanks Cinnamon, I''m not really sure what I''m doing with this one yet, thinking about maybe incorporating it in my wedding band when I get to that stage but not entirely sure if that would work or not

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Very nice. Add me to the list of people that want to see "out of the box" photos.
 

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Very pretty! I wanna see some playful (out of the box) shots too!
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ma re

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Very nice!
 

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LOVE THIS ONE!!!
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Lovely colour and cut!
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Very pretty and I love the cut!
 

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I would like to see pictures of it out of the gemstone box. From what I can see, it looks lovely!
 

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Thanks for all of your kind words Stone Hunter, Brandy, Ma re, Loriken, Lovinggems, Catmom and Cushioncutnut!
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as requested - here are some pics of the spinel out of the box, I will need to get some flowers so I can take more interesting photos!

first, looking nice and pinky-purple

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MissDayna

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damn fingerprints!

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sitting on my DS Lite

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