indigoblue
Shiny_Rock
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- Dec 7, 2012
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I posted back in January that I was looking for a sapphire. I ordered one from Gemfix, but it just didn't float my boat, so it was returned. From that experience I learned that purplish sapphires tend to look steely gray. Ha! I gleaned that from my vast experience with one stone.
I've continued to look at the sapphires on the preferred vendors list and have even expanded to the ones in Thailand and on eBay. It's still a little too scary to send thousands of dollars that far. I'm so afraid something will get lost in the mail. Plus this whole process is just so overwhelming. I look at something and like it and then chicken out. Ordering and returning a stone isn't cheap.
Would you give me your opinions on this 3.29 Burmese sapphire:
http://www.finewatergems.com/sapphire.html
I know it's not a well saturated "sapphire blue," but will it sparkle? Will it look gray? I just want a pretty stone that will be noticed. Aquamarine is my birthstone, so I've always liked light blue stones. And I think I want something in the 8-10mm range. (This has to do with wanting something bigger than the diamond from my fist marriage.)
I also LOVE the 4.88 ct Precision Gem sapphire that iLander posted and am tempted to just get it, but $10K would go a long way toward my bathroom remodel.
I've continued to look at the sapphires on the preferred vendors list and have even expanded to the ones in Thailand and on eBay. It's still a little too scary to send thousands of dollars that far. I'm so afraid something will get lost in the mail. Plus this whole process is just so overwhelming. I look at something and like it and then chicken out. Ordering and returning a stone isn't cheap.
Would you give me your opinions on this 3.29 Burmese sapphire:
http://www.finewatergems.com/sapphire.html
I know it's not a well saturated "sapphire blue," but will it sparkle? Will it look gray? I just want a pretty stone that will be noticed. Aquamarine is my birthstone, so I've always liked light blue stones. And I think I want something in the 8-10mm range. (This has to do with wanting something bigger than the diamond from my fist marriage.)
I also LOVE the 4.88 ct Precision Gem sapphire that iLander posted and am tempted to just get it, but $10K would go a long way toward my bathroom remodel.