Let's play a game... rainbow gems.

[Eli22]

Thank you! I think it does (I didn’t even notice)! More apparent in these photos:


Ring on a bias is definitely winning!

What a fine looking green tourmaline!! I love, love, love the cut. Does it have a checkerboard crown? I definitely think he deserves to be showcased in a ring, and I really like the idea of setting him on a bias.

 

[Eli22]

Wow!

Red ruby

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Thank you! I think it does (I didn’t even notice)! More apparent in these photos:


Ring on a bias is definitely winning!

@Autumn in New England has an eagle eye

 

[Lilith112]

Wow!

Thank you! There's also a matching pendant and set of earrings

 

[Crimson]

I think Empress Dowager Cixi’s beautiful tourmaline beads count for this round's pink slot! RED is up!!

@Autumn in New England, I like the idea of Empress Dowager Cixi as a participant in this thread

 

[Autumn in New England]

Red spinel.

Wow... this is a fine example of why folks thought spinel and ruby were the same stone back in the day. Gorgeous!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Red ruby

This beauty looks familiar! Still waiting for your MIL to adopt me... or does your hubby have any brothers?

 

[Autumn in New England]

I've run out of faceted orange gems, so here's some spiny oyster shell! Necklace by Navajo silversmith Artie Yellowhorse. Speaking of which, YELLOW is up!

 

[Autumn in New England]

@Daisys and Diamonds I DVR'd a PBS show exploring NZ... I intend to learn all about your island!!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Thank you! I think it does (I didn’t even notice)! More apparent in these photos:


Ring on a bias is definitely winning!

Sure does! It must positively beam in person!! Do you have a jeweler in mind yet?

 

[Eli22]

I don’t…any recommendations?

Sure does! It must positively beam in person!! Do you have a jeweler in mind yet?

 

[Lilith112]

This beauty looks familiar! Still waiting for your MIL to adopt me... or does your hubby have any brothers?

LOOOL! Will check if he has any hidden ones for you XD

 

[Autumn in New England]

I don’t…any recommendations?

I haven't used him yet, but fellow members go nuts for David Klass. And he does do beautiful work. I love Inken Krause of Enhoerning Jewelry, but she only accepts work on a case-by-case basis when not using her stones. You can certainly still contact her to inquire. Which color metal are you thinking?

 

[Autumn in New England]

LOOOL! Will check if he has any hidden ones for you XD

Yellow is next, but when green comes up after it, you should post your emerald ring for all to see!

 

[Lilith112]

Yellow is next, but when green comes up after it, you should post your emerald ring for all to see!

Ohhhh of course! I'll need to wear it out again then-- need new pics!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

@Daisys and Diamonds I DVR'd a PBS show exploring NZ... I intend to learn all about your island!!

we live in Wanganui (in is also spelt Whanganui) which is on the West coast of the North island
but im born and bred a mainlander (the South island) from Dunedin which is on the east coast of the South island (note the North & the South islands always are called The South island, The North island
anyway The South island is the most beautiful place in the world but alas we don't have Bruce Springsteen
sigh
and although we have gold we dont have any really intetesting gems but they do farm paua pearls here - that's our abalonie, that due to the cold water has the most vivid colour shells -
alas i do not own a paua pearl (they cost mega $$$)

a lot of paua shell jewlery is overpriced and tacky for the tourist unfortunately but the shells are still pretty
Gary makes a nice paua patty for the BBQ

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I've run out of faceted orange gems, so here's some spiny oyster shell! Necklace by Navajo silversmith Artie Yellowhorse. Speaking of which, YELLOW is up!

oh that's gorgouse !

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

ok i can do yellow
my latest citrene beads finally turned up on the slow boat from Texas

were in the letter box this morning when i checked at 6.30am on the way to work
im too scared to look at the amber - they still look too big

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

and blue is up next

 

[Autumn in New England]

we live in Wanganui (in is also spelt Whanganui) which is on the West coast of the North island
but im born and bred a mainlander (the South island) from Dunedin which is on the east coast of the South island (note the North & the South islands always are called The South island, The North island
anyway The South island is the most beautiful place in the world but alas we don't have Bruce Springsteen
sigh
and although we have gold we dont have any really intetesting gems but they do farm paua pearls here - that's our abalonie, that due to the cold water has the most vivid colour shells -
alas i do not own a paua pearl (they cost mega $$$)

a lot of paua shell jewlery is overpriced and tacky for the tourist unfortunately but the shells are still pretty
Gary makes a nice paua patty for the BBQ

I have a few cabs of this shell... it's fabulous! 1. I didn't know it was harvested in NZ; and 2. I didn't know it was edible!

 

[Autumn in New England]

@Lilith112 Your delicious emerald ring has been nominated for the current GREEN spot!

 

[Lilith112]

@Lilith112 Your delicious emerald ring has been nominated for the current GREEN spot!

Thank you for the nomination!

Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/H3EafVy

Pic just today:

 

[Starstruck8]

Thank you for the nomination!

Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/H3EafVy

Pic just today:

What a fabulous emerald! The glow is magic.

 

[Lilith112]

What a fabulous emerald! The glow is magic.

Thank yoooou, I adore the glow! Imo the mariposa effect this one displays is lovely :3

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

I have a few cabs of this shell... it's fabulous! 1. I didn't know it was harvested in NZ; and 2. I didn't know it was edible!

tastes like old boot if you dont cook it right
my sister had a friend who's husband was a commercial diver (note that paua must be free-dived - no air) we had some once like how its exported
thinny sliced in garlic, it was very nice

Gary has a mincer and minces it uo with bacon and salt & peppet etc

the mabe pearls they grow are really beaitiful. i wish i haf brought the ring i looked at 20 years ago (it was 4k and too much of a stretch at the time)
this is a brooch gifted to The Queen

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Thank you for the nomination!

Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/H3EafVy

Pic just today:

that green is so gorgouse
and video !
awsome !
you upgraded our thread

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

i guess if no one has blue the Queen will loan us her brooch
but im sure there is still an ocean of PS blue we havn't seen yet

@Autumn in New England you can get bathroom tiles with a tiny vinear of paua shell accross the top
i so want them !
ill provably settle for just gluing bits of shined up shell from a craft store, over the frame of the bathroom mirror

its also used extensively in trational Maori carving a very long article in NZ geographic for when you cant sleep

Passionate about paua

Esteemed for both its gastronomic virtues and the surreal beauty of its shell, paua is our mollusc supreme. But pressure on the resource-especially from poachers-means that the days of gathering a free feed of shellfish from the rocks may be numbered.

www.nzgeo.com

a wee article from only this week

The pretty paua 'pearls' growing on land near Picton

After years of experimentation, Picton couple Mike and Antonia Radon have perfected the cultivation of paua 'pearls'. The round blue pearls – which take 3 or 4 years to form within a paua shell – sell for anywhere between $300 and $5,000, Mike tells Jesse Mulligan.

www.rnz.co.nz

and if you wanna look at jewlery

Eyris Pearls — The Blue Pearl Story Meet Roger Beattie

The Blue Pearl Story

www.bluepearls.com

 

[Autumn in New England]

Thank you for the nomination!

Videos:

https://imgur.com/a/H3EafVy

Pic just today:

Oh my goodness, it's even more spectacular than I initially thought!! It's what every emerald hopes to be. So beautiful... thank you for sharing it on our "porch!"

 

[Autumn in New England]

i guess if no one has blue the Queen will loan us her brooch
but im sure there is still an ocean of PS blue we havn't seen yet

@Autumn in New England you can get bathroom tiles with a tiny vinear of paua shell accross the top
i so want them !
ill provably settle for just gluing bits of shined up shell from a craft store, over the frame of the bathroom mirror

its also used extensively in trational Maori carving a very long article in NZ geographic for when you cant sleep

Passionate about paua

Esteemed for both its gastronomic virtues and the surreal beauty of its shell, paua is our mollusc supreme. But pressure on the resource-especially from poachers-means that the days of gathering a free feed of shellfish from the rocks may be numbered.

www.nzgeo.com

a wee article from only this week

The pretty paua 'pearls' growing on land near Picton

After years of experimentation, Picton couple Mike and Antonia Radon have perfected the cultivation of paua 'pearls'. The round blue pearls – which take 3 or 4 years to form within a paua shell – sell for anywhere between $300 and $5,000, Mike tells Jesse Mulligan.

www.rnz.co.nz

and if you wanna look at jewlery

Eyris Pearls — The Blue Pearl Story Meet Roger Beattie

The Blue Pearl Story

www.bluepearls.com

Oh that is lovely! I might as well share some of my abalone sterling pieces (that's what we call paua here in the States)!! We'll count the entry as blue. lol

This guy is removable from the necklace, which also has emerald, tourmaline, and amethyst in there.


This enhancer pendant is capped with faceted crystal quartz and hung on a multi leather cord necklace.

And here are some critters! Dragonfly with peridot and amethyst, and a butterfly with variscite and turquoise.

 

[Autumn in New England]

PURPLE is next!