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Just received my first gemstones - blue sapphire and lavender pink spinel!

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gladyskristen

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I ordered them from Dan at Custom Gemstones last Wed and they finally arrived today! Took 3 business days to reach me in Sydney. The sun is out, I''m taking photos of the stones now and will post ASAP. They''re even more gorgeous than what I expected!
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On a side note, in my hurry to open the door for the postman this morning (I was asleep), I banged my FACE hard on the edge of my bedroom door and bruised my right cheekbone.
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Wooo hoooo, can''t wait to see them, gk!! I''ve emailed Dan about a stone for me and can''t wait to see what he comes up with!!

And re. your cheekbone, you poor little sausage!!
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Teaser pic...
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In their boxes. The sapphire is 1.04ct and the spinel is 0.60 ct.

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More on the sapphire first. When I first asked Dan about this stone, I was told that it''s nearly eyeclean and has an inclusion near the fat end, shown below.

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I was expecting to really be able to notice the (fingerprint?) inclusion, but when the stone came, I couldn''t see it under most lighting. The only inclusion I can see is a tiny white speck which can probably be covered by a prong.
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I''ll be using this stone for my graduation ring, in this setting:

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Now on to the REAL pictures...
 
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I feel that this picture shows the body colour best.
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Pardon my fingerprint.
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Handshots!
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Ok, time for the spinel. This stone was custom-cut by Dan to fit into the old setting of my 0.591 ct WF X-factor diamond when it gets reset. The result was exactly what I had in mind! The stone is just so firey...
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Here''s the actual setting that will belong to the spinel, hopefully soon!
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The rough:

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Picture of the barion cut spinel, courtesy of Dan:

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Looking darker and more purplish in direct sunlight ♥♥♥♥♥

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This is my favourite.

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The handshots shows the colour of the stone pretty well.

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Another...

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Now for some pictures of the 2 stones together.

Face down in the box. You can really tell the colours from this photo.

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Looking a little moody together...

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I love the fire!
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Gorgeous!!! I can''t wait to see them set!
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On my carpet...

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I''m so glad I vacuumed today! LOL
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Handshots of them together. If I weren''t making them into 2 separate rings, I''ll totally put them together in a pendant like how it looks in the handshot! Maybe with a tiny little bezel set diamond in-between...
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Last one. Hope you liked the photos so far!
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Here''s the pendant idea I was talking about. Won''t be doing it now, cos I already have other plans for the 2 stones! Will be keeping this photo for future project ideas though...
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Thanks, Tuckins1! Unfortunately, the rings will have to wait til I go back to Singapore in mid-Nov. I''m already hating the wait!
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Hi Gladys
Beautiful stones - I've been waiting to see how the spinel turned out after you posted the rough in your other thread --- gorgeous!!
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I love the pendant idea - would look great!

Hope your cheek is ok!
 
Lovely gemstones, and I love the necklace idea. It''s kind of cool when you have a picture of your stone before it was cut, kind of like having it''s own baby picture.
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