You are most welcome. I am happy to show the malachite benchmark.
It was lovingly chosen by my NM DSA, @texasgirliegirl and myself.
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You are most welcome. I am happy to show the malachite benchmark.
It was lovingly chosen by my NM DSA, @texasgirliegirl and myself.
Yes but I’d want that 20 malachite eventually. If it had been a straight exchange the decision would have been harder but the extra 10k is so unappealing right now whereas a few months ago it would have been fine. Right now because of renovations I feel like I am bleeding money. Everything is costing so much more than I anticipated! It’s my first time renovating so I should’ve expected that.
Omg totally. I sometimes look at the pieces I just bought and wonder if they were really all that special since many people have them; and that if I have waited, I might find really unique heritage pieces at auction houses. The two times I had no doubts were my lotus earrings and a heritage diamond ring that means a lot to me. I found myself picking the smallest unlikable qualities on my pieces when they are new.
But once I have lived happy experiences in them, then they have meaning to me and I find peace.
The malachite in your pics looks very light - can you take more pics in different lighting?is the color of mine terrible, a terrible example of malachite?
The malachite in your pics looks very light - can you take more pics in different lighting?is the color of mine terrible, a terrible example of malachite?
Yes I will. It is light i think the green itself is on the lighter side but with the striations it looks even lighter from a distance. I’ll take pics tonight once painters leave.
It sounds like you definitely want the malachite 20, although I am not sure you are 100% on this particular necklace. Can they get in some others for you to compare? As far as the Lotus ring goes, do you have a lot of dressy events? My lifestyle is so casual that I'd never wear it. I certainly see a lot of things in VCA that I love but would never get enough wear from them. So loving something is a good first qualification, and being able to wear it at least several times a year would be another qualification for me. Fortunately for me, I am in a state with no VCA boutiques (and the one in NM closed awhile ago), so I rarely see others wearing it. I can wear Alhambra or other VCA pieces as much as I want, and most people will not even know it's VCA! I think the malachite necklace is a beautiful piece to keep and wear as long as you are pleased with the stones.
Thanks! Yes that was the other thing- although I do love the lotus and would find times to wear it (even on days when I’m just trying to be over the top and funky) it is something I’d be kind of self conscious about because it’s so big and sparkly, for sure. I would like to see how life unfolds with the pandemic...not ever wearing that ring as long as masks are necessary. Haven’t been feeling very fashionable or fancy since March. I wonder if I’m just not excited about anything because I’m depressed. As for stones...I would probably want a little darker but then would it fall flat again? This one really pops when I wear it. It’s not the forest green I imagined but with white striations are they ever really forest green?
Here we go! Hard to capture the color in the artificial light. I’ll try sunlight tomorrow. I haven’t even seen it myself yet in sunlight. In person it is green not as blue as it looks in some photos.
I think maybe the color would show better in photos if you take it off the green background. Try black or white, maybe? I believe the reasons these motifs look lighter is because the striations are tiny and spread across the whole motif, whereas some have areas of solid dark green and a smaller area with the light striations. I think both are beautiful, so it's just a matter of preference.
To your reply, I very much agree that during these times where we aren't really going anywhere (which definitely can be depressing), it's hard to think about how much we'd wear any jewelry!
I will wait for your pics in sunlight before I can give a more constructive response. Just from these pics alone, there seems NOT to be enough contrast of the striations to the main green shade within the stone. @DS2006 gave a good explanation of this.
I do believe that you can request a few necklaces from which you can choose. Trust me, you will find one that will sing to you
Christie's. To be honest I'm now kind of regretting the purchase (haven't even seen it yet!
) because I was so excited that one was available, I got too wrapped up into it without thinking it through. I do not know how it will fit (all my VCA rings seem to be different sizes, even if on the same finger), it is not returnable, does not include COA, and I hate the 25% commission fee you pay on top of it.Then I found one listed on VC that is probably a better size, with documentation, returnable, and no upcharge (though with taxes and customs fees it would still be priced ~2.5K over what I paid at auction). This experience (good or bad) will definitely inform future purchases. I'm not typically an impulse buyer.
Supposed to arrive tomorrow and I will post pics.
