Tropicmaster
Shiny_Rock
- Joined
- Nov 27, 2007
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Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Can you get additional pictures? I think many of us agree that it''s not a Fanta color, so maybe the pictures are not true to life. That color and size shouldn''t be more than $100/ct IMHO, unless you''re paying retail prices (which most of us don''t pay), or the picture is very off. Spess is relatively inexpensive in small sizes like that. It gets really expensive above 4 carats, especially in Fanta orange color in clean stones. The original mines for the famed Mandarin or Fanta garnets were in Namibia, so I''m unsure what original mine the vendor is talking about. ?????Date: 9/11/2009 2:12:08 PM
Author: Tropicmaster
Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Specs are 1.59 cts
7.5 x 5 mm
Vendors description: An exceptional pure ''Fanta'' orange step cut cushion spessartite from the original mine in Northwestern Nigeria
Date: 9/11/2009 2:44:53 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Can you get additional pictures? I think many of us agree that it's not a Fanta color, so maybe the pictures are not true to life. That color and size shouldn't be more than $100/ct IMHO, unless you're paying retail prices (which most of us don't pay), or the picture is very off. Spess is relatively inexpensive in small sizes like that. It gets really expensive above 4 carats, especially in Fanta orange color in clean stones. The original mines for the famed Mandarin or Fanta garnets were in Namibia, so I'm unsure what original mine the vendor is talking about. ?????Date: 9/11/2009 2:12:08 PM
Author: Tropicmaster
Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Specs are 1.59 cts
7.5 x 5 mm
Vendors description: An exceptional pure 'Fanta' orange step cut cushion spessartite from the original mine in Northwestern Nigeria
I respectfully disagree CMY. I think Chrono's spessartite looks very orange, as well as Harriet's, without shading over it, and to me, they are more towards true Fanta shades. JMO.Date: 9/11/2009 4:01:21 PM
Author: colormyworld
Date: 9/11/2009 2:44:53 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Can you get additional pictures? I think many of us agree that it's not a Fanta color, so maybe the pictures are not true to life. That color and size shouldn't be more than $100/ct IMHO, unless you're paying retail prices (which most of us don't pay), or the picture is very off. Spess is relatively inexpensive in small sizes like that. It gets really expensive above 4 carats, especially in Fanta orange color in clean stones. The original mines for the famed Mandarin or Fanta garnets were in Namibia, so I'm unsure what original mine the vendor is talking about. ?????Date: 9/11/2009 2:12:08 PM
Author: Tropicmaster
Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Specs are 1.59 cts
7.5 x 5 mm
Vendors description: An exceptional pure 'Fanta' orange step cut cushion spessartite from the original mine in Northwestern Nigeria
I see so many pictures around the forum where people use thier hand to shade or as a backgroung. While this may make a pretty picture I wonder how the spess will look IRL.
Tropicmaster spessartites pictures taken without 'tricks' often look kind of bland in the pic. Often those pics showing a vibrant darker orange in the picture are IRL often quite brown. I will suggest that if the stone can be returned that it may be worth taking a look see. A true manderine ( sp) will look like the flesh of the fruit not the outer peel.
........ and if anybody thinks your Spess isn''t a Fanta TL I''ll eat my laptop!!!!!Date: 9/11/2009 4:53:08 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
I respectfully disagree CMY. I think Chrono''s spessartite looks very orange, as well as Harriet''s, without shading over it, and to me, they are more towards true Fanta shades. JMO.Date: 9/11/2009 4:01:21 PM
Author: colormyworld
Date: 9/11/2009 2:44:53 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Can you get additional pictures? I think many of us agree that it''s not a Fanta color, so maybe the pictures are not true to life. That color and size shouldn''t be more than $100/ct IMHO, unless you''re paying retail prices (which most of us don''t pay), or the picture is very off. Spess is relatively inexpensive in small sizes like that. It gets really expensive above 4 carats, especially in Fanta orange color in clean stones. The original mines for the famed Mandarin or Fanta garnets were in Namibia, so I''m unsure what original mine the vendor is talking about. ?????Date: 9/11/2009 2:12:08 PM
Author: Tropicmaster
Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Specs are 1.59 cts
7.5 x 5 mm
Vendors description: An exceptional pure ''Fanta'' orange step cut cushion spessartite from the original mine in Northwestern Nigeria
I see so many pictures around the forum where people use thier hand to shade or as a backgroung. While this may make a pretty picture I wonder how the spess will look IRL.
Tropicmaster spessartites pictures taken without ''tricks'' often look kind of bland in the pic. Often those pics showing a vibrant darker orange in the picture are IRL often quite brown. I will suggest that if the stone can be returned that it may be worth taking a look see. A true manderine ( sp) will look like the flesh of the fruit not the outer peel.
While I do agree that shading a spessartite that is too yellow to make it look more orange is often done, I don''t think that necessarily means that a true Fanta colored spessartite will need such ''help'' in a photograph, especially a professionally done one as the one above.
However, it could just be a bad picture, and I do think more pictures should be taken.
Thanks LD!! Look!! No tricks!!Date: 9/11/2009 5:00:25 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
........ and if anybody thinks your Spess isn''t a Fanta TL I''ll eat my laptop!!!!!
Can you post pictures of that. I will supply the salt.Date: 9/11/2009 5:00:25 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
........ and if anybody thinks your Spess isn''t a Fanta TL I''ll eat my laptop!!!!!Date: 9/11/2009 4:53:08 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
I respectfully disagree CMY. I think Chrono''s spessartite looks very orange, as well as Harriet''s, without shading over it, and to me, they are more towards true Fanta shades. JMO.Date: 9/11/2009 4:01:21 PM
Author: colormyworld
Date: 9/11/2009 2:44:53 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Can you get additional pictures? I think many of us agree that it''s not a Fanta color, so maybe the pictures are not true to life. That color and size shouldn''t be more than $100/ct IMHO, unless you''re paying retail prices (which most of us don''t pay), or the picture is very off. Spess is relatively inexpensive in small sizes like that. It gets really expensive above 4 carats, especially in Fanta orange color in clean stones. The original mines for the famed Mandarin or Fanta garnets were in Namibia, so I''m unsure what original mine the vendor is talking about. ?????Date: 9/11/2009 2:12:08 PM
Author: Tropicmaster
Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Specs are 1.59 cts
7.5 x 5 mm
Vendors description: An exceptional pure ''Fanta'' orange step cut cushion spessartite from the original mine in Northwestern Nigeria
I see so many pictures around the forum where people use thier hand to shade or as a backgroung. While this may make a pretty picture I wonder how the spess will look IRL.
Tropicmaster spessartites pictures taken without ''tricks'' often look kind of bland in the pic. Often those pics showing a vibrant darker orange in the picture are IRL often quite brown. I will suggest that if the stone can be returned that it may be worth taking a look see. A true manderine ( sp) will look like the flesh of the fruit not the outer peel.
While I do agree that shading a spessartite that is too yellow to make it look more orange is often done, I don''t think that necessarily means that a true Fanta colored spessartite will need such ''help'' in a photograph, especially a professionally done one as the one above.
However, it could just be a bad picture, and I do think more pictures should be taken.
I understand now CMY. Thanks for clarifying. I just would hope that a seller would try to take a more accurate photo of the true color than someone like you or me, who are not selling stones. It is my wish, but unfortunately, it doesn''t always happen. You''re right, spessartites are also very difficult to properly photograph, unless you get a Nikkon CoolpixDate: 9/11/2009 5:13:00 PM
Author: colormyworld
TL that is not what I am saying. I am just saying that it can be tough to get a true to life picture of the color called mandarin and I see something in Tropicmasters stone that reminds me of a few pictures I have taken of my ''mandarin'' and may be worth taking a look. After all it is only a picture on the internet and we all know how deceiving those can be both good and bad. IMO spessartites in general are hard to get true to life pictures of.
Date: 9/11/2009 2:44:53 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Can you get additional pictures? I think many of us agree that it''s not a Fanta color, so maybe the pictures are not true to life. That color and size shouldn''t be more than $100/ct IMHO, unless you''re paying retail prices (which most of us don''t pay), or the picture is very off. Spess is relatively inexpensive in small sizes like that. It gets really expensive above 4 carats, especially in Fanta orange color in clean stones. The original mines for the famed Mandarin or Fanta garnets were in Namibia, so I''m unsure what original mine the vendor is talking about. ?????Date: 9/11/2009 2:12:08 PM
Author: Tropicmaster
Date: 9/11/2009 3:13:06 AM
Author: ma re
Another vote for yellow - this stone might turn brownish in white gold. Love the stone btw, what are the specs (size, weight)?
Specs are 1.59 cts
7.5 x 5 mm
Vendors description: An exceptional pure ''Fanta'' orange step cut cushion spessartite from the original mine in Northwestern Nigeria
Date: 9/11/2009 9:22:12 PM
Author: movie zombie
have you called and talked with richard? i''d do that before you blow him off. he has a very good return policy as well. spess is incredibly hard to photograph and monitors will differ......... his stones are top $ and for top $ you want a top stone.
mz
Sounds like a top grade spessartite to me, or "Fanta color." I think the use of the term "Fanta" or "Mandarin" can be misleading because a top grade orange spessartite can vary with lighting. The truth is with these stones, that the top colors can take on so many different shades of orange given the lighting. In evening and morning sunlight, when the rays of the sun are more bent, the orange color reminds me of MZ's description above (the setting orange sun part). In fluorescent light, it looks exactly like the soda, more so than the above picture with the soda bottle. Most of the time it looks like non-red molten lava. Well, MZ can disagree with me, but we all can agree that she does have one heck of a spessartite!!Date: 9/11/2009 10:47:42 PM
Author: movie zombie
i checked the website and the stone goes for considerably less than the per carat for his other spess stones.....especially one that i would consider to be top color....and he does have one that is what i'd consider 'fanta'. the reason i'd call him is to make sure the picture was correctly matched with the description and to ask him the questions you asked here. he won't be offended.....in fact, he may have already read this thread.
if you don't want it for that price, someone will....but to me it looks more like a hessonite garnet....
disclosure: my spess is from richard. we paid a LOT more per carat but we got a lot more stone [both in size and quality]. i'm not enamoured of the fanta color and mine looks more like a brilliant orange sun setting over the paciific ocean...or molten lava [not red].
however, if you're out of love with it, you're out of love with it. good luck with your search.
mz