What a fun thread! There is so much focus on tPF on diamonds…it’s nice to find fellow gemstone lovers! I love all the colors and fun of various stones…I’ll just post a few of my favorites. Blue sapphire wedding set and alexandrite solitaire, and prehnite and mother-of-pearl rings.
Plus, thinking of adding this London blue topaz tennis bracelet (bottom pic) to my collection. I’d been thinking of a DBTY bracelet but also love tennis bracelets as the design goes all the way around. But find diamond tennis styles a bit to blingy for my everyday look (I’m VERY casual) so thought a gemstone tennis bracelet might be better, kwim!?!
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on the plusside for SPinel: they are most of the times untreated which will make it more easy to sell them, if necessaryI don't find much on spinel.
How's the longevity of it? I'm looking for a few gems to do some bespoke rings. Spinel, sapphire, tanzanite. These are what interest me.
I'm introduced a grey spinel - is it worth getting it?
Beautiful collection of gems! Love the jewelry, too. What brand is it?Ah so many amzing gemstones!
Never saw an Alexandrite that big, by any chance could you pleaaaaaaase post a picture of it after colorchange? I only own a small one, and it's a loose stone (couldn't afford more hahaa), and it's so hard to see the colorchange
That said, here 's my small collection of gemstones (loose), will post pictures of my jewelry within the next days, as a few things are at the jeweler (cleaning, yearly check-up).
At the moment I am trying to choose between 2 items I want to buy- a ring and a pair of earrings. Will attach a picture of them, too. PLease tell me what you think of them. Prices are in Euro.
Ring: the ring in the back for 1,109 Euro or the earrings for 680 Euros. Necklace is gorg, but I don't wear any. Your thoughts?
I would do a beautiful rose gold bezel on that beauty.I wanted to try a gem from a cutter direct for the first time so I asked him to do one parti sapphire in a cut that he does predominantly. It's a cute little one in yellow+green. Flown in from down under. Now I've to think what setting I should do on a ring.
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thank you dear, it's growing... slowly but steadily. Actually I am trying to find a haüyne stone over 5 mm which is... it's a haunt. till now no luck. Last gem I haunted over years was the Alexandrite.Beautiful collection of gems! Love the jewelry, too. What brand is it?
Thanks. That's what I told my jeweller Want a bezel ring but in YG since I'm not much into RG. Should be ready in a few days time.I would do a beautiful rose gold bezel on that beauty.
I'm sure you will show us how beautiful it turned out!Thanks. That's what I told my jeweller Want a bezel ring but in YG since I'm not much into RG. Should be ready in a few days time.
Tanzanite ring and pink tourmaline ring View attachment 5230074
Ah so many amzing gemstones!
Never saw an Alexandrite that big, by any chance could you pleaaaaaaase post a picture of it after colorchange? I only own a small one, and it's a loose stone (couldn't afford more hahaa), and it's so hard to see the colorchange
That said, here 's my small collection of gemstones (loose), will post pictures of my jewelry within the next days, as a few things are at the jeweler (cleaning, yearly check-up).
At the moment I am trying to choose between 2 items I want to buy- a ring and a pair of earrings. Will attach a picture of them, too. PLease tell me what you think of them. Prices are in Euro.
Ring: the ring in the back for 1,109 Euro or the earrings for 680 Euros. Necklace is gorg, but I don't wear any. Your thoughts?
Lovely. I keep seeing designs for your ring in my mind.I wanted to try a gem from a cutter direct for the first time so I asked him to do one parti sapphire in a cut that he does predominantly. It's a cute little one in yellow+green. Flown in from down under. Now I've to think what setting I should do on a ring.
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