Not sure if I have shared this video of my near 40ct blue green Tourmaline in emerald cut by Jeff W.
I don't have it in hand yet, and am likely to set it in a brooch pendant as it is likely to be too big as a ring for me! Instead of a bird on a rock, I am going to have a cat and a dog instead, in memory of my pets that have crossed the Rainbow Bridge.
The cat in top left hand corner with a paw reaching out to the dog, and the dog in the bottom right hand corner looking up to the cat. That's my design idea.
DK
Anyone want to contribute to my gofundme so I can buy this
When is it happening @dk168 ? I’m so glad you kept it in the end! That’s a piece!!!!!
Anyone want to contribute to my gofundme so I can buy this
When is it happening @dk168 ? I’m so glad you kept it in the end! That’s a piece!!!!!
That’s a hell of a present for one exam
I'll play, the rough of my Katlang Topaz that Jeff will be cutting for me in his signature Asscher/windmill cut:
DK
Anyone want to contribute to my gofundme so I can buy this
When is it happening @dk168 ? I’m so glad you kept it in the end! That’s a piece!!!!!
Just came back to update on the large pear tourmaline that I thought I liked…
Massive thanks to @Autumn in New England who mentioned about the colour shift in different lighting because it goes from a true red in incandescent light to a fuchsia in daylight!
I wondered if it meant that I could effectively kill two birds with one stone (have a giant red and a giant pink) but knew that I was rationalising with myself to keep it rather than being truly excited by it, so it didn’t come home with me.
I am stealing the setting idea for a big stone though!
Images showing the red I hoped it would be like under all lighting vs it turns very pink in daylight (I edited the image as my camera made it more red)
It depends on his cutting queue and it won't join the queue until I have finished paying for it.
Based on previous experience, it is usually within 2-3 months after I have finished paying for the price quoted for a finished CS.
He should be cutting the Emerald for me very soon, and I still have a Chatham Ruby that has yet to join the cutting queue before the Katlang Topaz.
DK
Tucson gem shows are not that far away, just saying!
Have you signed up to his Gem Scoops mailing list? Worth considering as subscribers get to hear about new roughs and get the first dib.
He also has a vast inventory of roughs that he does not list, so it is worth contacting him to see if he has anything that might suit.
I normally provide him with a budget, choose the colour, cut shape and pattern that I like from his galleries, and let him do the rest.
DK
@Mrsz1ppy you know me so well, it really is!
But I simply couldn’t justify spending USD 2k on this when I’d rather put those funds towards a ruby… and the colour shift bothered me as I’m not a fan of pink.
Saying that, now I’m deep in CS rabbit hole territory, I’ll probably get a pink some day…
@mellowyellowgirl @Crimson @Autumn in New England
I saw a rubellite today that I *think* I liked! But unfortunately the sun had already set so I’m not sure if it was the warm indoor spot lighting, the closed gold back providing a lot of oomph or that it was actually a nice rubellite!
I must say, I am smitten by the setting…
This is when the facets catch the light nicely
And this is the darkest it looked. I didn’t detect any brown so this may just be my camera. It looked like a pure (potentially medium /medium dark?) red to me
This is a really interesting perspective, thank you. I didn’t see (m)any rubellite cabs at the HK show last Sept but I definitely wasn’t looking hard enough!
Speaking of which… I tried on this 50ct pink tourmaline vintage Bvlgari ring today. The colour was a beautiful baby pink but appears red in my photos. It also had a spectacular price tag to match!
And it also reminded me of @Starstruck8 ’s theory that a cab glows when there are small inclusions to scatter the light. This tourmaline had very clear crystal at the top but a line of inclusions through the middle which meant it glowed beautifully.
Edited to better represent the colour of the tourmaline
Loool I should’ve known you picked the expensive one!
That’s vintage Bvlgari and around USD 30k
I was honestly just trying to do some pricing and that was the one I loved best so I thought I’d do a price check with you.
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