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

[Autumn in New England]

oh my goodness have i been holding up the works ?
this must have been when Gary was very sick
we have lost June, (i missed the 12 day war completly)

now we have swine flu, i would say while misserable its probably only a milder case) Gary got it in the hospital, i did not give it to him but of course i have it now, he has had 3 dozes of tamiflu and IV fluids, im suffering away old school with water and panadol, im not contagouse now but it exhusted me going in yesterday (i didnt go in over the weekend) i could hardly walk along those endless hospital corrridors, my legs felt like concrete

anyway my long awaited thistle brooch
i should take a nicer photo but we seem to only have one cellphone charger between us and Gary has it in the hospital
Fluffy is the background

I just love that you can clearly see blue and pink flashes in the stones. This brooch is gorgeous! Big congrats on that beauty... I hope it brings you a lifetime of happiness.

You and poor Gary have been through it these last couple of months. Jeez... I hope there are only blue skies awaiting you from here!

 

[Autumn in New England]

PINK is up!

 

[Autumn in New England]

You know, I tend to only post my transparent, faceted gems, but translucent and opaque gems need more love on this forum. Here's some rhodochrosite I cut/polished for the pink spot. I made the necklace and had the Native American ring and pendant commissioned. The latter is like 4" long. That community is not shy. lol

 

[Autumn in New England]

Either RED is back up or we could pivot to an alternate like BROWN, BLACK, GRAY, and WHITE.

 

[Crimson]

I have red! Unheated Butmese rubies, vivid red, over one carat each side: I had to get them because the look like eyes.
Tagging @Bookwyrm who wanted to see them.

 

[Saphir]

Unheated eye clean
Winza Tanzania Ruby
1,2ct precision cut

 

[Autumn in New England]

I have red! Unheated Butmese rubies, vivid red, over one carat each side: I had to get them because the look like eyes.
Tagging @Bookwyrm who wanted to see them.

Oh girl, you outdid yourself with these! The color and glow are . What is the gold karatage? It looks like luscious 22k. lol

 

[Autumn in New England]

Unheated eye clean
Winza Tanzania Ruby
1,2ct precision cut

I don't think I've ever seen a precision cut ruby. lol Phenomenal! So clean too...

 

[Autumn in New England]

ORANGE officially plays next, but remember... you can always insert BROWN, BLACK, GRAY, or WHITE at any point into the rotation!

 

[Crimson]

oh my goodness have i been holding up the works ?
this must have been when Gary was very sick
we have lost June, (i missed the 12 day war completly)

now we have swine flu, i would say while misserable its probably only a milder case) Gary got it in the hospital, i did not give it to him but of course i have it now, he has had 3 dozes of tamiflu and IV fluids, im suffering away old school with water and panadol, im not contagouse now but it exhusted me going in yesterday (i didnt go in over the weekend) i could hardly walk along those endless hospital corrridors, my legs felt like concrete

anyway my long awaited thistle brooch
i should take a nicer photo but we seem to only have one cellphone charger between us and Gary has it in the hospital
Fluffy is the background

@Daisys and Diamonds I love your brooch! The pink flashes are gorgeous. Hope Gary is recovering and that you are getting some rest yourself.

IOh girl, you outdid yourself with these! The color and glow are . What is the gold karatage? It looks like luscious 22k. lol

I think it’s 18K. Will try to take some photos outdoors. We had some crazy thunderstorms today.
By the way, I’ve never seen, rhodochrosite like yours. It is such an intense pink

 

[Saphir]

It was a recut. Stone has long colorless needles (twin lamaele, rose channels or rutile can not say 100% which) microscope i got only 20x. Amphibole (green) that made the purple color effect in this stone, healing fractures colorless, spinels and orange garnets. Rubys from Tanzania has not the typical color zoning. Stone looks more orange-red on naked eye than pictures 2-5 from the cutter. He sold the stone as brownish orangy reddish sapphire. But im to 99% sure that must be a Winza Ruby. I will sent to GIA or GRS in the next weeks.

I don't think I've ever seen a precision cut ruby. lol Phenomenal! So clean too...

 

[Autumn in New England]

@Daisys and Diamonds I love your brooch! The pink flashes are gorgeous. Hope Gary is recovering and that you are getting some rest yourself.


I think it’s 18K. Will try to take some photos outdoors. We had some crazy thunderstorms today.
By the way, I’ve never seen, rhodochrosite like yours. It is such an intense pink

Took me a long time to find material that pink! Seems you either have the washed out tones or the smaller $$$ faceted stones.

I can't wait to see more photos of your earrings!

 

[Autumn in New England]

It was a recut. Stone has long colorless needles (twin lamaele, rose channels or rutile can not say 100% which) microscope i got only 20x. Amphibole (green) that made the purple color effect in this stone, healing fractures colorless, spinels and orange garnets. Rubys from Tanzania has not the typical color zoning. Stone looks more orange-red on naked eye than pictures 2-5 from the cutter. He sold the stone as brownish orangy reddish sapphire. But im to 99% sure that must be a Winza Ruby. I will sent to GIA or GRS in the next weeks.

It's a rather unique shade of red, which is so interesting. I think you may be right about origin. Check back in with the lab results!

 

[autumngems]

Unheated eye clean
Winza Tanzania Ruby
1,2ct precision cut

I am ever so jealous, where did you find it?

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

ok im inserting some brown
tiger eye
a lovely gift from a PSer

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

It's more Yellow brown
so orange is next

 

[Autumn in New England]

It's more Yellow brown
so orange is next

Yes! I think this is our first brown?!

 

[Crimson]

Time to get moving, so posting this pinkish-orange spinel (right) that I considered but didn’t buy. It is such a yummy tray of Mahenge spinels!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Time to get moving, so posting this pinkish-orange spinel (right) that I considered but didn’t buy. It is such a yummy tray of Mahenge spinels!

T I ay one on the end is like the fire engines before thru went more orange

 

[Autumn in New England]

Time to get moving, so posting this pinkish-orange spinel (right) that I considered but didn’t buy. It is such a yummy tray of Mahenge spinels!

Look at the glow on that center one, in particular!!

I'll admit, I'm totally lost as to which color plays next at this point.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Ok Blue it is
Right now it looks like 3 bracelets but it's going to be one necklace eventually
Larima
The light us funny. It's Stirling silver

 

[Autumn in New England]

Ok Blue it is
Right now it looks like 3 bracelets but it's going to be one necklace eventually
Larima
The light us funny. It's Stirling silver

Blue indeed! And a favorite stone!!

Ok, so then let's move on to GREEN.

 

[newtojewels]

What about my emerald CvB band under a loupe?

 

[Autumn in New England]

What about my emerald CvB band under a loupe?

Yep, that counts! lol Have you shared this before? If so, I sadly missed it. I'm glad you shared it here, because I'm over here fanning myself. An asscher emerald band? Stahhhp!

 

[Autumn in New England]

I must've developed dyslexia overnight... skipping blue, since we already did it, let's move on to PURPLE! A little out of order, but we'll manage.

 

[rattatooE]

Purple spinel! One side is PURPLE purple and the other side is. . . Pale/pastel purple? Kept this one as is. There’s an inclusion running along the part where the color splits in two, so I was told it was risky to cut.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

That means pink is up next!!!!! Squeeeeeeee
I’m going to photobomb you all because I only get to do this once!

 

[rattatooE]

That means pink is up next!!!!! Squeeeeeeee
I’m going to photobomb you all because I only get to do this once!

Wowww. The more I look at it, the more amazing that pink is. Like a huge, glowy blooming flower

 

[Autumn in New England]

Purple spinel! One side is PURPLE purple and the other side is. . . Pale/pastel purple? Kept this one as is. There’s an inclusion running along the part where the color splits in two, so I was told it was risky to cut.

That looks like the yummiest grape jelly candy I've ever seen! I collect specimens as well, but not of the finer variety. I have lots of agates and jaspers. lol

 

[Autumn in New England]

That means pink is up next!!!!! Squeeeeeeee
I’m going to photobomb you all because I only get to do this once!

Once?! You can post her here as often as you'd like!! She's positively delectable, my friend. She's the perfect Barbie pink. Congrats again!!