My Burma Myanmar gemstones :)

[Burmesedaze]

I absolutely love your Jade vegetable. So whimsical and beautiful!

Thank you, that belongs to someone else that asked me to buy actually

 

[Burmesedaze]

Lovely! Jadeite has such an increadible presence!

It's just different from a porcelain teapot with so much more heft and presence! I might commission a similar one with some tweaks to the design in future.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Close ups of the pink Mogok spinel melee I picked up. These are so called machine cut RBs.
The 4 larger pieces are 1.11ct together.

 

[Bluegemz]

Close ups of the pink Mogok spinel melee I picked up. These are so called machine cut RBs.
The 4 larger pieces are 1.11ct together.

Those are beautiful, Burmesedaze. Such rich pink shades. They look great with the pink spinel in your ring too! Your nails also look gorgeous.

 

[YadaYadaYada]

Your ring is amazing!

 

[Burmesedaze]

Thank you, Bluegemz and StephanieLynn

 

[Burmesedaze]

I'm a happy camper staking out at the gem museum on weekends

Got this spinel lot from a visiting Mogok trader. The relatively larger 2.22ct pink spinel and the 1.22ct red spinel are included but are very nice colours. The blue is also included but a nice shade. The rest are eye clean or near eye clean. Except for a 0.8ct the rest are over 1ct with a few over 1.5ct. Stashing them away for a dbty spinel necklace and bracelet idea. The included red will go into a simple diamond band.

 

[Burmesedaze]

the photos

 

[Burmesedaze]

More photos along with other spinels the trader had.

A very nice locally carved white jadeite pendant owned by my jewellers. Not for sale.

 

[Seaglow]

The red is a really good color.

 

[Bluegemz]

The red is a really good color.

Now that's the kind of pink and red that I think have wonderful colors. I'd love to have a spinel In a similar pink or red someday. Sigh....

Really great finds! You will have a great BTY necklace with those! So lovely

 

[Burmesedaze]

Now that's the kind of pink and red that I think have wonderful colors. I'd love to have a spinel In a similar pink or red someday. Sigh....

Really great finds! You will have a great BTY necklace with those! So lovely

Took me 2 years to find them at a bargain price though they ARE included.

It's not that these colours aren't available elsewhere, but just not at non-inflated prices. The trader says he can't even afford the rough for better quality ones. He's a good guy and pretty honest. Opening prices weren't astronomical. But you still need locals like my jewellers to mediate and get a bargain.

 

[Burmesedaze]

The red is a really good color.

So stoked!

 

[Bluegemz]

Took me 2 years to find them at a bargain price though they ARE included.

It's not that these colours aren't available elsewhere, but just not at non-inflated prices. The trader says he can't even afford the rough for better quality ones. He's a good guy and pretty honest. Opening prices weren't astronomical. But you still need locals like my jewellers to mediate and get a bargain.

I can well believe it! The fact that they have inclusions wouldn't bother me much because they ARE beautiful!

It's interesting how inclusions add character. They are like birth marks! My family has said that the new star ring which I have named 'Moonlight jelly', has more character because the smaller one is so clean. It's beautiful in its clarity, but Has a more ambiguous personality. Sometimes overly clean stones are a little boring because of this missing dimension of uniqueness.

Are any going into a ring?

 

[Burmesedaze]

I can well believe it! The fact that they have inclusions wouldn't bother me much because they ARE beautiful!

It's interesting how inclusions add character. They are like birth marks! My family has said that the new star ring which I have named 'Moonlight jelly', has more character because the smaller one is so clean. It's beautiful in its clarity, but Has a more ambiguous personality. Sometimes overly clean stones are a little boring because of this missing dimension of uniqueness.

Are any going into a ring?

The moonlight jelly has a deeper depth of colour too. It has a more throwback vibe to the Jean Harlow says whereas the smaller and cleaner one has a more modern millenial feel to it. Both are different and quite incomparable.

Oh my, the Burmese jewellers will love you most gemstones here are SI and I rather than VVS VS. The locals here have a high tolerance for inclusions since clean stones are usually smaller and also getting ever so scarce that go straight to the foreign traders at Mogok (.that somehow manage to be there in spite of the current ban). So only the commercial quality ones percolate down to Yangon. With the occasional unicorn.

Just the red and maybe the smaller of the 2 below that's very nicely cut, eye clean, for rings. But not too convinced yet. I also can't decide which pink spinel to go into a ring. The 3ct windowed and included piece from a few weeks back or today's 2.22ct included pink. Not in a hurry to set anything yet beyond the red.

 

[Bluegemz]

The moonlight jelly has a deeper depth of colour too. It has a more throwback vibe to the Jean Harlow says whereas the smaller and cleaner one has a more modern millenial feel to it. Both are different and quite incomparable.

Oh my, the Burmese jewellers will love you most gemstones here are SI and I rather than VVS VS. The locals here have a high tolerance for inclusions since clean stones are usually smaller and also getting ever so scarce that go straight to the foreign traders at Mogok (.that somehow manage to be there in spite of the current ban). So only the commercial quality ones percolate down to Yangon. With the occasional unicorn.

Just the red and maybe the smaller of the 2 below that's very nicely cut, eye clean, for rings. But not too convinced yet. I also can't decide which pink spinel to go into a ring. The 3ct windowed and included piece from a few weeks back or today's 2.22ct included pink. Not in a hurry to set anything yet beyond the red.

Reading about how the market works there is very interesting to me . I can imagine that everyone gets quite used to the SI stones, and not all are particularly good looking. I think yours strike a fabulous balance between color and body and 'glow'. I understand about not being in a rush to set. That's really another wave of expense. The new pink has a wonderful, juicy color. It almost seems fragrant, like a cross between watermelon and roses.
You are right about the stars too, so incomparable, With such different qualities.

 

[pregcurious]

Your pinky red is beautiful

 

[Burmesedaze]

Your pinky red is beautiful

Thank you, an unexpected find and my first for this shade

 

[Burmesedaze]

Pale grayish pink jade necklaces. These are all from the same jadeite boulder with the greener ones more opaque. I bought 2 necklaces from this lot and broke one up into 3 bracelets as gifts. Keeping the most uniform pink with least green for myself. Not a colour usually seen and very affordable as the texture is rather opaque. Pretty ok jadeite hardly any fracture lines that you sometimes see in jadeite beads. Green jadeite heart a GWP. All type A jadeite.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Also bought some Burmese amber intended for gifts.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Amber

 

[YadaYadaYada]

the photos

That pink spinel, inclusions or not, is absolutely to die for, love that color!

 

[Bluegemz]

Pale grayish pink jade necklaces. These are all from the same jadeite boulder with the greener ones more opaque. I bought 2 necklaces from this lot and broke one up into 3 bracelets as gifts. Keeping the most uniform pink with least green for myself. Not a colour usually seen and very affordable as the texture is rather opaque. Pretty ok jadeite hardly any fracture lines that you sometimes see in jadeite beads. Green jadeite heart a GWP. All type A jadeite.

A lovely baby pink. I've seen this color in smaller beads, but never larger rounds. Lovely!

 

[Burmesedaze]

That pink spinel, inclusions or not, is absolutely to die for, love that color!

Thank you, I love how pink pink it is!

 

[Burmesedaze]

A lovely baby pink. I've seen this color in smaller beads, but never larger rounds. Lovely!

Hah these are fairly small by my standards but still lovely. Sugary texture like most mountain lavender jade.

Here's how it looks for size when worn. Looks pinker on the skin.

 

[Bluegemz]

Hah these are fairly small by my standards but still lovely. Sugary texture like most mountain lavender jade.

Here's how it looks for size when worn. Looks pinker on the skin.

Are they about 8mm? I think they are lovely on you! Such a delicate color! I used to have a lavender, mountain jadeite bangle that had a super sugar texture. It looked like compacted sand or ice with purple color running through it. It was amazingly coarse in a way which I'd never seen before. Actually it was like pink Himalayan salt crystals! That sugar texture is very fascinating.

 

[Burmesedaze]

Are they about 8mm? I think they are lovely on you! Such a delicate color! I used to have a lavender, mountain jadeite bangle that had a super sugar texture. It looked like compacted sand or ice with purple color running through it. It was amazingly coarse in a way which I'd never seen before. Actually it was like pink Himalayan salt crystals! That sugar texture is very fascinating.

Yup, they are 8mm
Lol it's awesome talking to people who understand sugary textures! Now that you mention it, pink Himalayan salt comes to mind. Especially the packet I left in the car and keep forgetting to bring it home!

 

[Burmesedaze]

The pink salt, as I type, is still in the car seat pocket!

I viewed a purplish pink untreated Mogok sapphire over the weekend. 1.48ct faces up smaller looks just under 1ct. Lovely saturation and doesn't shift too much under various lighting conditions. Except it doesn't quite grab me, possibly owing to the face size and the overall cut. Very clean and sparkly for a native cut with just the tiniest of windows that will close in a setting. The starting price was US$1850 down to a final US$1500. Passed on it.

He also had a light blue 8ct Mogok sapphire (looks violet in photos but is a no shift light blue irl) just under US$3000. With a super deep pavilion. So nay to that too. Took the photos off my jeweller's phone as I got lazy

 

[Burmesedaze]

Family shot of my pink spinels (omitted a tiny light pale pink) and the 2 red unset spinels still sitting in the box. White led light source.

 

[Bluegemz]

All gorgeous! I love the 2nd pink one down from the top and the lighter red. What a wonderful collection!