katharath
Ideal_Rock
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Hi everyone,
I am thinking about doing a project with a little round mahenge that I have. I love this gem - I've owned a lot of small mahenges, but I think this one is probably my very favorite. It is very saturated for the size, and one of the best things about it is the way that it holds its color in just about any lighting. This is a very important quality to me, and I've found it somewhat hard to find in smaller mahenges.
I've had to look at a lot of little mahenges to find this one. I tend to sell out of my collection a lot as my tastes change, but this is a gem that I never want to sell, I really love it. It's only about 5.3 mm round but it is very beautiful to me.
Anyway, I was thinking maybe a three stone necklace. I recently did a three stone ring and I guess I could do another one, but I'm leaning more towards a necklace. Maybe the hexagon style pendants that Yvonne Raley does. Just something minimal, but colorful.
I have a pair of blue Ceylon sapphires that are about 4.25(ish) mm, heat only. I also have as another option a pair of "purple" sapphires (termed purple by the seller, although I've never really seen a purple pair of sapphires before - these look more lavenderish to me, but again purple sapphires are not something I have any previous experience with).
The purple pair are 4 mm each, (no treatment at all, which is rare for me to get to own!), and they are well cut, especially for non precision cut sapphires. The cutting is much nicer on these than the blue pair. BUT I have a blue pair from the same parcel that are bezel set, so I know that even though the cut isn't ideal, these will look pretty nice once set (my other blues do).
So that's a round about way of saying that I'm more concerned about the color combo - what do you think? Does the purple sapphire/mahenge combo look too weird? Which do you like better, those or the blue combo? Or neither? Please be honest. I'm not great with color combos. I do have an opinion but I want to see what others think before I post my thoughts. LOTS of pics coming! (All were taken in varying shades of sunlight).
I am thinking about doing a project with a little round mahenge that I have. I love this gem - I've owned a lot of small mahenges, but I think this one is probably my very favorite. It is very saturated for the size, and one of the best things about it is the way that it holds its color in just about any lighting. This is a very important quality to me, and I've found it somewhat hard to find in smaller mahenges.
I've had to look at a lot of little mahenges to find this one. I tend to sell out of my collection a lot as my tastes change, but this is a gem that I never want to sell, I really love it. It's only about 5.3 mm round but it is very beautiful to me.
Anyway, I was thinking maybe a three stone necklace. I recently did a three stone ring and I guess I could do another one, but I'm leaning more towards a necklace. Maybe the hexagon style pendants that Yvonne Raley does. Just something minimal, but colorful.
I have a pair of blue Ceylon sapphires that are about 4.25(ish) mm, heat only. I also have as another option a pair of "purple" sapphires (termed purple by the seller, although I've never really seen a purple pair of sapphires before - these look more lavenderish to me, but again purple sapphires are not something I have any previous experience with).
The purple pair are 4 mm each, (no treatment at all, which is rare for me to get to own!), and they are well cut, especially for non precision cut sapphires. The cutting is much nicer on these than the blue pair. BUT I have a blue pair from the same parcel that are bezel set, so I know that even though the cut isn't ideal, these will look pretty nice once set (my other blues do).
So that's a round about way of saying that I'm more concerned about the color combo - what do you think? Does the purple sapphire/mahenge combo look too weird? Which do you like better, those or the blue combo? Or neither? Please be honest. I'm not great with color combos. I do have an opinion but I want to see what others think before I post my thoughts. LOTS of pics coming! (All were taken in varying shades of sunlight).
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