New tourmaline and diamond ring :)

[arkieb1]

Beautiful paraiba & ring, congrats!!!

 

[CaseyLouLou]

Hello friends,

I mentioned this project a couple of times, so I wanted to show the finished results. This was my first time working with DK. Super pleased with the entire experience! While I do enjoy a collaboration, I'm starting to really appreciate how David and Amy just take your ideas and get straight to work... no constraints or hedging. We were about a month behind schedule, but I'm always willing to wait for quality. Plus, I see all of the CADs/pieces everyone shares from him here... the man is BUSY... yet he never turns anyone away. Anyway, here are the specs.

~Platinum and rose gold, 9g
~Paraiba tourmaline is 2ct., 9x7mm, greenish-blue, eye clean
~Pink diamonds are .60ctw., 2mm (Argyle 5P, GIA fancy intense pink, and VS)
~White diamonds are 1.65ctw., F, VS

These are David's photos, which are really lovely. I still think the stones are more vibrant in person, although I haven't seen them in a while! lol I had a video too, but it was really washed out and hazy, so I didn't bother to save it. I should receive the ring next week. Yay!

Admiring this again today. I don’t know anything about tourmalines. How durable are they? Do you have to be careful wearing them?

 

[Autumn in New England]

@Crimson Thank you, my friend! Will do!!

@CaseyLouLou This is always a good question. If you google "paraiba tourmaline durability," you'll see a lot of discussion about the gem being quite tough and suitable for regular wear without special care. I'm not sure I totally agree. Gem grade material is a 7.5 on the Mohs scale and there is no cleavage. But it can be a bit brittle, especially as its clarity declines. In other words, highly included stones can be prone to fracturing. But I suppose that can be said for most stones. Anyway, I would still treat it with reasonable care, particularly if you're used to wearing spinels, sapphires, and diamonds, etc. or if you're rather hard on your jewels.

 

[Autumn in New England]

Many thanks for the lovely comments, @Ionysis and @arkieb1!

@Mrsz1ppy That is high praise on this forum! Thank you for the wonderful compliment.

I shared this on another post, I believe, but here is the (final) CAD and 3D printed ring model DK sent me. I just think it's the coolest thing ever (I don't get out much).

 

[cloud_less]

This is stunning!!! the paraiba's color is simply magical (and so clean too!). Huge congrats!

 

[Autumn in New England]

This is stunning!!! the paraiba's color is simply magical (and so clean too!). Huge congrats!

Thanks so much, @cloud_less! I'd love to take the credit, but I suppose it all goes to Mother Nature and DK!!

 

[2Neezers]

DK overnighted the ring for Saturday delivery (for free). How awesome is he? Received it today! I am losing daylight here, but managed to snap a couple of videos. The first was taken under direct natural light, and the second under indirect natural light. Dusk is probably not the best time of day to showcase CS, but I couldn't wait!

Your ring looks sooo gorgeous in your videos!! The color of your paraiba pops!
I love that the design follows the curve of the finger and looks like it would be very comfortable to wear. This is a ring that CS dreams are made of!

@2Neezers Yippee!! Did you go with the larger or smaller accent diamonds? IYou can't miss either way. Super excited to see your "SMTG" thread now!!

I ended up going with the smaller diamonds . I liked both options, but for some reason I kept gravitating towards that version. I’ll be sure to share once it’s arrives!

 

[Rfisher]

DK overnighted the ring for Saturday delivery (for free). How awesome is he? Received it today! I am losing daylight here, but managed to snap a couple of videos. The first was taken under direct natural light, and the second under indirect natural light. Dusk is probably not the best time of day to showcase CS, but I couldn't wait!

Gorgeous color and design

Maybe a group photo of your lovelies in the works?
Or something in the ‘show your rings on one hand’ thread?
Please?

 

[Eli22]

@Autumn in New England !!! HOLY MACKEREL that is one fantastically gorgeous ring!!! I love love love the color combo and that halo is TDF! Your videos show the color so much better You design such beautiful rings - wear this one (and all your lovelies) in health & happiness!

Also...hand shots pretty please!

Also also...I vote #JOTW like @LilAlex did. Colored gemstone posts can be JOTW! Look at monarch64 's beautiful citrine ring!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Your ring looks sooo gorgeous in your videos!! The color of your paraiba pops!
I love that the design follows the curve of the finger and looks like it would be very comfortable to wear. This is a ring that CS dreams are made of!


I ended up going with the smaller diamonds . I liked both options, but for some reason I kept gravitating towards that version. I’ll be sure to share once it’s arrives!

I look forward to it!!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Gorgeous color and design

Maybe a group photo of your lovelies in the works?
Or something in the ‘show your rings on one hand’ thread?
Please?

I don't think I have enough rings yet! The majority of my gems are still unset. *sigh* But I'm flattered you would ask. One day, for sure!!

My vision when I started collecting was to have one gem in every color of the rainbow... that was meant to limit my spending (only 7 stones!). Then it started veering into all different tertiary colors. lol I'm obsessed with rainbows and completeness (OCD much?). Obviously, there's an infinite number of gem colors, if one is so inclined, so my plan failed miserably. Still, I have far fewer gems than some fellow PSers with impressive collections. Here's what I'm working with so far...

Ruby
Red spinel
Coral spinel
Padparadscha
Spessartine
Imperial topaz
Danburite
Chrysoberyl
Tsavorite
Emerald
Mint grossular
Paraiba
Blue sapphire
Periwinkle sapphire
Lavender amethyst
Purple garnet
Light purplish-pink spinel
Light warm pink tourmaline
Hot pink rubellite
Mahenge pink spinel
Gray spinel
Black spinel
(I will be adding a black opal to my collection as well.)

Do you notice any color gaps? If so, shout them out, because I'm always looking for a transition colored gem I don't yet have.

Actually, in looking at my list now, I see that I don't have a brown. But I sort of hate brown.

What's a nice brown gem (besides smoky quartz, which is mostly irradiated))?

 

[Autumn in New England]

@Autumn in New England !!! HOLY MACKEREL that is one fantastically gorgeous ring!!! I love love love the color combo and that halo is TDF! Your videos show the color so much better You design such beautiful rings - wear this one (and all your lovelies) in health & happiness!

Also...hand shots pretty please!

Also also...I vote #JOTW like @LilAlex did. Colored gemstone posts can be JOTW! Look at monarch64 's beautiful citrine ring!

Thank you for all of the wonderful feedback, my friend! I plan to take some hand shots this weekend. It's dark here now once I get home from work. wah!

 

[CBianco]

I don't think I have enough rings yet! The majority of my gems are still unset. *sigh* But I'm flattered you would ask. One day, for sure!!

My vision when I started collecting was to have one gem in every color of the rainbow... that was meant to limit my spending (only 7 stones!). Then it started veering into all different tertiary colors. lol I'm obsessed with rainbows and completeness (OCD much?). Obviously, there's an infinite number of gem colors, if one is so inclined, so my plan failed miserably. Still, I have far fewer gems than some fellow PSers with impressive collections. Here's what I'm working with so far...

Ruby
Red spinel
Coral spinel
Padparadscha
Spessartine
Imperial topaz
Danburite
Chrysoberyl
Tsavorite
Emerald
Mint grossular
Paraiba
Blue sapphire
Periwinkle sapphire
Lavender amethyst
Purple garnet
Light purplish-pink spinel
Light warm pink tourmaline
Hot pink rubellite
Mahenge pink spinel
Gray spinel
Black spinel
(I will be adding a black opal to my collection as well.)

Do you notice any color gaps? If so, shout them out, because I'm always looking for a transition colored gem I don't yet have.

Actually, in looking at my list now, I see that I don't have a brown. But I sort of hate brown.

What's a nice brown gem (besides smoky quartz, which is mostly irradiated))?

Omg we need group pictures of your whole gem family!

 

[CaseyLouLou]

Omg we need group pictures of your whole gem family!

I second this.

 

[maru8888777]

I don't think I have enough rings yet! The majority of my gems are still unset. *sigh* But I'm flattered you would ask. One day, for sure!!

My vision when I started collecting was to have one gem in every color of the rainbow... that was meant to limit my spending (only 7 stones!). Then it started veering into all different tertiary colors. lol I'm obsessed with rainbows and completeness (OCD much?). Obviously, there's an infinite number of gem colors, if one is so inclined, so my plan failed miserably. Still, I have far fewer gems than some fellow PSers with impressive collections. Here's what I'm working with so far...

Ruby
Red spinel
Coral spinel
Padparadscha
Spessartine
Imperial topaz
Danburite
Chrysoberyl
Tsavorite
Emerald
Mint grossular
Paraiba
Blue sapphire
Periwinkle sapphire
Lavender amethyst
Purple garnet
Light purplish-pink spinel
Light warm pink tourmaline
Hot pink rubellite
Mahenge pink spinel
Gray spinel
Black spinel
(I will be adding a black opal to my collection as well.)

Do you notice any color gaps? If so, shout them out, because I'm always looking for a transition colored gem I don't yet have.

Actually, in looking at my list now, I see that I don't have a brown. But I sort of hate brown.

What's a nice brown gem (besides smoky quartz, which is mostly irradiated))?

@LilAlex has a beautiful brown chrysoberyl that is just to die for!

 

[Autumn in New England]

@LilAlex has a beautiful brown chrysoberyl that is just to die for!

Ah yes, I recall it! I believe the vendor referred to it as "pumpkin," which makes it all the more yummy!! That's definitely a thought.

 

[Autumn in New England]

@LilAlex has a beautiful brown chrysoberyl that is just to die for!

You know what I was thinking of too - zircon. I've always wanted one and they do come in brown. Actually, I believe blue zircons are created by heating the brown material.

 

[lilmosun]

Actually, in looking at my list now, I see that I don't have a brown. But I sort of hate brown.

What's a nice brown gem (besides smoky quartz, which is mostly irradiated))?

How about andalusite?

(I hate any hint of brown but I love wearing mine in the fall as it matches the colors of the leaves as they change colors)



(I can totally sympathize on how addictive collecting CS's can be...the PS effect..looking forward to seeing even more amazing pieces from you.)

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

You know what I was thinking of too - zircon. I've always wanted one and they do come in brown. Actually, I believe blue zircons are created by heating the brown material.

hehe I have a pinkish brown zircon that I wear with abandon because it's a dodgy colour. Oddly enough as fate would have it, it is NEVER knocked or dinked even though I seriously do not care about it!

You are so orderly in the way you collect colours!!!! Can't wait to see them set!

 

[CaseyLouLou]

You know what I was thinking of too - zircon. I've always wanted one and they do come in brown. Actually, I believe blue zircons are created by heating the brown material.

Zircon came to my mind too. There are also a lot of champagne colored stones that could fall into the brown category. But I don’t think brown really counts as a color.

I fell in love with spinels and ended up collecting all kinds of colors. I’m almost out of options which is a good thing but now I’m thinking I need a Jedi. Of course.

 

[Lovinggems]

Sphene and cobalt spinel? Or you may already have these two.

 

[LilAlex]

@LilAlex has a beautiful brown chrysoberyl that is just to die for!

A shout-out! Thank you, @maru8888777 and @Autumn in New England! I hardly wear it since COVID and all the hand sanitizer... And this amazing celebration-of-color thread is hardly the venue for bringing up my "brown-on-brown" ring (well, more golden-on-green-gold)!

I like brown. On my short list is a "true" light or very light brown diamond -- either fancy or even faint (like a low-color M - Z). Not a yellow or yellow-brown or champagne but a pure "cocoa-colored" cool pale brown. I don't know why. Not super-spendy but not super common, either. Maybe set in unplated 18K palladium white gold -- which has a lovely brownish "pull." Seems like something Hemmerle might do if they had my modest budget. And limited imagination. Oh, and still made jewelry for humans.

And I did have my eye on a big and (local!) orange zircon.

 

[Mazlou]

I don't think I have enough rings yet! The majority of my gems are still unset. *sigh* But I'm flattered you would ask. One day, for sure!!

My vision when I started collecting was to have one gem in every color of the rainbow... that was meant to limit my spending (only 7 stones!). Then it started veering into all different tertiary colors. lol I'm obsessed with rainbows and completeness (OCD much?). Obviously, there's an infinite number of gem colors, if one is so inclined, so my plan failed miserably. Still, I have far fewer gems than some fellow PSers with impressive collections. Here's what I'm working with so far...

Ruby
Red spinel
Coral spinel
Padparadscha
Spessartine
Imperial topaz
Danburite
Chrysoberyl
Tsavorite
Emerald
Mint grossular
Paraiba
Blue sapphire
Periwinkle sapphire
Lavender amethyst
Purple garnet
Light purplish-pink spinel
Light warm pink tourmaline
Hot pink rubellite
Mahenge pink spinel
Gray spinel
Black spinel
(I will be adding a black opal to my collection as well.)

Do you notice any color gaps? If so, shout them out, because I'm always looking for a transition colored gem I don't yet have.

Actually, in looking at my list now, I see that I don't have a brown. But I sort of hate brown.

What's a nice brown gem (besides smoky quartz, which is mostly irradiated))?

Oooh, can I nominate the coral spinel to be set next? I’d love to see what you do with that one

 

[rubyshoes]

Oh my goodness it is so gorgeous! It reminds me of glaciers, polar bears, oceans, northern lights. An icy beauty! Oof!

 

[Catmom]

Hello friends,

I mentioned this project a couple of times, so I wanted to show the finished results. This was my first time working with DK. Super pleased with the entire experience! While I do enjoy a collaboration, I'm starting to really appreciate how David and Amy just take your ideas and get straight to work... no constraints or hedging. We were about a month behind schedule, but I'm always willing to wait for quality. Plus, I see all of the CADs/pieces everyone shares from him here... the man is BUSY... yet he never turns anyone away. Anyway, here are the specs.

~Platinum and rose gold, 9g
~Paraiba tourmaline is 2ct., 9x7mm, greenish-blue, eye clean
~Pink diamonds are .60ctw., 2mm (Argyle 5P, GIA fancy intense pink, and VS)
~White diamonds are 1.65ctw., F, VS

These are David's photos, which are really lovely. I still think the stones are more vibrant in person, although I haven't seen them in a while! lol I had a video too, but it was really washed out and hazy, so I didn't bother to save it. I should receive the ring next week. Yay!

Oh it's so gorgeous! I love everything about it!!

 

[Autumn in New England]

How about andalusite?

(I hate any hint of brown but I love wearing mine in the fall as it matches the colors of the leaves as they change colors)



(I can totally sympathize on how addictive collecting CS's can be...the PS effect..looking forward to seeing even more amazing pieces from you.)

Ah yes! A totally underrated gem. And yours is a beauty!! Thank you for sharing (and for the reminder). It's funny... usually when we're shopping gems, we're conditioned to avoid brown tones at all costs. But brown gems themselves can be really rich and beautiful. It's a paradox!

 

[Autumn in New England]

hehe I have a pinkish brown zircon that I wear with abandon because it's a dodgy colour. Oddly enough as fate would have it, it is NEVER knocked or dinked even though I seriously do not care about it!

You are so orderly in the way you collect colours!!!! Can't wait to see them set!

I have a "dodgy" colored spinel... I call it coral. But it's one of those off-colors. lol I sort of love pink zircon though! It has that earthy-rose color to it. Is it humongous like your other pretties?

 

[Autumn in New England]

I fell in love with spinels and ended up collecting all kinds of colors. I’m almost out of options which is a good thing but now I’m thinking I need a Jedi. Of course.

Everyone could use a jedi, right?! I know, I keep waiting to be out of colors...

 

[Autumn in New England]

Sphene and cobalt spinel? Or you may already have these two.

These are great suggestions... so with sphene, it's just too soft for me. But every time I see it, I'm absolutely mesmerized by its fire. I do own some cobalt spinel melee. But I haven't found a "main" stone in that really vivid color that I can afford. But, man, that would be at the top of my list.

 

[Autumn in New England]

A shout-out! Thank you, @maru8888777 and @Autumn in New England! I hardly wear it since COVID and all the hand sanitizer... And this amazing celebration-of-color thread is hardly the venue for bringing up my "brown-on-brown" ring (well, more golden-on-green-gold)!

I like brown. On my short list is a "true" light or very light brown diamond -- either fancy or even faint (like a low-color M - Z). Not a yellow or yellow-brown or champagne but a pure "cocoa-colored" cool pale brown. I don't know why. Not super-spendy but not super common, either. Maybe set in unplated 18K palladium white gold -- which has a lovely brownish "pull." Seems like something Hemmerle might do if they had my modest budget. And limited imagination. Oh, and still made jewelry for humans.

And I did have my eye on a big and (local!) orange zircon.

I love those cool cinnamon brown tones too! Zircon, from what I've been browsing, seems to come in those shades and then the warmer orange-browns and also red-browns (which I don't like as much). I didn't waste any time, and grabbed a 5ct. "orange" zircon last night. They called it orange, I think it's an amber or cider color. So cheap!! When you're shopping orange (and even brown) zircon, Alex, be careful. The majority of it is heat-treated (if that bugs you). The ones from Singida, Tanzania are, to my knowledge, the only ones that are not uniformly heated.

P.S. I hope you buy that local zircon and I hope you have it set with Gary Roe. eeeeeeee!