Tsavorite garnets

[Icce]

Hello All,

So I am looking for small green garnet studs. For the second hole in my ear...so something small like 3.5mm. I was going to get sapphires (because the same person making my ring had them on sale) but I realise I wear my Malis alot in my main hole so green may look nicer. Are darker tasvorite garnets the colour they are ideally suppose to be? I ask because this is the color that was suggested to me to go with the malis but I think I like darker greens. This is not the stone, it wont be this cut etc., but I was asked if I would like a medium colour like this. If it is suppose to be this colour I will give it a shot but personally I like the darker green examples. Any input will help

 

[Lady_Disdain]

If you like cabs, Richard Wise has these beauties:

(oops - I posted too soon and didn''t realise you needed small studs. But I will leave the eye candy up anyway)

 

[chrono]

The trilliant tsavorite would be about right. The other 2 on the right are so dark that they may appear almost black once worn on the ear with your hair casting additional shadows.

 

[Barrett]

If you like the darker ones then might as well do some tourms. and save yourself a pocket of change. Like chrono said might be to dark for an earring stud.

 

[marcy]

Chrome diopside might work as well and might be cheaper too.

 

[Icce]

Ok I am going to request a little darker than the orignal but not as dark as those I posted...I actually like the ones listed on RH''s site (and they aren''t that dark...so maybe its the ugly cut of that stone I dont like).

 

[Icce]

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[ma re]

The color that was suggested to you was probably suggested because you said you''ll wear it with a mali, and in that case most people would choose a lighter green for that mix. But when worn alone, it''s prefered that tsavorites are deeper (off course, without being too dark).

 

[Icce]

Oh no doubt Ma ra that is probably the reason but I find I dont mine yellow with a very slight greenish overtone...but I don't like green with a slight yellow overtone if that makes any sense...since they are the same colors but just different amounts hehe.

 

[chrono]

The latest 2 pictures you show are a nice rich green with a lovely medium tone. It''s something I would have picked for myself. The original tsavorite had a slight olive tone and some yellow too, as Ma Re said, probably to match your Mali garnets.

 

[D&T]

last two stones, are such beautiful color!

 

[icekid]

I agree; the color on the last two stones is fabulous! I definitely would not mind a pair of those on my ears