DS tourmaline for Christmas and collection pics

[packrat]

It came today! 1.25ct, 6.84mm. No sun, totally overcast and coooold. I had some ideas in mind what to do w/it but now I don't know! Any suggestions welcome, and metal color ideas?

Also took some pics of my little collection-it makes me so happy to look at it!

 

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[packrat]

With my yellow green oval chrysoberyls from Tan..that also don't have a home planned. Bypass maybe.

 

[packrat]

Collection pics. The yellow chryso's look very yellow!

 

[minousbijoux]

Good going, Packrat! I'm a sucker for those light green tourms, but man, I love your chysoberyls, especially the round one in the lower left corner! It looks like you have only well cut stones in your collection.

Also, thanks so much for a photo of snow - I am a transplanted New Englander and boy, do I miss it

 

[packrat]

Thanks Minous!

Oh boy, we've got snow! Not near as much as we did last year at this time. Last year we ended up w/60+ inches thru the winter. I think right now we're at like..4. I bet it's weird being away from it!

 

[baby nurse]

I'm in NH and we had a huge storm yesterday and today. So now we've got a foot of snow and it's FREEZING!

Your tourmaline is beautiful and looks even better in person than in the picture! I especially like the picture of your collection! What is the pair of ovals beside your PT asscher?

 

[packrat]

Thanks BN! I'm really happy w/it. I notice the pics look like they have a haze over them..like a film or something. This must be the weirdness Kenny and TL were talking about. The tourm is really very sparkly and bright!

The ovals on the bottom by PT's asscher are the supernova zircons Michael E cut for me last Spring. They go along w/the supernova yellow chryso above them for the three stone..the ever elusive three stone. They're white and have just a hint of pink in them-which I never saw until Michael and a couple eagle eyes on here pointed it out! They really look pink in these pics, I suppose b/c they're next to the asscher.

 

[loriken214]

Love that color and your collection is amazing!!!

Lori

 

[packrat]

Thanks Lori!

 

[Lovinggems]

Lovely collection, and really like the snow background.

 

[LD]

Packrat looks like you're suffering from the same weather as me! We've been knee deep in snow for what feels like weeks!

I'm sensing a theme in your collection - you're veering to yellow based stones! I adore your Chryso's and also the new addition. You asked about what colour to set it in? Well if you want a very cool looking ring then it must be w/gold but if you want to warm up the stone and excentuate the colour then y/gold would do the trick. You're lucky because I think you could use either colour metal depending on the end look you want.

 

[JewelFreak]

Packrat, such a pretty collection! I'm nuts about the chryso on the lower left, beautiful cut & saturation & tone & everything else. Love the asscher too. What to do with the ovals in your first pics? I see them as knockout earrings!

--- Laurie

 

[chrono]

Green gold! Green gold! Green gold!

I see that you also experienced this washing out of colour once pictures are posted on PS. I don’t fully understand what is going on though but I feel your pain.

 

[m76steve]

very nice collection of tourl-i c some very nice pendents in various configs-to b seen about eyelevel & a joy for others to c-steve...

 

[packrat]

Thanks everyone!

I was actually thinking about doing yellow or rose gold? I'm having issues w/what I planned for it. Now I wonder if it's too different.

Green gold-Chrono you are naughty! I don't know if I can think outside the box like that. I can maybe lift the flap and peek outside.

 

[Aoife]

Very pretty stone, and I love the collection you're accumulating!

If the choice is between yellow or rose gold, I like the yellow with that stone.

 

[megeve]

What a beautiful collection you have! Thanks for sharing.

I am also in the yg camp!

 

[davi_el_mejor]

I love the crispness of the stone! It's a horrible sounding description, but looks like the color of iceberg lettuce to me. Which I happen to like Metal choice, I think an icy argentium silver would make the stone pop, but maybe I'm weird

What a great collection!

 

[VapidLapid]

I too have the problem with pictures turning washed out and unsaturated when uploaded to PS, so I darken them slightly before and then they come out normal

Oh yeah, and, green gold, green gold, greengold with maybe some gold accents patinated black!!!

 

[packrat]

Thanks guys! haha iceberg lettuce! That makes me chuckle. I took some pics in the sun today but I don't know how good they are. Gotta get groceries and then I'll check when I get back and see if they're worth posting or not. Also will post what my idea is and you guys can tell me what you think.

 

[packrat]

A few new pics. My hand looks like it's an old lady hand so I'm a little weirded out by that. I need to remember lotion is my friend.

 

[packrat]

Last one, then what I've been thinking of for it. I stole Heliotrope's drawing from her goshenite ring..I was thinking to do a double bezel like that, only the inside bezel round obviously. Also, a pic of Coati's ring, w/the round/cushion double bezel. So, like hers only square instead of cushion for the outside bezel. And my plan was to do either yellow or rose gold for the round bezel next to the stone and then silver for all the rest. However, I don't know if that would look nice or if both bezels should be the same metal color.

Also, was thinking of setting it on point, maybe, like this other ring I found..

 

[packrat]

This is the other one, set on point. So..a round bezel inside there. Unsure. Then also, thought maybe it's too different w/the two different shapes and maybe setting it on point like that. Maybe should be double round, like the DM ring..even tho this is a three stone.

 

[D&T]

oh my goodness I love the color!!! such fun stone! I love the DOUBLE look a la Coati

and looky you looking all official with the gem case

 

[packrat]

tee hee, I'm cheating, it's not a gem case it's a box Freke sent one of the stones in! I did go all out and buy gem boxes tho haha.