Am unable to post pics of the pendent? will try later-the stones r clean & a little over 11cts each-stevie...
Semiprecious stones like amber or lapislazuli
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a pic of the pendent with the tourmaline stone...stevieAm unable to post pics of the pendent? will try later-the stones r clean & a little over 11cts each-stevie...
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a pic of the pendent with the tourmaline stone...stevie
Wow! What a beauty!
Thanku for ur comment, I put some thought into each setting for stone placement & presentation to viewers
and a little cool too-stevie...
unveiled this in the jade thread, though it really belongs here. I'm thinking the green bead is aventurine, but would appreciate help with the others?
blue and pink
yellows
And a follow up to show the banding in the carnelian beads in the previously posted bracelet.
blue and pink
yellows
And a follow up to show the banding in the carnelian beads in the previously posted bracelet.
Not a full list, but lot of well known gemstones are listed and I like how they have a lookalike chart, too.
https://www.realorrepro.com/article/Black-light-and-gemstones
Really pretty rings! I love lapis and onyx and turquoise... diamonds always just kick everything up a notch!
Thank you for that link... since the pearls glow, I'm going assume they are cultured.
And yes, here are more beads. 
This one was an impulse purchase because I stumbled across the auction only a few hours before it closed. I don't think I examined the pictures closely enough. The seller mentioned the gray links as a possible repair, but until I had it in hand, I didn't really notice the other flaws, and they aren't specifically described but they are visible in the seller photos.
Most of links are really stretched out and the clasps links look they were broken off and the end twists just looped through. There is an odd key ring style jump ring attached to the clasp loop on one end. It almost makes me wonder if the whole bracelet was broken and then put haphazardly back together, or if the clasp part even goes with the beads and might just be a franken-add later on.
I'm thinking about seeing if I can find a jeweler that won't charge too much to put in gold links for the gray and properly solder the clasp loops down.
I still like it, though. The beads are bigger; closer in size to my green nephrite beads. Sorry for the horrible lighting.
Size comparison to the last bracelet.
This one was an impulse purchase because I stumbled across the auction only a few hours before it closed. I don't think I examined the pictures closely enough. The seller mentioned the gray links as a possible repair, but until I had it in hand, I didn't really notice the other flaws, and they aren't specifically described but they are visible in the seller photos.
Most of links are really stretched out and the clasps links look they were broken off and the end twists just looped through. There is an odd key ring style jump ring attached to the clasp loop on one end. It almost makes me wonder if the whole bracelet was broken and then put haphazardly back together, or if the clasp part even goes with the beads and might just be a franken-add later on.
I'm thinking about seeing if I can find a jeweler that won't charge too much to put in gold links for the gray and properly solder the clasp loops down.
I still like it, though. The beads are bigger; closer in size to my green nephrite beads. Sorry for the horrible lighting.
Size comparison to the last bracelet.
Your stone is called watermelon tourmaline. Love it!I have a pendent with pink topaz & bi-color tourmaline, the tourmaline is so clean it looks as a container of liquid with color. Just an item showing a good example of clean material-stevie..
Im going to show 3 gems under UV light, the results are pretty neet! 1st & 2nd is tugtupite, usually red with white matrix-shows bright orange under UV, next is alexandrite, usually shows a bright red under the UV, the last is red spinel, burmese. These stones, 3, are all burmese & do show pretty well under the UV, mother nature showing her stuff.-stevie...
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wow! those are really pink under UV! so cool looking.
Here are my latest new-to-me beads. More aventurine and pearls, this one is hallmarked at 12k 1/20 gold filled. Still really pretty.
With the carnelian
All the semi-precious together
Here are my latest new-to-me beads. More aventurine and pearls, this one is hallmarked at 12k 1/20 gold filled. Still really pretty.
With the carnelian
All the semi-precious together
Im asking about the gold, 12kt-does this target a european maker of the gold & beads? In the US the gold is 10, 14, 18kt etc-thanks , steve...wow! those are really pink under UV! so cool looking.
Here are my latest new-to-me beads. More aventurine and pearls, this one is hallmarked at 12k 1/20 gold filled. Still really pretty.
With the carnelian
All the semi-precious together
Im asking about the gold, 12kt-does this target a european maker of the gold & beads? In the US the gold is 10, 14, 18kt etc-thanks , steve...
Hi!
Gold-filled jewelry is not actually an alloy of gold the way 10, 14, 18 karat gold is, but it is still pretty and usually brings down the cost while still achieving the look.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold-filled_jewelry
According to wikipedia...
hope that helps!