Show me your cabochon pieces!

[MakingTheGrade]

I apologize if this thread exists already (if so, could you please link me? The search engine has me in despair).
I would love to see your cabochon pieces or inspirations!

Here's a ring from my favorites folder, and a moonstone froggie from Hearts of Water

 

[Kismet]

My spinel & tourmaline earrings from Andrew Sarosi



My little cat's eye alex


My chalcedony & amethyst earrings


My milky aqua ring


Not sure if this counts as a cab... Peruvian blue opal with inclusions

 

[Honey228]

MTG, have you ever bought or know anything about the vendor that sells that ring?

 

[m76steve]

here r 2 of my cab items-moonstone pendant & bi-color tourmaline pendant....steve....

 

[Fly Girl]

My star rose quartz from acstones set in 22 kt gold bezel ring by Jill Anish.

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ETA- If you click on the link and remove the last backslash, then you will get to my old thread.
ETA2- Now there are two final backslashes. By the time I post this, there will probably be three.

 

[Zzz]

Kismet, the alex cat's eye is cute! just curious - what's the size of the cab?
i really like your milky aqua too! is it a medium blue colour? i've been looking out for one but those i've seen are kinda pale-coloured and tend to be a bit too gray-ish for my liking.

 

[Imdanny]

Such an elegant way to cut a stone. I love them all!

 

[m76steve]

these r alex catseye-the 3 stones in the center-steve...

 

[megeve]

Oh MTG, thanks for starting this thread! It gives me the chance to show my sugarloaf rings again!
I love the pic of jadeite ring!

 

[Kismet]

Kismet, the alex cat's eye is cute! just curious - what's the size of the cab?
i really like your milky aqua too! is it a medium blue colour? i've been looking out for one but those i've seen are kinda pale-coloured and tend to be a bit too gray-ish for my liking.

Umm, I think the cat's eye is 5x3 but I don't recall exactly. As for the milky aqua, I would say it's more medium-light than medium but it's definitely greyish too.

 

[Kismet]

Megeve, I love those chalcedony earrings! Love!

 

[iLander]

MAGEVE; Where did you get that pearls with dragonfly necklace?

I'm green with envy

You should post that in the PS Pearls forum, it's so boring there its tumbleweed, tumbleweed . . .

 

[Kismet]

here r 2 of my cab items-moonstone pendant & bi-color tourmaline pendant....steve....

Steve, those moonstones are beautiful!

 

[Fly Girl]

Zambian amethyst cab earrings. The cabs are from Dana at Mastercutgems. I'm attaching a picture of the loose cabs, including a larger cab that is not set yet. The larger cab has even color and no inclusions and I'm holding out for a very nice setting. Notice the mixed light, with the reflection of the lamp and the window on the side, and after the light has passed through the gem on the left. One is blue and the other reddish. This is stunning material.

 

[Fly Girl]

Tsavorite cab from Dana set into a pendant. The pendant is 18k red gold with green gold trim and a small champagne accent diamond.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

I love that tsav pendant flygirl! So unique and cool.

 

[lavatea]

Is it ok to post pieces that belong to other PSers?

I love the color on this one. I apologize, I didn't save who it belongs to.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

I've been looking at jadeite cab rings since jade is something that is pretty much never faceted, heh. And the cabs are often oval.

I found some different looks.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

I really like these sculptural elements too

 

[Art Nouveau]

Megeve: That's a gorgeous pearl and blue chalcedony set. Are they from Cartier by any chance? The exact same necklace is on display at my local Cartier store except the chalcedony is purple instead of blue. The little dragonfly on the clasp/pendant is really cute.

AN

 

[Beacon]

Yes that must be Cartier. I actually took a photo of it when I went by the Cartier store in Stanford Mall; it was in the window. It is gorgeous!! This looks like the exact same necklace. Very beautiful!

 

[mariedtiger]

Here are my cabochon rings, a star rose quartz, a small but enjoyable star sapphire with a sharp star and an aqua amethyst combo.

 

[klewis]

Thanks for reminding me how nice cabochons are MTG. Lots of lovely examples - I think the frog and moonstone go so well together.

 

[minousbijoux]

MTG: What a great thread, thank you! I am a sucker for simple, elegant oval cabochon rings and I love every single one of those jadeite rings you posted. Can you attribute them?

Thanks,

-Minou

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Sorry Minou, they were just images from a google search..

Hey MariedTiger! How big is your star sapphire? I'm starting to worry the new star may be too small even though it's my perfect size for faceted stones.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Here are some examples from Hearts of Water, I'm really liking the emerald one but I without the diamonds.

 

[pwendyp]

My only 'set' cabochon...a sapphire ring that I just love to bits.

I'm not sure of its origin, other than it's vintage, but I do suspect the centre isn't original to the ring - but still, it's gorgeous anyway!

It's a 6mm centre sapphire cab - which is very glowy in real life - surrounded by a cluster of single cut diamonds, that measure about 2mm each, set in 18k white gold, with engraved shank.

I have some other cabs, but nothing set into anything as yet. One of my favourites is a pink sugarloaf tourmaline that I got from Rick at Artcutgems - not an expensive stone, but just like a soft gumdrop pastille sweet!

 

[Michael_E]

Here are some neat blue and white cabs that I've had in the past. That one star sapphire shows multiple stars because I had taken the picture under multiple point light sources in order to show that effect as well as to show the depth of translucency of the stone. I think that the aqua was my favorite though, darn thing was as large as the end of my thumb. Check out the background on the white star sapphire. That's a little fossil leaf plate that I found in the mountains around here. The perfect color for a background I think.

 

[Zzz]

Zambian amethyst cab earrings. The cabs are from Dana at Mastercutgems. I'm attaching a picture of the loose cabs, including a larger cab that is not set yet. The larger cab has even color and no inclusions and I'm holding out for a very nice setting. Notice the mixed light, with the reflection of the lamp and the window on the side, and after the light has passed through the gem on the left. One is blue and the other reddish. This is stunning material.

the colour of your amethyst cabs are lovey!!

 

[mariedtiger]

MTG,

My star sapphire is tiiiiiiiiiiny, just tiny. I think about 4mm. What I've noticed about it, is I enjoy wearing it anyway, because although it is just translucent it has great (although pretty typical) body color. It's a very beautiful pinkish purple when the star doesn't show and a more pink when the star shows. I've been astounded about how often I wear it, although it's small. I can't wait to hear what you think of yours! Keeping my fingers crossed for you