VapidLapid
Ideal_Rock
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Greetings PS-ers
Though I am new here you have all already helped me with tons of information I have gotten from reading these threads. I have looked at so many pictures online these last few days that I am going bonkerz. Your thoughts and opinions would be most appreciated!
here are two that I am possibly considering maybe kinda sorta:
http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/Sapphires/Padparadscha/PA2061/Radiant/stoneid=PA2061
http://www.wildfishgems.com/inc/sdetail/11881
given how nuanced and subjective color perception can be, especially with padparadscha, combined with the vagaries of internet photography PLUS my lack of any experience with either of these companies that would give me an idea of how faithful or faithless their pictures run....my mind is numb.
here are some of the...dare I call them thoughts?...that Ive had:
I like the NSC stone''s color. were it somewhat more limpid and delicate it would be ideal. I do not like the shape. It seems, however, to be reasonably well cut for them. Them being NSC not radiants in general.
The wild fish stone seems oddly proportioned, possibly windowed, and the color varies in the different pictures, which, unlike experience IRL, were presumably all shot in the same lighting conditions. Really I find the photography on wildfish to be , um...quite fanciful! Lots of shallow focus that expands the apparent dispersion of the stone past the limits of credibility. That said I have seen in here MUCH evidence of Ed''s fantastic reputation and again since I haven''t yet seen any of his stones in person I cannot gauge the artistic license of his photos.
The wild fish stone seems to me likely too weak in color. I am getting the impression that it is a clear stone with just the suggestion of pad coloration that concentrates in the peripheries. Also the proportions are, awkward. Are these stones all native cuts that are intended to be recut?
Some things that are inportant to me are:
sufficient depth and correct angles that there is no window face up.
color
size:1-1.5 carat
UNHEATED no Be no treatments at all except for cutting!
Please forgive me if Ive made too many mistakes in this my first posting. I am not sure how to insert the link properly I tried to copy and paste but that didnt work, plus I am a social klutz and ramble on wordily...
Thanks in advance for your tolerance!
VL
Though I am new here you have all already helped me with tons of information I have gotten from reading these threads. I have looked at so many pictures online these last few days that I am going bonkerz. Your thoughts and opinions would be most appreciated!
here are two that I am possibly considering maybe kinda sorta:
http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/Sapphires/Padparadscha/PA2061/Radiant/stoneid=PA2061
http://www.wildfishgems.com/inc/sdetail/11881
given how nuanced and subjective color perception can be, especially with padparadscha, combined with the vagaries of internet photography PLUS my lack of any experience with either of these companies that would give me an idea of how faithful or faithless their pictures run....my mind is numb.
here are some of the...dare I call them thoughts?...that Ive had:
I like the NSC stone''s color. were it somewhat more limpid and delicate it would be ideal. I do not like the shape. It seems, however, to be reasonably well cut for them. Them being NSC not radiants in general.
The wild fish stone seems oddly proportioned, possibly windowed, and the color varies in the different pictures, which, unlike experience IRL, were presumably all shot in the same lighting conditions. Really I find the photography on wildfish to be , um...quite fanciful! Lots of shallow focus that expands the apparent dispersion of the stone past the limits of credibility. That said I have seen in here MUCH evidence of Ed''s fantastic reputation and again since I haven''t yet seen any of his stones in person I cannot gauge the artistic license of his photos.
The wild fish stone seems to me likely too weak in color. I am getting the impression that it is a clear stone with just the suggestion of pad coloration that concentrates in the peripheries. Also the proportions are, awkward. Are these stones all native cuts that are intended to be recut?
Some things that are inportant to me are:
sufficient depth and correct angles that there is no window face up.
color
size:1-1.5 carat
UNHEATED no Be no treatments at all except for cutting!
Please forgive me if Ive made too many mistakes in this my first posting. I am not sure how to insert the link properly I tried to copy and paste but that didnt work, plus I am a social klutz and ramble on wordily...
Thanks in advance for your tolerance!
VL