I blame this purchase on SleepySpinel! :)

[stepcutnut]

After seeing SleepySpinel's lovely spinel collection, I just had to have a little guy of my own! It is a crazy shape, but that is ok with me-I love the color orange/pink/red in different lighting! Tough to photograph(my camera kills all sparkle) but a few pics came out ok.

Hot Pink is dim lighting(which I couldn't capture in pics), red in bright lighting and organish pink/red in diffused bright light.

 

[brandy_z28]

SS was quite the enabler!

Pretty colors.

Where did you get it from?

 

[Nomsdeplume]

Ooohhh! Love it!

 

[stepcutnut]

Date: 6/22/2009 2:31:41 PM
Author: brandy_z28
SS was quite the enabler!

Pretty colors.

Where did you get it from?

SS stones just bowled me over, decided I had to see a sleepy spinel in person. I really love it''s sleepiness and the color is super fun too I purchased it from an online dealer, they said they have an ebay store too.

 

[stepcutnut]

Date: 6/22/2009 2:49:27 PM
Author: kribbie
Ooohhh! Love it!

Thanks, I think it''s really a fun stone and I love the quirky cut---think it would make a nice pendant

 

[chrono]

Your picture looks good; I thought it was the vendor's pictures. It's calling out for a pendant.

 

[stepcutnut]

Date: 6/22/2009 3:19:39 PM
Author: Chrono
Your picture looks good; I thought it was the vendor''s pictures. It''s calling out for a pendant.

I think it would be a really fun pendant! I finally sat and read the book alittle on our camera to try and take some better photos. These pics turned out ok-no sparkle, but nice vivid color-except I wasn''t able to capture the pink mood of the stone!

 

[sleepyspinel]

Oh my my, a thread blaming me for something

I am touched!

It''s so cool that you were able to get a sleepy spinel of your very own. I vaguely recall a stone with that unique cut a while back. It''s a nice rich reddish color, I like it If you are trying to get more of the pink look out of the stone may I suggest either flash photography or bright fluorescent/LED lighting (ie light sources with alot of blue component), I have found that that brings out the electric pink look in my stones. I do hope you set the stone and share the process and results with us here on PS! Congrats again

-SS

 

[Barrett]

Nice color..can''t argue with the stone being sleepy

 

[stepcutnut]

Date: 6/22/2009 4:22:27 PM
Author: sleepyspinel
Oh my my, a thread blaming me for something

I am touched!


It's so cool that you were able to get a sleepy spinel of your very own. I vaguely recall a stone with that unique cut a while back. It's a nice rich reddish color, I like it If you are trying to get more of the pink look out of the stone may I suggest either flash photography or bright fluorescent/LED lighting (ie light sources with alot of blue component), I have found that that brings out the electric pink look in my stones. I do hope you set the stone and share the process and results with us here on PS! Congrats again

-SS

Thanks for letting me give you some friendly ribbing

I will have to try out your suggestion to catch it's pink mood in photos-thanks!

Am working on a pendant design for it, just need to quit buying stones so I can get it set!!!

SS-do you have any photography suggestions to capture the sparkle-my camera usually kills it(unless I'm really lucky)?

 

[stepcutnut]

Date: 6/22/2009 6:58:54 PM
Author: amethystguy
Nice color..can''t argue with the stone being sleepy

I really love the color

And I didn''t know that I was ever arguing that the stone wasn''t sleepy!?!?! It is not as sleepy as my photos, but it is still a very sleepy stone-just the way I wanted it!

 

[sleepyspinel]

You are welcome anytime... I am just doing my part to stimulate the economy

The sparkle thing is a bit difficult to capture due to the sleepy quality, perhaps LED lights would be helpful. I''d love to see some sun shots as well Do you find that the stone "glows" in dim light situations? I think that a setting with a few diamonds is a great contrast between soft glow and bright sparkle...

Date: 6/23/2009 9:04:27 AM
Author: stepcutnut

Thanks for letting me give you some friendly ribbing

I will have to try out your suggestion to catch it''s pink mood in photos-thanks!

Am working on a pendant design for it, just need to quit buying stones so I can get it set!!!

SS-do you have any photography suggestions to capture the sparkle-my camera usually kills it(unless I''m really lucky)?