justginger
Ideal_Rock
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A preface, having noted heavy conversation afoot lately: I know this is not a TOP spess. 
I can't find, nor probably afford, a pure traffic cone orange spess. A shame, really, but such is life and limitations must be accepted. Thankfully I have managed to find one that I am in love with, despite a touch of yellow and a slight bowtie. 
I'm not perfect, so it's fitting that none of my gems are either! 
Anyway, after a few months of searching, I found a gem from Jerry at Gemart - a 3.46 Loliondo, eyeclean but with a bit of silk. He was brilliant to do business with - kind and very attentive. This stone was one he got from a contact in Bangkok, and is thus a native cut. However, he didn't feel it necessary to have it recut. It is symmetrical and is not windowed at all.
The photos?? IMPOSSIBLE. I only have a few stones - pink/blue diamonds, tsav, malaya, emerald. None of them are even 1/10th as difficult to photograph. It doesn't help that it was dark by the time I received it, so no natural light to work with!
When photographed normally, this stone turns brown with flash. So I have to photograph without flash, and then edit it to be the color it should be in normal lighting. The first photo was taken in my kitchen, with the flash. You can see the brown tones. The second was taken in the semi-dark and then the 'flash' option edited on to it with my iPhone Camera+ program. The second photo is representative of the color I see IRL and I LOVE it (though I think the camera has amped up the saturation by a touch)! 
I just wanted to share that the search for this particular type of stone is finished. What's next?!
I can't find, nor probably afford, a pure traffic cone orange spess. A shame, really, but such is life and limitations must be accepted. Thankfully I have managed to find one that I am in love with, despite a touch of yellow and a slight bowtie. I'm not perfect, so it's fitting that none of my gems are either! Anyway, after a few months of searching, I found a gem from Jerry at Gemart - a 3.46 Loliondo, eyeclean but with a bit of silk. He was brilliant to do business with - kind and very attentive. This stone was one he got from a contact in Bangkok, and is thus a native cut. However, he didn't feel it necessary to have it recut. It is symmetrical and is not windowed at all.
The photos?? IMPOSSIBLE. I only have a few stones - pink/blue diamonds, tsav, malaya, emerald. None of them are even 1/10th as difficult to photograph. It doesn't help that it was dark by the time I received it, so no natural light to work with!
When photographed normally, this stone turns brown with flash. So I have to photograph without flash, and then edit it to be the color it should be in normal lighting. The first photo was taken in my kitchen, with the flash. You can see the brown tones. The second was taken in the semi-dark and then the 'flash' option edited on to it with my iPhone Camera+ program. The second photo is representative of the color I see IRL and I LOVE it (though I think the camera has amped up the saturation by a touch)! I just wanted to share that the search for this particular type of stone is finished. What's next?!
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