Grossularite Mint Garnet from Gene

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This was taken on a gold scrapbook paper...

 

[mochi]

Malaya, Malaya, Grossularite, Umba

This picture looks like a painting...

 

[loriken214]

YAY....what a beauty Mochi!!! I''m SO glad you got this pretty one. As always, your photos blow me away!!!

Lori

 

[FrekeChild]

It''s just gorgeous mochi....

 

[stepcutnut]

Loverly color and cut!!!

 

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The sun peaked out today for a bit so I took a few pictures...

 

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It picks up the surrounding color, my orange t-shirt...

 

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Max got a little too close to the stones, so he was scolded. He decided to pout and hide under the bed..

 

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This is Max...the Terror...

 

[icekid]

woohoo new mochi photos!! It''s such a great stone- just love the cut. Not to mention Max...

 

[cinnamon013]

I just love the new photos! How awesome! Such a great find from Gene.

 

[T L]

Max is a cutie, and the cutting is much clearer in these sets of photos. That stone was probably a very complex cut, and I like that it resembles a snowflake. Did you try taking some pics under hallogens or incandescents?

 

[mochi]

Couple of pictures taken under my kitchen lights...does not represent the color of the stone at all...

BTW...Max will be a year old next month. He almost didn''t make it. After his nuggie surgery and when he was in the receovery room, he coded and had to be revived. We (my hubby and I) really think he was annoxic for quite a while because we noticed such a difference in his behavior. He''s still loving but it''s very hard for him to retain any new tricks.

 

[mochi]

I''ll try to take a few in my bedroom lighting...

 

[T L]

Date: 5/23/2009 9:35:32 PM
Author: mochi
Couple of pictures taken under my kitchen lights...does not represent the color of the stone at all...

BTW...Max will be a year old next month. He almost didn''t make it. After his nuggie surgery and when he was in the receovery room, he coded and had to be revived. We (my hubby and I) really think he was annoxic for quite a while because we noticed such a difference in his behavior. He''s still loving but it''s very hard for him to retain any new tricks.

It''s looks a tad bit more blue under your hallogens, or is that just the reflection from the hallogens? I love the chrysoberyl under the hallogens. Now that''s a look I haven''t seen before - yum yum.

 

[mochi]

Blahhhh.... I cannot capture the color. It is such a lighter mint color. Your mint ring is the best color I have seen yet, TL.

 

[T L]

Date: 5/23/2009 11:01:37 PM
Author: mochi
Blahhhh.... I cannot capture the color. It is such a lighter mint color. Your mint ring is the best color I have seen yet, TL.

Which mint ring? I have so many. I'm a mint junkie. Thanks for the compliment (although I don't know the ring you're talking about).

Since we have the same camera I think (I have the Nikon S220), I'm taking pics in macro mode on the auto setting. Did you try that? Or take some pics of it under the glass case in the box. That might help if it's against a white background.

 

[mochi]

Yes..I''m using the macro setting without flash. My DH is so perplexed it looks that he''s wanting to go spend $$$ on a macro lense for his big camera.

The one I''m thinking of is the trillion mint that you took pictures of. It''s a pretty mint color. It''s in a gold setting.

I think this stone would benefit from a bezel gold setting.

 

[mochi]

another one... Ok, gonna go try under the glass box.

 

[Linda W]

Mochi, your new pictures are fantastic. You are the queen of taking pictures

The picture of Max hiding under the bed is priceless LOL LOL. That is the cutest thing, I ever saw. He is a cutie pie.

When we scold Mazie, she just woofs at us. HA.


Have you decided how to set your beauty yet???

 

[T L]

Date: 5/23/2009 11:10:47 PM
Author: mochi
Yes..I'm using the macro setting without flash. My DH is so perplexed it looks that he's wanting to go spend $$$ on a macro lense for his big camera.

The one I'm thinking of is the trillion mint that you took pictures of. It's a pretty mint color. It's in a gold setting.

I think this stone would benefit from a bezel gold setting.

Oh THAT ring. Thanks for the lovely compliment. That was a pain to get the true color out of, so I know what you're going through right now.

I would say bezel, except it might cover some of that amazing snoflake edging that Gene did. I really think the cutting on your garnet is phenomenal, and I would want to see all of it. Maybe a heavy gallery instead? I think this would be the perfect setting for it, but because I saw it modified for another snowflake cut Gene did (see the ice queen's white topaz ring in Gene's jewelry section of his website).

http://www.knoxjewelers.biz/index.htm?crn=203&rn=1361&action=show_detail

This ring above has a very heavy and ornate gallery, but it also can showcase the edges of the stone, which are very lovely and add to the "snowflake appeal."

 

[mochi]

This is really not the way it looks IRL!!