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Brilliant_Rock
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After receiving some helpful hints, I decided to take another go at photographing some of my stones. I always do better with set stones than unset, so I decided to give my recently set sphene a go. A bit of history to explain the setting first if you don't mind.
I bought this heart setting for my mom in the late 80's - nothing special but very sparkly and she loved it. The diamonds look good to the naked eye and look ok under 5x magnification. They start showing little spots at 10x, but they are probably only 2 or 3 pointers, so that's not a problem. It was set in yg as was almost everything at the time. The setting is just over 3/4" x 3/4" and the sphene is a 1.62ct - 8.03 x 7.81 x 4.24mm natural sphene from Ceylon (and no, I don't have paperwork on it because I didn't pay much for it).
I got the pendant back when my mom passed away last October and even though I wasn't mad about the setting, (I'm not into hearts) I didn't want to sell it for emotional reasons so it's just sat in my jewelry box since then. A while back I bought this sphene and figured it would just be part of my collection because I didn't want to chance it in a ring.... a couple of weeks ago I got the idea of putting the sphene in the heart necklace to make it look "less like a heart and more like a sparkly pendant" if that makes sense and just got it back. Because the heart had more diamonds on one side than the other, the pendant can look a bit lop sided if you stare at it, but because all of the stones sparkle soooo much, I don't think it's that noticeable - it mostly just looks like sparkle.
The photos are more to show off all of the different flashy colors of the sphene than the actual finished piece.... Please bear with me - very pic heavy.....
BTW, I didn't manipulate the color in any way. I did lighten one or two shots to show off the stone better, but other than that, they were just cropped. Some of the photos are with more diffused lighting and some are with a spotlight. I focused on the internal part of the stone is a couple of shots and then backed off just enough to show just the top of the faceting - I LOVE these stones!
I bought this heart setting for my mom in the late 80's - nothing special but very sparkly and she loved it. The diamonds look good to the naked eye and look ok under 5x magnification. They start showing little spots at 10x, but they are probably only 2 or 3 pointers, so that's not a problem. It was set in yg as was almost everything at the time. The setting is just over 3/4" x 3/4" and the sphene is a 1.62ct - 8.03 x 7.81 x 4.24mm natural sphene from Ceylon (and no, I don't have paperwork on it because I didn't pay much for it).
I got the pendant back when my mom passed away last October and even though I wasn't mad about the setting, (I'm not into hearts) I didn't want to sell it for emotional reasons so it's just sat in my jewelry box since then. A while back I bought this sphene and figured it would just be part of my collection because I didn't want to chance it in a ring.... a couple of weeks ago I got the idea of putting the sphene in the heart necklace to make it look "less like a heart and more like a sparkly pendant" if that makes sense and just got it back. Because the heart had more diamonds on one side than the other, the pendant can look a bit lop sided if you stare at it, but because all of the stones sparkle soooo much, I don't think it's that noticeable - it mostly just looks like sparkle.
The photos are more to show off all of the different flashy colors of the sphene than the actual finished piece.... Please bear with me - very pic heavy.....
BTW, I didn't manipulate the color in any way. I did lighten one or two shots to show off the stone better, but other than that, they were just cropped. Some of the photos are with more diffused lighting and some are with a spotlight. I focused on the internal part of the stone is a couple of shots and then backed off just enough to show just the top of the faceting - I LOVE these stones!
Can you tell I just love those crazy stones??
I could never hope to take pictures this clear like these.
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