fell for a color...

[chrono]

A cab aqua usually holds up better than a faceted aquamarine, especially if it is not overly included. I hope it’ll please your eyes and heart when you receive it.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Thanks chrono - if you remember any of the other threads I''ve started here, I tend to adore things outside the box lol It''s funny, because for about 3 weeks now I''ve had this vague idea in my head... and when I saw that one color I fell for this idea even more - but when I saw this one it clicked - it almost doesn''t matter what color it is, but if it is what it shows it will be perfect - lots of wiggle room. The qualities for the raindrop or drop of ocean in my mind are manifested in what I see here... I thought I wanted a greener clearer stone, but this is actually better. I''m thrilled! Can''t wait!!!

Any setting ideas are welcome

 

[chrono]

It’s definitely not seafoam

but it is a gorgeous pastel watery blue which the cabochon really plays up well. The lighting seems rather dark (dark tweezers) so I hope the colour isn’t too washed out IRL.

 

[Michael_E]

Congratulations on getting such a nice looking cab ! I just love high domed cabs, I think that it's because you can see through the sides a bit giving them a different look from every angle. You could ask the seller about the color, often aquas have a greenish cast which the camera doesn't pick up for some reason. As for durability, these high domed cabs are extremely durable. You might get some scratching on the upper surfaces,(which is easily polished out while in the setting if need be), but breaking one is nearly impossible. Having the color wash out in sunlight may happen, but it looks like the fine and well distributed internal "foggy" inclusions will make this stone glow. Please do take pictures when you get this if possible !

 

[T L]

I just got a mint green prehnite cab that same shape. Still figuring out what to do with it. Congrats. It''s not seafoam green, but more of a pastel greenish blue with a grey component, like you wanted.

 

[Cehrabehra]

No not seafoam but that pear shape - that alone... I''ve been keeping an eye out for years for a pear shape that sung to me and this is TOTALLY *it*. I figure, worst case scenario it''s super light and I''m okay with that - but I HOPE that it isn''t washed out. I love the color it shows. I am not fond of that background - what''s up with using such a dark color, seems deceptive.

 

[Cehrabehra]

I''m so excited!! lol It''s almost midnight here in china... I don''t know if I''m going to be able to sleep - but at least my "counting sheep" variation (which is usually imagining my diamond reset) is going to be new tonight!!! lol

What I know I want in a setting is a silver bezel (white gold maybe - unplated) that is like thick round wire to play off the roundness of the stone... and I am thinking of having it set e/w, maybe with a diamond, probably not. I thought a diamond halo would be nice when I was thinking of a clear faceted stone, but I''m much happier with how this is working out and I want the simmplicity and more casualness of a plain bezel - so probably won''t add a diamond (was thinking like 1/4 carat or something).

i''m so flipping excited I wish I could swear here lol My birthday is this month and I''m turning 40 and was planning to get an emerald... this is kinda close I''m going to come in WAY under budget - I told him to add it to my diamond reset and eternity band budget haha But who can think about those...

Stats:
Type: Aquamarine
Pieces: 1
Weight: 3.86 ct.
Size: 11.08 x 8.98 x 5.9 mm
Color: Light Blue
Shape: Pear Cabochon
Clarity: Transparent/Translucent
Treatment:None
Origin: Mozambique

 

[Michael_E]

That gray background is ideal for showing color correctly as it allows a person to manipulate the color of picture easily without making it obvious on the background. You have to choose something for a background and this is good because it doesn''t add any colors to the stone which aren''t there and it doesn''t mess around too much with the camera''s light meter and cause a washed out or off color picture like a white background can.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 5/7/2010 11:39:49 AM
Author: Michael_E
Congratulations on getting such a nice looking cab ! I just love high domed cabs, I think that it''s because you can see through the sides a bit giving them a different look from every angle. You could ask the seller about the color, often aquas have a greenish cast which the camera doesn''t pick up for some reason. As for durability, these high domed cabs are extremely durable. You might get some scratching on the upper surfaces,(which is easily polished out while in the setting if need be), but breaking one is nearly impossible. Having the color wash out in sunlight may happen, but it looks like the fine and well distributed internal ''foggy'' inclusions will make this stone glow. Please do take pictures when you get this if possible !

Oh hell ya I''ll take pics - people never complain for lack of that from me lol (quite the opposite).

I''m happy to hear your thoughts on cabs, because I do plan to wear this more often than I should. I may even wear it as an e-ring while in china since I got nothing in the bling dept here.

If the color is exact - I''m thrilled. if it''s a bit greener - I''m thrilled. if it''s a bit lighter I''m still happy. If it looks clear like no color at all I''ll be disappointed lol If it washes out in some lights and has a variety of personalities, that''s great.

Your website was the first I went to because I''ve always been fondest of you and your contribution here (in my limited exposure) - but your website is a mess (sorry!) right now... and then I stumbled on this and well...

 

[Cehrabehra]

See the little beauty mark way down on her ass? I LOVE THAT!!! I don''t want that covered lol

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 5/7/2010 11:58:45 AM
Author: Michael_E
That gray background is ideal for showing color correctly as it allows a person to manipulate the color of picture easily without making it obvious on the background. You have to choose something for a background and this is good because it doesn''t add any colors to the stone which aren''t there and it doesn''t mess around too much with the camera''s light meter and cause a washed out or off color picture like a white background can.

Is it going to be lighter than it looks because of this though? I know you can''t possibly *know* for sure, but just your experience... a little lighter or greener or bluer or darker would all be fine. If it comes out looking like a bright topaz or colorless...

 

[chrono]

Ruffysdad made a good point in a different aqua thread that gray backgrounds will intensify the color in stones that are paler than it would appear in sunlight on your hand which I agree with.

ETA
I did see that beauty mark on its butt and think it's cute way to identify your aqua.

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 5/6/2010 4:13:38 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover

I agree Chrono. No offense Michael, but I personally am not the type of person that cares for the romanticizing of colors in gems, afterall, what the heck color is ''pigeon''s blood???''

Since I never saw a pigeon''s blood, do I have to guess?

When describing color to a vendor, use the hue (ex: slightly bluish green), tone (light, medium light, medium, medium dark, dark) and saturation (slightly greyish/brownish, moderately strong, strong, vivid etc. . . . ). A good colored gem vendor will understand what you''re talking about and try to provide a more accurate stone according to your requirements.

Seafoam color? We once had a thread on that, and no one is still sure what exactly ''seafoam'' means, and it can mean a lot of different colors to many different people. Okay, I''m off my soapbox now.

Can''t agree more. I do not even understand what "cornflower" means - we have a lot of cornflowers in Russia, but they come in all shades, even if you gather them from the same field. They may be very light-blue, violet-blue, medium-blue. In general, I still have no idea what "cornflower" sapphire means.

I sthink I understand where "pigeon''s blood" comes from. Technically, it can be any blood that has hemolysed (i.e. the membrane of red cells has been broken). If you spread it on something soft and white (like a white feather), it looks very red and "varnishy" under the sun. Hence I do not like what stands behind this term and I suspect that whoever coined it was playing cruel games with animals, so I think we should not be using it.

Seafoam...I think we should ask THE LITTLE MERMAID.

Cehrabehra, congratulations, the stone is beautiful!

TL, I see so many specimen in your photographs. Tell me, did you strike a mine? I wanted to buy some rough on the I-net but links Amguy provided are scary.

 

[Cind11]

Date: 5/6/2010 10:07:47 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover

Date: 5/6/2010 9:56:04 PM
Author: Cind11
This is the tourmaline I received from Gene not quite a month ago. Do you call this seafoam?

I would call that medium light slightly bluish green with moderately strong saturation.

I would also call it beautiful!

Ha ha thanks. I really lke this stone. It is off with Sally right now. Won''t get the ring til the end of June!

 

[Cind11]

Date: 5/7/2010 5:17:29 AM
Author: virgoruby

Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:58 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Here''s a piece of medium toned slightly bluish green rough with strong saturation, and it''s not as pale as the other examples way above, and yet some people would call this seafoam too.

TL - That is beautiful!

It''s glowing... Is it your rough?

Cind - Can I see more pics of your beautiful tourmaline, please!

Well it is in Thailand right now so no pics for awhile. I tried taking photos of the loose stone before I sent it off, but they were some of the worst gemstone pics I have ever taken so I gave up!

 

[Arkteia]

Date: 5/7/2010 1:11:06 PM
Author: Cind11

Date: 5/7/2010 5:17:29 AM
Author: virgoruby

Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:58 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Here''s a piece of medium toned slightly bluish green rough with strong saturation, and it''s not as pale as the other examples way above, and yet some people would call this seafoam too.

TL - That is beautiful!

It''s glowing... Is it your rough?

Cind - Can I see more pics of your beautiful tourmaline, please!

Well it is in Thailand right now so no pics for awhile. I tried taking photos of the loose stone before I sent it off, but they were some of the worst gemstone pics I have ever taken so I gave up!

Just for my own interest - what kind of setting have you chosen? Is it a lotus, or something else?

 

[Cind11]

Date: 5/7/2010 1:15:33 PM
Author: crasru

Date: 5/7/2010 1:11:06 PM
Author: Cind11

Date: 5/7/2010 5:17:29 AM
Author: virgoruby

Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:58 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Here''s a piece of medium toned slightly bluish green rough with strong saturation, and it''s not as pale as the other examples way above, and yet some people would call this seafoam too.

TL - That is beautiful!

It''s glowing... Is it your rough?

Cind - Can I see more pics of your beautiful tourmaline, please!

Well it is in Thailand right now so no pics for awhile. I tried taking photos of the loose stone before I sent it off, but they were some of the worst gemstone pics I have ever taken so I gave up!

Just for my own interest - what kind of setting have you chosen? Is it a lotus, or something else?

No it isn''t a lotus. It is a bezel. It''s like Katebar"s setting which was based off Freefly''s setting. I really love this setting.

 

[Cind11]

Oh and Cehrabehra, that is a really pretty stone. I have an teardrop aqua cab set in a pendant. Mine I think has nore green in it.

 

[T L]

Date: 5/7/2010 5:17:29 AM
Author: virgoruby

Date: 5/6/2010 10:18:58 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Here''s a piece of medium toned slightly bluish green rough with strong saturation, and it''s not as pale as the other examples way above, and yet some people would call this seafoam too.

TL - That is beautiful!

It''s glowing... Is it your rough?

Cind - Can I see more pics of your beautiful tourmaline, please!

I WISH it were my rough, but that what I would wish for if I was looking for seafoam green, or whatever you want to call it. LOL!

 

[LD]

Cehrabehra - I bought an Aqua cat''s eye cab recently and the colour is very very very similar to yours. Mine is more opaque whereas yours is more translucent but looking at the vendor''s photos and knowing how mine looks, I think you''re going to love it.

 

[Cehrabehra]

it''s lovely! The first pic I thought wow that''s blue... then it was greyer and then greener - I could only hope mine has that sort of variety - I''m so excited... how are you going to set yours?

 

[LD]

Date: 5/7/2010 2:43:22 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
it''s lovely! The first pic I thought wow that''s blue... then it was greyer and then greener - I could only hope mine has that sort of variety - I''m so excited... how are you going to set yours?

I wish I knew! I''ve got about 93 projects ahead of it!!!! I keep thinking about setting a then b then c then I buy more stones and the list gets jigged around!!!

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 5/7/2010 3:05:40 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds

Date: 5/7/2010 2:43:22 PM

Author: Cehrabehra

it''s lovely! The first pic I thought wow that''s blue... then it was greyer and then greener - I could only hope mine has that sort of variety - I''m so excited... how are you going to set yours?

I wish I knew! I''ve got about 93 projects ahead of it!!!! I keep thinking about setting a then b then c then I buy more stones and the list gets jigged around!!!

I understand I know most of you gals have dozens of stones you may never set, the prices on a lot of these stones are not prohibitive! I think I like the one I chose way more than the price reflects lol

I didn''t sleep last night... well for like 3-3.5 hours. As soon as my dh rolled over on my hair at 6am on a saturday morning and I said ow - boom my head was full of visions lol

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 5/7/2010 11:53:34 AM
Author: Cehrabehra
I''m so excited!! lol It''s almost midnight here in china... I don''t know if I''m going to be able to sleep - but at least my ''counting sheep'' variation (which is usually imagining my diamond reset) is going to be new tonight!!! lol

What I know I want in a setting is a silver bezel (white gold maybe - unplated) that is like thick round wire to play off the roundness of the stone... and I am thinking of having it set e/w, maybe with a diamond, probably not. I thought a diamond halo would be nice when I was thinking of a clear faceted stone, but I''m much happier with how this is working out and I want the simmplicity and more casualness of a plain bezel - so probably won''t add a diamond (was thinking like 1/4 carat or something).

i''m so flipping excited I wish I could swear here lol My birthday is this month and I''m turning 40 and was planning to get an emerald... this is kinda close I''m going to come in WAY under budget - I told him to add it to my diamond reset and eternity band budget haha But who can think about those...

Stats:
Type: Aquamarine
Pieces: 1
Weight: 3.86 ct.
Size: 11.08 x 8.98 x 5.9 mm
Color: Light Blue
Shape: Pear Cabochon
Clarity: Transparent/Translucent
Treatment:None
Origin: Mozambique

Cehra - Looks like a great cab. It is nearly the same size as an Oregon Sunstone cab that I purchased recently. I had it set as a ring in a thin 18k gold bezel and silver backing. It is a great size for a ring and I really enjoy wearing it.

I don''t think you will be disappointed with your pretty aqua. Enjoy!!

 

[Cehrabehra]

that''s a really pretty color! I was thinking of having it set at an off angle with a diamond or something when it was still faceted (in my mind) but with the cab I''m probably not going to do that.

I went through your topics and didn''t see a thread on this stone - do you have any finished pictures of it on your hand? I am excited to see that!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 5/7/2010 9:26:41 PM
Author: Cehrabehra
that''s a really pretty color! I was thinking of having it set at an off angle with a diamond or something when it was still faceted (in my mind) but with the cab I''m probably not going to do that.

I went through your topics and didn''t see a thread on this stone - do you have any finished pictures of it on your hand? I am excited to see that!

Thanks for asking. The pictures were still on my camera, so I finally got around to downloading them (just for you

). I hope to get a thread about my Oregon sunstones up this weekend. (There, now I''ll have to do it.

)

I think this shape of cab looks great as a simple ring. The band is silver to hold the price down. The backing is pure silver which isn''t supposed to tarnish. I wear the ring this direction because the shiller is directional and is slightly prettier to me on this side.

 

[Cehrabehra]

Date: 5/7/2010 9:38:47 PM
Author: Fly Girl

Date: 5/7/2010 9:26:41 PM

Author: Cehrabehra

that''s a really pretty color! I was thinking of having it set at an off angle with a diamond or something when it was still faceted (in my mind) but with the cab I''m probably not going to do that.


I went through your topics and didn''t see a thread on this stone - do you have any finished pictures of it on your hand? I am excited to see that!

Thanks for asking. The pictures were still on my camera, so I finally got around to downloading them (just for you

). I hope to get a thread about my Oregon sunstones up this weekend. (There, now I''ll have to do it.

)

I think this shape of cab looks great as a simple ring. The band is silver to hold the price down. The backing is pure silver which isn''t supposed to tarnish. I wear the ring this direction because the shiller is directional and is slightly prettier to me on this side.

wow - often I prefer the look of gemstones unset because, well I have no explanation lol I like them set but... anyway - that stone just blossoms in that setting - please post more pics! Who did that setting? It''s very close to what I am hoping for... but I am very much leaning toward an e/w orientation... What size ring is that? Stone dimensions? haha - you''re feeding my lust right now

 

[packrat]

Sara, that cab is gooorgeous!!! Oh my I love that color!!! It''s a fat lil sucker too. I can''t wait to see it set!

Fly Girl, your sunstone is beautiful! Looking forward to seeing the thread and more pictures!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 5/7/2010 9:47:36 PM
Author: Cehrabehra

Date: 5/7/2010 9:38:47 PM
Author: Fly Girl

Date: 5/7/2010 9:26:41 PM

Author: Cehrabehra

that''s a really pretty color! I was thinking of having it set at an off angle with a diamond or something when it was still faceted (in my mind) but with the cab I''m probably not going to do that.


I went through your topics and didn''t see a thread on this stone - do you have any finished pictures of it on your hand? I am excited to see that!

Thanks for asking. The pictures were still on my camera, so I finally got around to downloading them (just for you

). I hope to get a thread about my Oregon sunstones up this weekend. (There, now I''ll have to do it.

)

I think this shape of cab looks great as a simple ring. The band is silver to hold the price down. The backing is pure silver which isn''t supposed to tarnish. I wear the ring this direction because the shiller is directional and is slightly prettier to me on this side.

wow - often I prefer the look of gemstones unset because, well I have no explanation lol I like them set but... anyway - that stone just blossoms in that setting - please post more pics! Who did that setting? It''s very close to what I am hoping for... but I am very much leaning toward an e/w orientation... What size ring is that? Stone dimensions? haha - you''re feeding my lust right now

The stone is 3.41 ct and 9 x 12 mm. Janishjewels on etsy did the setting. She does lovely E-W settings as well. I''ll link you to an aqua one. Link

 

[Cehrabehra]

thanks packrat - I am such a cs novice it makes me a bit insecure about how others see my choice, but regardless of what anyone else thinks I really do love it and I know that is all that matters, but knowing others think it''s nice is great

Flygirl - seriously we need more pics lol That artist is awesome - really nice bezels... I have yet to even have a ballpark idea of what silver custom settings cost... is it closer to $50 or to $1000?