Show Me Your Barry/ACS Gemstones, Please and Thank You!

[loriken214]

Can you please show me the gemstones that you''ve purchased from Barry Bridgestock? I''m looking for some new ideas for my gemstone collection and I''d love to see your gemmies, from Barry, in all colors and shapes....set/unset. Thank you!

Lori

 

[chictomato]

O am I the first? 7mm Pakistan Peridot

 

[Deia]

I''m always too late at getting any stone from Barry...but I''m not giving up!

I''d love to see all the barry stones inone thread...I''ve admired them for so long.

chictomato - that peridot is gorgeous and looks beautiful in that setting... it looks like an ebay setting (please forgive me if it''s not), do you mind sharing which one and what you think of it? TIA.

 

[chrono]

I presume you mean not just any ACS stones but those cut by Barry? If so I have two that he cut. First off is an Afghan tourmaline that is somewhere around 2 ct.

 

[chrono]

I swear the stone is not windowed at all but somehow I managed to capture a window tilt. This was taken outdoors and is close to being a 2 ct blue spinel of Tanzanian origin.

 

[Burberrygirl]

I have a pair of amethysts and tourmalines from BB as well as a cute little silver topaz. All of them are unset except for one of the amethysts which I had JKT set in a ring for my sister (the top left picture was taken by Julia).

 

[loriken214]

YAY...please keep them coming....anything cut by Barry!

Lori

 

[baby nurse]

This is a malaya garnet I got from Barry in March. It is 8.2 mm and very pretty! I''m sending it to JKT to be set in a ring.

I have others from him that I will photograph and post here as well.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Oh how I love my Barry stones. I don''t have many, but I''m working on getting more!

My Bekily malaya garnet

Blue spinel

and my favorite, my Tsavorite

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Date: 6/17/2010 8:12:52 AM
Author: Chrono
I swear the stone is not windowed at all but somehow I managed to capture a window tilt. This was taken outdoors and is close to being a 2 ct blue spinel of Tanzanian origin.

Oh Chrono, how I adore that blue spinel!!! If you ever get tired of it let me know, I''ll give it a sparkly new home!

 

[packrat]

Date: 6/17/2010 8:12:52 AM
Author: Chrono
I swear the stone is not windowed at all but somehow I managed to capture a window tilt. This was taken outdoors and is close to being a 2 ct blue spinel of Tanzanian origin.

I love that spinel. love it.

 

[Fly Girl]

Large Barry garnet - 10.0 mm and 4.71 ct. He called it an Umbalite, but gave me some more information about the stone. He writes:
I took a group of garnets, and got the specific gravities, refractory indexesJ(indices?), Chelsea reactions, absorption spectra and checked them for anomolous double refraction, which some garnets show. Your garnet came out like this: R.I.---1.745 S.G.--3.85 Absorption--strong bands at 500,530 and 580. It was pink/red under the Chelsea, indicating the presence of chrome and showed no anomalous double refraction. All this would probably put it in the pyrope category, except that the 3.85 S.G. rules this out. It''s not dense enough for almandine, so it''s probably a transition pyrope/almandine,although the absorption spectrum was different from the other pyrope/almandines I studied. This sort of variation really makes garnets fun to study.

 

[Fly Girl]

I got the heliodor some time ago, when Barbara still owned the site. It and this small blue sapphire remain unset. So does the large garnet above. Just waiting for the right idea to come along, I suppose.

The heliodor is the intense yellow color of a school bus, or the classic #2 pencil.

Heliodor (J) 2.42 ct. 6.1 x 10.5 mm. [Gec: N] Baguette cut. This unenhanced Mozambique piece is eyeclean and has color saturation of an intenisty usually only seen in precious topaz. BB.

 

[SB621]

Ekkkkk Dont'' hate me i only have 1 vendor pictures from Barry! But I have 3 stones and then a pair of deep red/orange garents that one day I will set into something. Here is my pink tourmaline that goes more peachy color in natural lighting.

Other stones by Barry:
Green/Blueish Tourmaline
Red Garnet

 

[cellentani]

Love the umbalite, fly girl, and the size is pretty stunning too.

 

[cellentani]

3.05ct, 9.2mm

 

[diamondringlover]

Date: 6/17/2010 6:18:22 PM
Author: Sarahbear621
Ekkkkk Dont'' hate me i only have 1 vendor pictures from Barry! But I have 3 stones and then a pair of deep red/orange garents that one day I will set into something. Here is my pink tourmaline that goes more peachy color in natural lighting.


Other stones by Barry:

Green/Blueish Tourmaline

Red Garnet

I just adore this color

 

[cellentani]

3.42ct pink tourmaline

 

[packrat]

Date: 6/17/2010 7:06:36 PM
Author: cellentani
3.42ct pink tourmaline

This makes me want a pink one just like it, and I never took myself for a pink girl. Don''t think it would look good on me either, but dang I love it. I sent that picture to my gramma a few months ago when Michael was getting ready to cut my supernova chryso, and she said the cut took her breath away!

 

[cellentani]

Date: 6/17/2010 7:12:26 PM
Author: packrat

This makes me want a pink one just like it, and I never took myself for a pink girl. Don''t think it would look good on me either, but dang I love it. I sent that picture to my gramma a few months ago when Michael was getting ready to cut my supernova chryso, and she said the cut took her breath away!

That''s really sweet, packy - did you show your gramma your chrysoberyl? What did she think? And what''s up with your ring? I feel like I''ve been out-of-touch lately, and I need to catch up with everyone!

 

[packrat]

Sheesh, you know, I never did take my stones up to show her! Maybe I''ll walk the kids up in the morning and show her. Haven''t gotten to the point to be able to do the down pmt on the 3 stone yet so I just have the stones to play with.

 

[CharmyPoo]

Here are some of mine. I just had a couple more set but don't have photos yet.

Green Tourmailne Pink Tourmailne

Spinel and Tanzanite Amethyst

Green Tourmaline Moody Malaya Garnet

To come ... supernova pink garnet, round pink tourmaline, asscher pink tormaline, round peach tormaline, round blue spinel, large round rhodlite ...

 

[Agnesg]

gorgeous stones...this thread prompt me to send barry an email asking for a dark green round in the signature cut.

 

[arjunajane]

rough ''n ready!
Please note none of these are to scale (in comparison to each other) etc..

I have two of these set and some others are being set atm..

 

[FrekeChild]

Uh. It seems I have a collection that is slightly out of control...

All of these pictured (and listed) below, PLUS:
7.41ct supernova topaz (silver)
4.45ct supernova topaz (silver)
1.17ct dark blue spinel round
1.3ct dark blue spinel round
And multiple small/native cut/other stones from Barry that don't have vendor glamor shots! (See my wedding necklace for a baguette, and I think about 6 of the 9 stones in my JKT key came from Barry too)

Pictured:
1.2ct medium/light blue spinel (ering stone)
2.74ct Big Blue (spinel)
1.6ct gray spinel
.65ct lavender/pink spinel
1.44ct mint green tourm emerald
1.15ct colorless spinel
1.55ct periwinkle spinel supernova
1.75ct feldgrau tourmaline
1.32ct (probable)cuprian tourmaline cushion
1.9ct off white tourmaline cushion

 

[ladyciel]

I have a tanga garnet, which was just set into a lotus ring (currently being adjusted by a local jeweler, so no good pics of it set yet), as well as what I believe to be a Barry tourmaline (some details got lost along the way as the stone changed hands once or twice. Lori, you should probably recognize this stone...

).

My Tanga (6mm):
Barry''s photo

My photos

Tourmaline (7.7mm)

 

[loriken214]

WOO HOO....THANK YOU FOR CHEERING ME UP!!!!

I broke my toe, that is already broken, AGAIN tonight and am in severe pain.

Looking at these GORGEOUS gemstones is making me SO happy, despite the agony.....

LC, your stone looks familiar.

Lori

 

[Fly Girl]

Date: 6/19/2010 3:32:03 AM
Author: loriken214
WOO HOO....THANK YOU FOR CHEERING ME UP!!!!

I broke my toe, that is already broken, AGAIN tonight and am in severe pain.

Looking at these GORGEOUS gemstones is making me SO happy, despite the agony.....

LC, your stone looks familiar.

Lori

Lori - Get well soon, and I''m glad the pictures are helping. I was thinking of another idea for you. How about you list your beautiful gemstones, and we all help you pick one to set into a beautiful piece of jewelry, so that you can wear it? You have so many pretties, it would be nice to see one set. Just a thought.

 

[loriken214]

Date: 6/19/2010 9:46:03 AM
Author: Fly Girl

Date: 6/19/2010 3:32:03 AM
Author: loriken214
WOO HOO....THANK YOU FOR CHEERING ME UP!!!!

I broke my toe, that is already broken, AGAIN tonight and am in severe pain.

Looking at these GORGEOUS gemstones is making me SO happy, despite the agony.....

LC, your stone looks familiar.

Lori

Lori - Get well soon, and I''m glad the pictures are helping. I was thinking of another idea for you. How about you list your beautiful gemstones, and we all help you pick one to set into a beautiful piece of jewelry, so that you can wear it? You have so many pretties, it would be nice to see one set. Just a thought.

Thank you Fly Girl!

I''m in the process of downsizing my gemstone collection and have been selling them or giving a few away as gifts. As soon as I figure out which ones are staying, I''ll post some photos. In the meantime, here is my latest Barry beauty. What should I do with her? It is the one I posted at the top of this thread.

Lori

 

[Brown.Eyed.Girl]

Let''s see...

First up, my big green tourmaline in a Lotus setting (I no longer own this however)

My first Barry purchase - another green tourmaline in a Jewe2004 setting

A cushion green tourmaline in an LOGR setting, made for my mom''s friend

My blue-purple CC spinel, showing its purple side here, in an Americanset trellis setting

My blue tourmaline, possibly copper-bearing, in a four-prong cathedral from Windy City Jewelers

My cushion aqua in an LOGR baguette setting

My mom''s massive cushion amethyst in an LOGR

A malaya garnet (I no longer own this); it''s in the middle - the other two in this pic weren''t cut by Barry

An achroite, colorless tourm (I no longer own this)

My supernova green tourmaline

And set in my mom''s old engagement setting