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[meladori]

Do you mean you crafted it yourself or designed it yoursel and had it made by others? The winged lions on the sides make it interesting. Any hand shots?

Thank you, they are lamassu. Both. I designed it, worked on the wax myself, and then took it to the casters. After it was cast I set the stone myself. I'll see if I can take a hand shot tomorrow.

 

[meladori]

It's rather small, at 5x7, hence I put some decorations around it to make it more interesting.

 

[Arkteia]

Red tourmaline flanked by blue pear tourmalines

 

[Neptune]

@icy_jade, where are your reds?

 

[Neptune]

Here are my reds. A ruby and two spinels.

 

[Mrs_Strizzle]

My Burmese red spinel ring and antique French diamond and red spinel earrings, both in 18 k gold.

 

[Neptune]

Came across this old article but don't know where to share it, maybe here.

Rare 'Argyle Everglow' Fancy Red diamond could sell for millions

An extremely rare 2.11-carat Fancy Red diamond is up for sale. It was discovered at Rio Tinto, an Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia.

www.cnn.com

 

[BrentM1]

Burmese no heat red spinel. Actually it is more strawberry red. And Ruby and diamond earrings.

 

[icy_jade]

@icy_jade, where are your reds?

Did a small experiment to see how different red stones (with varying levels of fluorescence look in the sunlight vs without):

Top: shaded natural light
Bottom: morning sunlight


Left to right: pinkish red Mozambique ruby with good fluoro, vivid red Mozambique ruby with little fluoro, Mahenge spinel with strong fluoro, Burmese spinel with some fluoro

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Here they are big red and baby red. Only two I've got

 

[Neptune]

Corundum vs spinel

 

[Nick_G]

Here's three Tanzanian ruby crystals, picked out from a dealer's stock of gem rough:


The two crystals that show up as pinker on the photos are from Morogoro, a vivid fuschia pink/red and go mad under LWUV. The other crystal is from Winza, is not as fluorescent, and doesn't have the inner glow of the other two. The largest crystal is 11mm across in it's longest dimension.

 

[Nick_G]

Another ruby specimen, a bit bigger this time, from Luc Yen in Vietnam:

 

[ItsMainelyYou]

Yeah, I might have a couple of spinels.
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[Roselina]

I’m new to the red club and like to share.

 

[Neptune]

Often ponder how it would look without the thick bezel.