Teal Blue Spinel?

[coatimundi_org]

Here's a tealish one I found on the web--this is more of what I've seen.

 

[DistinctionJewelry]

Hmmmm......the color tone does look similar, but holy extinction, batman! There is *some* extinction in mine, and I think if they were darker it would become more like that photo. Interesting.

 

[coatimundi_org]

I just used google to search for gem labs in Oregon, and there are a few small labs. You could start there too. The color of those stones is really pretty, regardless--I love greenish blues!

 

[FrekeChild]

...must hunt down teal spinel...

 

[chrono]

Date: 10/28/2008 10:44:17 PM
Author: DistinctionJewelry

Date: 10/28/2008 10:40:20 PM
Author: Chrono
I purchased a pair of colour shifting spinels earlier this year; teal to blue. The spinels were well saturated, much like the one you have but darker in tone, so it is possible to have such a lovely spinel, but again, the price could make one wonder if it''s real or not. I''d go ahead with the testing. My fingers are crossed for you.

A ray of hope

Very, very curious: if these are/were real, what should they have cost?

The dealer had two others just like this that I didn''t buy because the cut was way, way too deep. IF, IF, IF these turn out to be real, and if he hasn''t by now realized that he let me have them for too little money, are the stones worth enough in this size (6mm round) to justify buying the other two for recutting?

Mine were about $400/ct for the pair. They were custom cut so are probably more than your average spinels.

 

[DistinctionJewelry]

The color *is* gorgeous, isn''t it? Part of me won''t care if they are fake, I''ll just keep them both to myself if that''s the case and ignore the origin. I love the color to bits.

 

[FrekeChild]

Hey Chrono, are you talking about the Jeff White pair that were posted not too long ago?

Seriously love the teal....Heck, I''d keep them too!

 

[DistinctionJewelry]

Date: 10/28/2008 10:53:39 PM
Author: Chrono

Date: 10/28/2008 10:44:17 PM
Author: DistinctionJewelry

Date: 10/28/2008 10:40:20 PM
Author: Chrono
I purchased a pair of colour shifting spinels earlier this year; teal to blue. The spinels were well saturated, much like the one you have but darker in tone, so it is possible to have such a lovely spinel, but again, the price could make one wonder if it''s real or not. I''d go ahead with the testing. My fingers are crossed for you.

A ray of hope

Very, very curious: if these are/were real, what should they have cost?

The dealer had two others just like this that I didn''t buy because the cut was way, way too deep. IF, IF, IF these turn out to be real, and if he hasn''t by now realized that he let me have them for too little money, are the stones worth enough in this size (6mm round) to justify buying the other two for recutting?

Mine were about $400/ct for the pair. They were custom cut so are probably more than your average spinels.

Thank you thank you! Actually...that kinda makes the price I paid seem reasonable, as in maybe not too low. Look at it this way - these are native cut, not custom, and I am a small-time silversmith so I was at a trade-only trunk show so I paid half or less of market value.

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 10/28/2008 10:55:30 PM
Author: DistinctionJewelry
The color *is* gorgeous, isn''t it? Part of me won''t care if they are fake, I''ll just keep them both to myself if that''s the case and ignore the origin. I love the color to bits.

Yah! Real or faux--I''d take one for my specimen box.

 

[DistinctionJewelry]

Any chance of seeing a pic of your pair? I would love a gander at them......

 

[Harriet]

Date: 10/28/2008 7:26:13 PM
Author: DistinctionJewelry
No color shift, although one stone is slightly lighter with a more teal tone and the other stone is slightly darker and more blue. I looked all over my usual internet sites and couldn''t find any color like it, which is what has me excited and worried. There is a synthetic blue zircon with this sort of color, but from my understanding even synthetic spinel refraction tests different from natural....and these guys were bang on for spinel.

Okay, I''ll give. I paid $95 a carat - wholesale, not retail pricing. That''d be the equivelent to $200-300 a carat on most websites.

I''ve heard of synthetics that have the same RI has naturals. I''m afraid I haven''t seen that hue either.

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 10/28/2008 11:01:53 PM
Author: Harriet

Date: 10/28/2008 7:26:13 PM

Author: DistinctionJewelry

No color shift, although one stone is slightly lighter with a more teal tone and the other stone is slightly darker and more blue. I looked all over my usual internet sites and couldn''t find any color like it, which is what has me excited and worried. There is a synthetic blue zircon with this sort of color, but from my understanding even synthetic spinel refraction tests different from natural....and these guys were bang on for spinel.


Okay, I''ll give. I paid $95 a carat - wholesale, not retail pricing. That''d be the equivelent to $200-300 a carat on most websites.

I''ve heard of synthetics that have the same RI has naturals. I''m afraid I haven''t seen that hue either.

Synthetic spinels have a slightly higher RI.

Hallo Harriet!

 

[Harriet]

 

[Harriet]

I''m not a GG-to-be, but may I disagree?

 

[coatimundi_org]

Date: 10/28/2008 11:14:49 PM
Author: Harriet

I''m not a GG-to-be, but may I disagree?

haHA! oui bien sur...

 

[Harriet]

Merci, Mademoiselle.