Long-awaited pictures of JW blue-green tourmaline...plus much, much more (collection pics!)

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Yay I have my camera USB! Here are my long-promised pictures of my new tourmaline, along with pictures of:

1) My rings made since joining PS
2) Opal ring that my mom gave me to reset
3) An alexandrite owned by my mom''s friend, that I''m setting into a ring for her
4) All my loose stones!

Enjoy and sorry for the picture overload!

First, the new tourmaline - it GLOWS. It''s seriously the easiest stone to photograph - soooo pretty!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Next to my Citizen watch

 

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With its friends

 

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In daylight - it looked so pretty outside in the snow, but it was way too cold to stay out there for more than 5 minutes!

 

[FrekeChild]

Yay! I absolutely love this stone! Ok, back to pics...

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Indoors, with its friends again - another tourmaline, a sapphire and a morganite

 

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Thanks Freke! I''m in love with this little beauty!

 

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Another

 

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With my green tourmaline

 

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All my pretties!

 

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Miscellaneous (i.e. non-blue-green tourmaline) pic

 

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One of the better pictures I have of my pink tourmaline!

 

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Outside in the cold

 

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Ugh that did not size properly. Let''s try again

 

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And finally, some pics of my new stuff- the opal and the alexandrite

 

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[FrekeChild]

Ooooo.....keep ''em coming!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Last one! I promise to stop!

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 1/6/2009 2:47:08 AM
Author: FrekeChild
Ooooo.....keep ''em coming!

Haha thanks for letting me indulge! And to think I took SO many more pictures than that

 

[akmiss]

I love your entire collection! Especially the new JW tourmaline

You were so very luck to get that one! The color and cut are perfect!!!

 

[FrekeChild]

No no no!!! Keep going!!!!!

(I''m browsing for wedding dinner venues and I need incentive to keep going!)

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Date: 1/6/2009 3:09:08 AM
Author: FrekeChild
No no no!!! Keep going!!!!!


(I''m browsing for wedding dinner venues and I need incentive to keep going!)

Oh no! I''m out for the moment (mostly because I need to get some sleep so I can get up in 6 hours and go to class

). But you can do it!! Of course, if you want to procrastinate, you can help me figure out how to set that opal!

Date: 1/6/2009 3:06:42 AM
Author: akmiss
I love your entire collection! Especially the new JW tourmaline You were so very luck to get that one! The color and the cut is perfect!!!

Thanks Akmiss! I was definitely definitely lucky - right now, it''s my favorite stone, and it would take some doing for it to be displaced! Jeff absolutely outdid himself on it!

 

[arjunajane]

Its gorgeous BEG !
Seriously pretty, looks lik its glowing from inside. love it!


Do you mind if I ask - in your experience, is JW''s gems any more expensive than other cutters such as Dan, Gene etc?
I''m always admiring his site, but with no prices I''m guessing their outta my purses'' league at the moment, lol

 

[bling addict]

I''m in love

with your new blue-green tourmaline!!! It''s stunning!!!

I also love all your other pretties....!

 

[ma re]

Date: 1/6/2009 3:18:46 AM
Author: Brown.Eyed.Girl

Of course, if you want to procrastinate, you can help me figure out how to set that opal!

I felt invited to butt into this one

First off, are you absolutely sure you want to set that opal into another ring or are you open to other ideas? I''m asking cause they''re best suited for setting into things like pendants or brooches (or brooch pendants

), cause they''re not among the most durable of stones. And especially cause it was a gift from mom, I''m sure you wouldn''t like to damage it. Think about it.

As for the design, I''d choose metal color based on the colors that show up most often inside the stone (in it''s play of color). If they''re mostly blues and greens I''d go for white gold, if there are some yellows and reds, I''d go for yellow setting. I''d keep the setting to a minimum, wether it''s a bezel or prong, and add maybe just a few diamond melees for accents. With opaque stones it''s important not to overdo it with diamond accents so that they don''t outshine the center stone. With a larger bail you can wear it on a strand of pearls just like on regular chains, which would make (IMO) and interesting combination.

 

[arjunajane]

I actually really like the current setting of the opal - may we see another pic, profile BEG?
thankyou

 

[PrettyBlues]

That tourmaline is gorgeous

And I love all your other goodies too! I''d love to have a little play in your jewelry box

 

[loriken214]

LOVE those AWESOME colors!!!

Lori