My Care Package

[Fly Girl]

I recently wrote to Dana at Master Cut Gems to see if he might have a pair of gemstone briolettes available that I could make into earring drops. He wrote back that he had a number of briolettes and would send them to me to pick from.

Here is what I saw when I opened the box.

 

[packrat]

Yowza! Have fun picking!!

 

[Fly Girl]

Five carved amethyst briolettes, and a pair of spess.

 

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Natural untreated ruby

 

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Neon Apatite

 

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Strawberry Quartz

 

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Ultra Blue Apatite

 

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Citrine briolettes - Several to choose from

 

[AustenNut]

Wow, Dana truly is a class act. Have fun picking!

 

[Fly Girl]

Chalcedony

 

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Natural Tanzanite

 

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Mayalan Garnet

 

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Pink Tourmaline

 

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Natural Blue Topaz

 

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Nigerian Earth Toned Tourmaline

 

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San Carlos Peridot

 

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Fancy Red Garnet

 

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and finally a 5 x 7 blue EC sapphire that I''m considering purchasing.

 

[packrat]

Holy crap! I kept scrolling down thinking ooo I like those..oh wait, no these, no..I''d pick these oooo noooo i like theeese. Are you looking for a specific color or just whatever strikes your fancy?

 

[Fly Girl]

Thanks packrat and AustenNut. I''m pretty sure I''ve made up my mind as to what I''m keeping, but before I send the package back to Dana, I thought I would let you folks weigh in.

It sure was more to look through than I was expecting.

 

[mochi]

How fun!!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 9/27/2009 12:50:53 PM
Author: packrat
Holy crap! I kept scrolling down thinking ooo I like those..oh wait, no these, no..I''d pick these oooo noooo i like theeese. Are you looking for a specific color or just whatever strikes your fancy?

Originally, I was looking for a pair of briolettes for earring drops. I already have amethyst and blue chalcedony drops, so I was looking for some other colors. With all of this eye candy in front of me, however, I ended up selecting a few extra things that caught my fancy>>>>

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 9/27/2009 12:53:56 PM
Author: mochi
How fun!!

Yes!

 

[ma re]

Call me crazy, but strawberry quartz caught my eye the most - amazing!

 

[cellentani]

I was going to post my favorites, but the list got too long, lol! What a fabulous box - can you send it to me next?

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 9/27/2009 1:19:55 PM
Author: ma re
Call me crazy, but strawberry quartz caught my eye the most - amazing!

Another look at the strawberry quartz, just for you, ma re~~~~

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 9/27/2009 1:26:44 PM
Author: cellentani
I was going to post my favorites, but the list got too long, lol! What a fabulous box - can you send it to me next?

Go ahead and post your list, cellentani. I''m curious. Dana says the box will go back on the storage shelf when I return it to him, so I don''t see why you couldn''t have a looksee.

 

[cellentani]

Date: 9/27/2009 1:19:55 PM
Author: ma re
Call me crazy, but strawberry quartz caught my eye the most - amazing!

You''re not crazy - those caught my eye too. Maybe we''re both crazy!

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 9/27/2009 1:38:35 PM
Author: cellentani

Date: 9/27/2009 1:19:55 PM
Author: ma re
Call me crazy, but strawberry quartz caught my eye the most - amazing!

You''re not crazy - those caught my eye too. Maybe we''re both crazy!

o.k., another shot for you, too, cellentani!

 

[cellentani]

So flygirl, which ones did you pick?

And the prices that I see are per piece, right? Those pink tourms look delicious, but I think they''re on the small side. For some reason, I thought those spess briolettes were already yours, but maybe I was wrong. And I''m dying to string some of those ultra blue apatites!