Mali Garnet Ring

[Fly Girl]

Some time ago I purchased a LOGR setting for a 6x8 mm oval stone. After months of indecision I finally decided to set this gorgeous 1.63 ct Mali garnet from Art Cut Gems into the mounting. I picked the ring up from the jewelers last week, and spent some time playing with the ring. Please excuse the sun photos

. I think I must need a lot of sparkle in my life, because this thing has me absolutely delighted.

 

[Fly Girl]

Vendor''s photo. Rick writes in answer to my questions about the color: "Mali 6 is slightly greenish-yellow under a lightbulb, turning more strongly green in daylight. Mali 6 is a standard table cut, extremely bright."

 

[Fly Girl]

 

[Fly Girl]

Combo hand and flower shot. o.k., it''s a dandelion, but not a big choice of flowers here yet.

 

[Fly Girl]

I happened to be wearing a green sweater that day. I love the reflections of green sweater, my skin tones, and the yellow dandelion in this photo.

 

[mochi]

Very pretty!! I love the flower shot.

 

[Fly Girl]

Indoor lighting showing a more yellow green.

 

[Fly Girl]

Mixed lighting.

 

[T L]

FlyGirl,
That''s a beautiful ring, I love the minty green color in the sunlight. Yum Yum!!

 

[Fly Girl]

And, it''s darker outdoor green color.

 

[Fly Girl]

You can see my green sweater reflected in the metal below the stone, and the blue sky reflected along the top. I gotta say that I''m very pleased with my new pretty.

Thanks for looking!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 5/3/2009 10:05:11 PM
Author: mochi

Very pretty!! I love the flower shot.

You are so sweet, mochi! Thank you. Gotta use the flowers I''ve got. Good thing you can''t see my whole lawn!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 5/3/2009 10:09:59 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
FlyGirl,
That''s a beautiful ring, I love the minty green color in the sunlight. Yum Yum!!

Thanks, TL. It has good color and sparkle. Now that it is spring, these lighter greens are more in line with the colors I''m wearing.

 

[marcy]

Very pretty.

 

[Skippy123]

Holy smokes that is gorgeous, congrats!!!

 

[cellentani]

Loved all your pics, Fly Girl - that garnet looks soooo sparkly! You did a fantastic job putting together a gorgeous ring!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 5/3/2009 10:24:55 PM
Author: Skippy123
Holy smokes that is gorgeous, congrats!!!

Thank you Skippy, marcyc, and cellentani.

 

[CravingDiamonds]

Very pretty and I really like the setting as it is not something you see everyday.

 

[bling addict]

beautiful -- I love the garnet

 

[D&T]

Beautiful! Ring

love both the setting and the garnet

 

[Linda W]

I love your ring FG and the color of the Mali is gorgeous!!!. Love the flower shots too, reallllly pretty.

 

[ma re]

Looks like a diamond in a "darker sunlight" shade; a real sparkler

 

[Pandora II]

Lovely - and good job on the photos! Mali''s are a bugger to photograph and I can imagine just how amazing yours looks IRL!

 

[stepcutnut]

Oooo that turned out really lovely! What a gorgeous stone

 

[Catmom]

It''s beautiful and the garnet looks so sparkly!! Love the dandelion shot, LOL.

 

[Fly Girl]

Thank you CravingDiamonds, blink addict, D&T, Linda, ma re, Pandora, stepcutnut, and Catmom!

It is a pretty stone. I''m very pleased.

DH just treated the lawn yesterday, so the dandelions will be gone soon.

Thanks for looking.

 

[cushioncutnut]

It turned out lovely! Love the dandelion shot... hee hee! I am in the same boat, still waiting for flowers to appear. The weather here in OHIO gets quite wonky!

 

[T L]

Date: 5/4/2009 10:00:56 AM
Author: cushioncutnut
It turned out lovely! Love the dandelion shot... hee hee! I am in the same boat, still waiting for flowers to appear. The weather here in OHIO gets quite wonky!

That''s a dandelion??? I thought it was another amazing flower that was cultivated precisely for the purpose of taking colored gem photos!! HA!! Well, I have plenty of dandilions (that''s probably the only "flower" I have growing in my backyard right now). I need to go take some pictures.

 

[icekid]

Very cool setting. And what an awesome mali- it looks like it has just a ton of life. Beautiful!!

 

[innerkitten]

It''s so and sparkly! Congrats on your pretty new ring.