Does this look like a Padparadscha to you?

[T L]

Date: 10/12/2008 4:58:19 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 10/12/2008 3:44:28 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover

I saw Widget's pad, and my mouth was agape as I was looking at it.

The color reminded me of cotton candy (well the stone is a lot more beautiful of course).

Widgets Pad is my dream ring

I absolutely LOVE it!!!

For people that don't know who Widget is or what her pad ring looks like, it's in the middle of this thread (the ring surrounded by the half moon diamonds). Simply drop dead gorgeous.

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/padparadscha-sapphire-price.22504/

 

[Linda W]

You are making me drool all over again with a picture of Widgets Pad

. Notice the picture that Valeria posted. Pads can look pink, but in different lighting they turn orange. I have two than can switch color.

Widget also has a picture of hers showing the different color, but for the life of me, I can''t find it.



Linda

 

[PawnShopHustler]

http://prettyrock.com/php/product-detail.php?q=&v=&item=1124&type=product&return=/php/synthetic-rough.php%3F

 

[Linda W]

Date: 10/13/2008 12:27:49 AM
Author: PawnShopHustler
http://prettyrock.com/php/product-detail.php?q=&v=&item=1124&type=product&return=/php/synthetic-rough.php%3F

Uh, that is a synthetic Pad and a horrible one at that!!!!!

 

[Harriet]

I agree.

Pawnshophustler,
FYI, discussion of synthetics are not allowed on PS, absent explicit exceptions.

 

[Sagebrush]

All,

Here is an excerpt from my blog GemWise on the subject of padparadscha, hope it helps:

Boldly going where No Lab-rat has gone before.

Gemological Laboratories are under increasing pressure to add quality grading to their traditional role of determining origin and treatment of gemstones. One laboratory, AGL had been doing this for several years. However, recently under the aegis of the Lab Harmonizing Committee several of the leading labs have decided to aggressively go where no lab has gone before into the world of marketing. Gem Labs have entered the nomenclature business and into a firestorm of controversy .
The question of nomenclature is often more about tradition than science. You can study internal inclusions and make a determination about treatments and point out what specific anomalies led to your conclusions but how do you decide what to name a gem? The recent flap over Mozambique cuprian tourmaline that I covered in an earlier post is an excellent example.

Traditionally we name a gemstone based on species and variety but what happens in the case of a gem that is of the species corundum but derives its name strictly from a mix of colors? What gem am I thinking of? I’ll give you a hint; padparadscha sapphire.

In my book Secrets Of The Gem Trade, The Connoisseur’s Guide To Precious Gemstones, following the late great GIA gemologist Richard Liddicoat, I define padparadscha as a light to medium tone of pinkish orange to orangey pink. Up until recently, labs have avoided the issue by simply calling the colors; “pinkish orange” and so forth.

A consortium of gem labs under the title: The Laboratory Manual Harmonization Committee (LMHC) met in Milan and has drawn up a standardized definition of padparadscha. The LMHC consists of seven of the world’s major laboratories (AGTA Gem Testing Center, CISGEM (Milan), GAAJ (Japan), GIA (USA), Gemological Institute of Thailand, Gübelin Gem Lab (Switzerland) and SSEF Swiss Gemmological Institute (Switzerland). Some of these labs, excluding for the moment GIA-GTL, have begun to call and consumers have begun to demand a lab certificate that uses the term padparadscha to describe the stone. The question is, where is this definition coming from and is this the beginning of a brave new world wherein laboratory gemologists begin to dictate to dealers and connoisseurs?

“Well”, I can hear you say, “somebody’s got to cut through all the confusion.” and I agree. But, be careful what you wish for. Leaving aside the question of how this definition was arrived at, like it or not, once established the criteria determined by the labs will become the accepted definition. Are we ready for this and what in the training of a gemologist prepares them for this role? I received my Graduate Gemologist diploma some years back and I can tell that what a neophyte Graduate Gemologist doesn’t know about quality in gemstones would fill many volumes. A newly minted G.G. is little more than an apprentice scientist. Oh sure, he learns the GIA diamond grading system but…

According to Richard Hughes well known author and gemologist with the AGTA gem laboratory which makes him one of the most prominent lab-rats, laboratories have no business making such calls. He was particularly upset by the fact that the LMHC did not include a representative from Sri Lanka at the meetings where the decision was made (I mean where does the term come from?). Hughes also had problems with the adoption of a printed color chart developed by Franck Notari (GIA Geneva). Hughes makes the point that the definition of padparadscha is fuzzy at best and he feels that the insistence on hard a fast definitions is not appropriate. As proof of this assertion, Hughes did an analysis and discovered that the magnificent 20.84 carat padparadscha (pictured above left) that sold last year at Christies falls outside the parameters as defined by the chart adopted by the LMHC.

 

[Linda W]

Thank you so much Richard. I was hoping that you would chime in with your expertise. My love for the Padparadscha continues to grow.


Linda

 

[brandy_z28]

Linda, I can''t tell you enough how much I love your pad in your avatar and can hardly wait until you post more pics of it. It''s my dream pad. Widgets is absolutely mouth dropping as well. I unfortunatley don''t have anything to add to this post that hasn''t already been said. My pad, like Linda described, looks pink in some lights and orange in others. I can photograph it a few times (mind you they''ll all be blurry-LOL) and it''ll look different as far as the color play in almost every shot as the angle and lighting change it so much. It''s not like having a definition of what''s a pad and what isn''t really matters, at least to me anyway. Good thing since it varies so much! I love the colors and the sparkle and that''s all that matters.

Hope you find a nice one, keep us posted!