Hey Harriet,
Felt I was guilty of highjacking the other thread so started a new one. I started out absolutely loving a blue sapphire, always have. But you know how the story goes....I started lurking and that was it...I''m finding colored stones so hard to buy online especially as I don''t have a relationship with a vendor I can trust. I''ve been tempted to pull the trigger a few times but chickened out. I have bought a book on gemstones and researched the sites here on what to look for in a particular gemstone.
My wishlist
1. Pad Sapphire
2. Blue Sapphire
3. Tsavorite
4. Red Spinel
Harriet, what do you think of the order of the wishlist please? Also, if you had to buy 1 stone, what would be your preference.
Do you know of any dealers in Singapore that hold gemstones to help me with viewing please.
I have seen a few stones , but mostly in retail stores here. I do have a trusted jeweler here but he fed me a line about most stones being heated and it being virtually impossible to find unheated. I could see all the questions I was asking were wasting his time and he politely ended the conversation and ushered me out the door - new he wasn''t going to get a sale I guess.
Why is it every time I want to get a decent piece of jewelery I gotta get on a plane to do it?
Most of the stones I see here are not well cut and the attitudes match...sad as most of the stones come from this part of the world.
Felt I was guilty of highjacking the other thread so started a new one. I started out absolutely loving a blue sapphire, always have. But you know how the story goes....I started lurking and that was it...I''m finding colored stones so hard to buy online especially as I don''t have a relationship with a vendor I can trust. I''ve been tempted to pull the trigger a few times but chickened out. I have bought a book on gemstones and researched the sites here on what to look for in a particular gemstone.
My wishlist
1. Pad Sapphire
2. Blue Sapphire
3. Tsavorite
4. Red Spinel
Harriet, what do you think of the order of the wishlist please? Also, if you had to buy 1 stone, what would be your preference.
Do you know of any dealers in Singapore that hold gemstones to help me with viewing please.
I have seen a few stones , but mostly in retail stores here. I do have a trusted jeweler here but he fed me a line about most stones being heated and it being virtually impossible to find unheated. I could see all the questions I was asking were wasting his time and he politely ended the conversation and ushered me out the door - new he wasn''t going to get a sale I guess.
Why is it every time I want to get a decent piece of jewelery I gotta get on a plane to do it?
Most of the stones I see here are not well cut and the attitudes match...sad as most of the stones come from this part of the world.