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Sugarloafs, carvings, & cabs! Share your best non-faceted gems!

Adam95

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This thread is for any gemstones without the polished flat surfaces called facets.

Fine non-faceted gems offer a GLOW that illuminates an entire room! Alas, lately, I am seeing fewer non-faceted gem posts... I'm beginning to think PS has lost their love for non-faceted gems; prove me wrong!
 

Adam95

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I love cabs! Here are some of mine.

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Is that faceted opalite?! I've never seen that before! unique and gorgeous! The emerald carvings with that perfect color and insane translucency still win for me!
 

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Sugarloaf and star/cats eye cabd

They are all supremely gorgeous, but the pink tourmaline conical sugarloaf has me drooling! looks like candy
 

Catmom

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Rhodocrosite and opals!

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Adam95

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The black opal is blowing my mind and the sky-blue opals against that rich yellow gold... PERFECTION! So gorgeous
 

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mochiko42

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Is that faceted opalite?! I've never seen that before! unique and gorgeous! The emerald carvings with that perfect color and insane translucency still win for me!

Forgot to add the descriptions!

Ruby and emerald earrings
Carnelian scarab
Pink Mahenge spinel
Blue Gem silica

Pink cats eye tourmaline
Aquaprase
Two moonstones, cab and rose cut.

I also have a dumortiertite in quartz that I haven't set.
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LemonMoonLex

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The following are only my cabochons that are set & that I still own. I have a quite a few that are unset that I'm just too lazy to upload or other rings that I sold as well but I'm not counting.

My little emerald pendant my beau gave me.

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My beloved unoiled zambian emerald cab ring ❤️

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My gem silica ring, the cab of which my beau gave me for mother's day ❤️

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My black Australian opal, that contains every color in the rainbow.

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My minty light bluish-green tourmaline ring.

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LemonMoonLex

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Forgot to add the descriptions!

Ruby and emerald earrings
Carnelian scarab
Pink Mahenge spinel
Blue Gem silica

Pink cats eye tourmaline
Aquaprase
Two moonstones, cab and rose cut.

I also have a dumortiertite in quartz that I haven't set.
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I love your entire collection so much & love love that dumortierite! Your collection is so specific to you and each stone is so scrumptious!

Please let me know if for some reason you never get around to setting her & would like to let her go. I'd slap her in a bezel and enjoy looking at that inner world!
 

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Cabs are so delicious and timeless! I've searched for and perused through PS cab threads many times. Thank you for starting this new one Adam95, my eyes have been blessed.

Luckily I just received a little vintage moonstone ring in the post today, so I hope to share some pictures this weekend once I've given it a clean. I'll also dig out my other antique pieces that have cabs.

Keep the photos coming please! :kiss2:
 

Adam95

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Cabs are so delicious and timeless! I've searched for and perused through PS cab threads many times. Thank you for starting this new one Adam95, my eyes have been blessed.

Luckily I just received a little vintage moonstone ring in the post today, so I hope to share some pictures this weekend once I've given it a clean. I'll also dig out my other antique pieces that have cabs.

Keep the photos coming please! :kiss2:

I LOVE moonstone! When you have complete colorlessness giving way to a cosmic blue sheen...it's magic, I tell ya! Magic!
 
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