So now I see why yellow gems do not seem all that popular around here! I have this goofy goal of getting a gem in every rainbow color and it's all handled except for yellow.
There are lots of yellow gems but, from what I can tell, not lots of pretty yellow gems, especially if you want what I want, which is rather large (hoping for five carats minimum but may have to go down to about three carats), not too pricey and pretty enough to want to invest in having a ring setting made for it.
My favorite so far would be a vivid yellow lab diamond but they're out of my budget in a larger size. Next favorite would be a vivid mined yellow sapphire, which would be BE treated to be in my budget.
Then we have the ones I keep looking at, trying to find the unicorn that fits all of the above: Heliodor, chrysoberyl, some type of yellow garnet, yellow tourmaline, yellow topaz, yellow danburite, citrine, amber, fire opal, yellow zircon... I may have forgotten a couple.
Also, it will probably be a few months unless I get super lucky and find just the right stone for under a few hundred bucks.
Or I may just get a lab sapphire or (?) or go for small stud earrings instead. Or just drop the whole thing and just get what calls to me.
Thoughts? Pics? Anyone have a yellow gem they adore?
There are lots of yellow gems but, from what I can tell, not lots of pretty yellow gems, especially if you want what I want, which is rather large (hoping for five carats minimum but may have to go down to about three carats), not too pricey and pretty enough to want to invest in having a ring setting made for it.
My favorite so far would be a vivid yellow lab diamond but they're out of my budget in a larger size. Next favorite would be a vivid mined yellow sapphire, which would be BE treated to be in my budget.
Then we have the ones I keep looking at, trying to find the unicorn that fits all of the above: Heliodor, chrysoberyl, some type of yellow garnet, yellow tourmaline, yellow topaz, yellow danburite, citrine, amber, fire opal, yellow zircon... I may have forgotten a couple.
Also, it will probably be a few months unless I get super lucky and find just the right stone for under a few hundred bucks.
Or I may just get a lab sapphire or (?) or go for small stud earrings instead. Or just drop the whole thing and just get what calls to me.
Thoughts? Pics? Anyone have a yellow gem they adore?
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