icy_jade
Ideal_Rock
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Are they pink tourmalines or rubellite? Whatever they are, I stumbled on these recently and was quite smitten:
Tray of pinks:
Out of the lot, there were two that particularly caught my eye:
Close up to show inclusion (upper right corner in this pic):
Comparing with mahenge spinels and rubellite
under strong white light
Comparing how pink they are vs the mahenge spinel:
I have a hard time getting accurate pics of them so quick descriptions of each:
Cushion:
Round:
Both are the same per carat price but of course the cushion costs more as it’s bigger/heavier.
The vendor suggested the cushion as he felt that is the better of the two given the more saturated color. But it does have a visible inclusion so he suggest the round if I mind the inclusion.
Honestly I like both and just can’t decide. Ultimately I don’t think my pics are accurately capturing the color but I can’t do better despite taking dozens of pics.
So what do you think?
Tray of pinks:
Out of the lot, there were two that particularly caught my eye:
Close up to show inclusion (upper right corner in this pic):
Comparing with mahenge spinels and rubellite
under strong white light
Comparing how pink they are vs the mahenge spinel:
I have a hard time getting accurate pics of them so quick descriptions of each:
Cushion:
- Native cut cushion, slight window which should reduce with setting
- 7.8 ct
- One visible inclusion on the top of the stone
- Has that neon sheen in certain lighting, cutting isn’t as good, more extinction and less sparkly
- More saturated/redder of the two stones
Round:
- Native cut round, slight window which should reduce with setting
- 5.3 ct
- No eye visible inclusion
- Is more sparkly of the two, and better cutting, so goes flat less often
- More true pink of the two stones
Both are the same per carat price but of course the cushion costs more as it’s bigger/heavier.
The vendor suggested the cushion as he felt that is the better of the two given the more saturated color. But it does have a visible inclusion so he suggest the round if I mind the inclusion.
Honestly I like both and just can’t decide. Ultimately I don’t think my pics are accurately capturing the color but I can’t do better despite taking dozens of pics.
So what do you think?