Show me your lovely, dark, and deep gems

[oncrutchesrightnow]

Not a CS expert but figured this was the right forum to start a thread for people who love deep and dark colored gems. IMHO some of the most beautiful gems are ones that are dark but still have brilliance and fire.


I have a few deep and dark gems already plus a few on the way. Here is a fun one:



Deep yellowish orange FCD. Under sunlight or spotlight, it is an amazing Fanta. Under other lights, it ranges from pumpkin to amber.

Someone else’s turn!

 

[Autumn in New England]

You have the best FCDs! That is the perfect honey color. Here are my black and gray spinels, which I hope to set in a toi et moi eventually.

 

[glitterata]

Back when gray spinels cost like $30 apiece 15 or 20 years ago, I got a couple to put in an old empty platinum fishtail toi-et-moi setting. They're moody and shifty, purpler in artificial light, and very sparkly.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

I have a few darker spinels. The purple one has the best red and pink flashes and looks like the night sky indoors but I lack the skill to pick them up and have it be in focus.
Also, fingerprints. I'm hopeless.

 

[Autumn in New England]

Back when gray spinels cost like $30 apiece 15 or 20 years ago, I got a couple to put in an old empty platinum fishtail toi-et-moi setting. They're moody and shifty, purpler in artificial light, and very sparkly.

I LOVE that you have two different shades here!! A monochromatic dream, I tell ya...

 

[Autumn in New England]

I have a few darker spinels. The purple one has the best red and pink flashes and looks like the night sky indoors but I lack the skill to pick them up and have it be in focus.
Also, fingerprints. I'm hopeless.

Please tell me more about the first spinel! I've never seen one with such a saturated, pure purple. I thought it was a grape garnet!

 

[Garnet Gimlet]

Back when gray spinels cost like $30 apiece 15 or 20 years ago, I got a couple to put in an old empty platinum fishtail toi-et-moi setting. They're moody and shifty, purpler in artificial light, and very sparkly.

I don't think I have seen grey stones ever look as good as they do in this ring! It is so compelling to look at !

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

@Autumn in New England It was an Ebay win, I think I paid maybe 10-25$ total for it a long time ago. An experiment to see how I liked super dark stones. I can't remember the exact weight(3cts?) but it's 8.5 mm and I want to say maybe 7mm deep or so. It looks like an even deep almost black purple tone/mid purple flashes in sun, but get it inside and it gives the addition of red/pink flashes.
It's the only stone I have that I personally think actually looks better under artificial lighting.

I'm looking to see if I have any sun shots, if I do, I'll post one.

 

[Autumn in New England]

@Autumn in New England It was an Ebay win, I think I paid maybe 10-25$ total for it a long time ago. An experiment to see how I liked super dark stones. I can't remember the exact weight(3cts?) but it's 8.5 mm and I want to say maybe 7mm deep or so. It looks like an even deep almost black purple tone/mid purple flashes in sun, but get it inside and it gives the addition of red/pink flashes.
It's the only stone I have that I personally think actually looks better under artificial lighting.

I'm looking to see if I have any sun shots, if I do, I'll post one.

 

[LilAlex]

Is the thread title an out-of-season Robert Frost reference?

 

[toomuchB]

My brand new ~2ct green zoisite is my darkest gem. It looks like a bluish green tsavorite. Its not very photogenic but here are two new videos that show it in natural lighting.

https://imgur.com/a/iWA5I1i

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Dark Tsav

 

[glitterata]

Is the thread title an out-of-season Robert Frost reference?

I thought that too.

 

[Matata]

Dark Tsav. Put it in a drawer and forgot about it. Discovered it when I bought another one and just yesterday I bought my third. One of these days I'll decide how to set them.

 

[Matata]

Fire Agate. Was supposed to be a pendant but is still gathering dust in a drawer waiting to be set.

 

[oncrutchesrightnow]

You have the best FCDs! That is the perfect honey color. Here are my black and gray spinels, which I hope to set in a toi et moi eventually.

Aw thanks!

Is the thread title an out-of-season Robert Frost reference?

Yes!

Back when gray spinels cost like $30 apiece 15 or 20 years ago, I got a couple to put in an old empty platinum fishtail toi-et-moi setting. They're moody and shifty, purpler in artificial light, and very sparkly.

I love dark spinels. Will post my grey, too.

Dark Tsav. Put it in a drawer and forgot about it. Discovered it when I bought another one and just yesterday I bought my third. One of these days I'll decide how to set them.

It’s so hard to find dark bluish green or true deep forest green. Yours is lovely!

Ok, here is my dark grey spinel. It is hard to photograph because the camera sees a giant window. But my eye does not see it.