Show me your "glow in the sun" gems!

[CBianco]

Sunlight brings out the best in my little galaxy sapphire

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Look at the little lovely who glowed for me today

 

[Crimson]

Until this thread I had never thought of putting my gems out In full sun.
It‘s been a revelation! Thanks, @CBianco for this idea.
Happy Holidays, everyone!

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[Autumn in New England]

This is the most delicious thread ever.

 

[CBianco]

Until this thread I had never thought of putting my gems out In full sun.
It‘s been a revelation! Thanks, @CBianco for this idea.
Happy Holidays, everyone!

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You are very welcome! What an incredible collection you have! And be careful to not blind yourself

 

[CBianco]

Was playing with my phone camera with the zoom feature. I think it came out pretty great

 

[fiona00004]

Great thread!!!
I have handful to share!

Here's my Afghan Tourmaline

 

[fiona00004]

Paraiba tourmaline

 

[fiona00004]

Neon Sapphire

 

[fiona00004]

Ruby earrings

 

[fiona00004]

Lastly, star sapphire...sorry, doest glow but star only comes out in the sun!!

 

[LightBright]

Look at the little lovely who glowed for me today

Oh my… is there a thread on your snake ring? It’s great.

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Oh my… is there a thread on your snake ring? It’s great.

Thank you! I love this little band.
No, but I plastered the twins all over other threads to make up for it
It was made by Olya at OOZA Jewelry. Her detailing is just gorgeous! She also has a dedicated site. I bought it off her Etsy shopfront.

OOZAJewelry - Etsy

Shop Unique and Custom Fine Jewelry Design by OOZAJewelry located in LA, California. Rave reviews! Average review rating is 4.8 or higher

www.etsy.com

 

[Timor]

Great thread!!!
I have handful to share!

Here's my Afghan Tourmaline

This is my dream bezel!

 

[Nick_G]

This blue spinel in marble specimen from the Hunza Valley in Pakistan looks pretty lively in the sun:


I got a Chelsea filter recently, and that spinel turns ruby red through it so it's very likely cobalt spinel.

 

[ilovegemstones]

Look at the little lovely who glowed for me today

She is fantastic @ItsMainelyYou !!! Love her!

 

[Avondale]

I want to play too

https://imgur.com/a/8ZzcjFW

 

[CHRISTY-DANIELLE]

Baby Burmese rubies glowing in the sun :

 

[Lexililac]

Sapphires, ruby and Vanadium chrysoberyl in sunlight

 

[Starstruck8]

Sapphires, ruby and Vanadium chrysoberyl in sunlight

These are amazing! I love the 'trapiche' ruby. I'm guessing that it has a 'shimmery' glow rather than a 'glowy' glow, like the others.

 

[Lexililac]

These are amazing! I love the 'trapiche' ruby. I'm guessing that it has a 'shimmery' glow rather than a 'glowy' glow, like the others.

Oh yes youre right. I overlooked that. Im not native English speaking.

 

[Lexililac]

Pink spinel

 

[MissyBeaucoup]

Such beautiful photos—and so many different species of gemstones too!

I bumped up the “Fun with Fluorescence!” thread if anyone wants to check out the photos over there too. (Quoted here—I don’t know how to link to it directly.)

OK, so this is a fun little game to play with your colored gemstones. All you need is a camera and a loupe with a UV light. (I got mine inexpensively on Etsy from FDJtools in Florida.) What is fun is that stones colored with chromium will fluoresce red, but if they have very much iron (like blue sapphire), the iron will block the fluorescence. Maybe somebody can explain it better than me! Anyway, the Mahenge spinels fluoresce really strongly and so does ruby, like in the center of my avatar ring. The demantoid garnets don't fluoresce. Feel free to post your own favorites too!!

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

It sort of counts?! Look! I'm so excited it showed peacock color! This is the color of my blue spinel I see with my eyes. I don't know how to make this happen again, and it's blurry. But, look, it's not navy! It's the color I see with my eyes!

 

[KeepStepping]

These little guys, waiting to be set in a new band.

 

[CHRISTY-DANIELLE]

These little guys, waiting to be set in a new band.

Oh wow! That glow! This will be a stunner.

 

[icy_jade]

Rubellite

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

Two lucky sapphire finds at a second hand jewellery store, while travelling. I took them to an appraiser to double check that they are natural sapphires. I will unmount and send to AGL when I return home.

 

[Catmom]

 

[elle_71125]

I love that blue sapphire ring. That’s just gorgeous!