Museum of Natural History NYC

[OreoRosies86]

Just for fun I snapped an (awful) picture of the 100 carat padparadscha for the colored stone crowd today during my time there.

 

[chrono]

Awful or not, you've fulfilled your duty as CSer.

 

[missy]

Thank you for thinking of us!

 

[OreoRosies86]

2 things. One, I had to hurry with the picture as I was being swept away by a gigantic field trip crowd. Two, the sapphire? It is HUGE, but orange. Where was the pink?!

 

[chrono]

Museum lighting is generally crappy. I think the pink will show itself under natural lighting.

 

[Arcadian]

100 cts? wow thats cool. I have always found that museum lighting never tends to do gemstones much justice.

 

[smitcompton]

Hi,

Thanks Eliot,

I'm glad you posted. This stone looks more as I had pictured a pad for many yrs, until the darker ones suddenly appeared. I prefer the lighter ones like this one.

Annette

 

[Acinom]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[OreoRosies86]

It was a cool experience to see it in person. I wish they would put lights in there that do it justice!

 

[Rockinruby]

Thanks for sharing!

 

[marcy]

Very cool to see such a unique and fabulous gem.