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Lisa Loves Shiny

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Faux Pad and real diamond bangle. I felt had always featuring the Whiteflash one.

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Faux Pad? Never would have guessed. Looks gorgeous and that diamond bangle. :love:
 

Daisys and Diamonds

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Thank you! Ethiopian opal is what is known as “hydrophane” opal. That means it is porous and can take on water. Additional water interferes with the transmission of colorplay. This ability makes them very good candidates for dying, so you have to be careful to not to unknowingly purchase a dyed stone. Supposedly, they should return to their original beauty any where from several hours to weeks after drying back out.
thank you for the info
that's amazing
 
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voce

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@suzanne2 I wore it out for you today babe! Play date with a bunch of kids and a crazy dog but I brought out my gems :lol:

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That is beyond gorgeous, truly one of a kind. I love the bracelet you paired it with, too. :lickout:
 

meely

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Wearing light tigers eye and citrine beaded bracelets with 24k moonstone ring. They go with the Autumnal colors.

This is just a gorgeous combination I love it! More info on the ring please?!!
 

Bluegemz

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This is just a gorgeous combination I love it! More info on the ring please?!!
Thank you! The ring is pure 24k gold with some pressed in flowers designs around a simple, white checker board moonstone which is set from below. Only the top comes through. What drew me to this piece was it’s its purity. It reminded me of a pool of salt water in a dry and hot desert.

I got these gemstone stretch bracelets to wear in fall and I was amazed by how the light tigers eye looks like pure gold! I was never a fan of tigers eye, but I thought I’d try the lighter kind. I haven’t taken these off since and have stacked a yellow and white jadeite bangle with them which is just fun.
 

elizat

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I bought a test purchase from a vendor to see their stones. I kept the test purchase and found a used mounting. I had it set and polished. Not a bad outcome.

The setting isn't what I normally pick, but it fits and I like it well enough! The other larger sapphire Casey is doing a ring, which I bought after this test run.

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YC

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Wearing a 3.51ct pink-peach Congo tourmaline from Rioux. Ring was ready made one from HK settings vendor. The stone is really shifty and looks best in the early morning sun=)
 

T L

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My new rhodochrosite and apatite ring. The apatite is a 10x12 mm like the 4 carat spinel next to it. The orangy pink crystalline rhodochrosite kind of blend into my skin, but I like the combo of warm and cool stones. 03904B8A-3002-4C7B-B1CC-DD0036F3574A.jpeg 71C1013B-E98F-461F-BEAD-65A02BABD8AE.jpeg C6D00A21-59EA-4394-AAC7-6E72E2B909D2.jpeg
 

distracts

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My new rhodochrosite and apatite ring. The apatite is a 10x12 mm like the 4 carat spinel next to it. The orangy pink crystalline rhodochrosite kind of blend into my skin, but I like the combo of warm and cool stones. 03904B8A-3002-4C7B-B1CC-DD0036F3574A.jpeg 71C1013B-E98F-461F-BEAD-65A02BABD8AE.jpeg C6D00A21-59EA-4394-AAC7-6E72E2B909D2.jpeg

Omg where is that from? Did you have it made? Where did you get the stones? It is STUNNING and I love it!!!!
 

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Is it overkill if I post pics of this ring basically every day? It’s new enough so that when I look down at my hand I still go “omg what IS that!?!!?? It’s SO BRIGHT” and then take a moment to admire. I’m constantly being caught off guard while doing ordinary things like eating or opening doors.

Here it is looking particularly excessive.

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Shijitake

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Is it overkill if I post pics of this ring basically every day? It’s new enough so that when I look down at my hand I still go “omg what IS that!?!!?? It’s SO BRIGHT” and then take a moment to admire. I’m constantly being caught off guard while doing ordinary things like eating or opening doors.

Here it is looking particularly excessive.

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NEVER! I can never get enough of this ring!
 

T L

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Omg where is that from? Did you have it made? Where did you get the stones? It is STUNNING and I love it!!!!

Thank you!! You’ll die when I tell you. Now normally I never buy anything from the tv shopping channels unless it’s a ring setting or a gem jar. Well when I came across this, I had to hold myself back. I love apatite and I couldn’t find any large cabochons for a good bargain anywhere, or on eBay or Etsy.

It first aired on Evine (now ShopHQ) months ago, but I held back because their jewelry is typically overhyped, over treated and overpriced. Gems en Vogue (Michael Vallitutti) had some nice things and I was looking for cabochon settings for an opal of mine, since they use nickel free silver and you can sometimes get a clearance price. I typically chuck out the center stones and give them to my kids. Well this ring came on and it was much more expensive. I had find something wrong with it, but the rhodochrosite do come from an Argentine mine (Ortiz mine) and can be pricey. Apatite, to me, is a very underrated stone, so when this came on clearance and I got another 20% off for being a new customer, I jumped on it. I got the whole ring for less than what I could find the apatite for.

He describes it in the video and states the stones are untreated. He usually overhypes, but at $137, I thought, “what the heck!!!” Oh yes, it has some side peridot too, but you barely notice them. It’s a very delicate and pretty ring in person.

In 20 years, It’s he only tv shopping channel ring I’ve ever bought where I got it for the stones. It’s not for everyone, and it’s not an everyday ring but I thought it was a great buy.

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