a YELLOW thread

[corundum_conundrum]

Fly Girl posted this a little while ago, and I thought it was worth repeating.



Apparently, one of the reasons "pure" yellows are tough to find is that the range of pure yellow in the visible spectrum is quite narrow. So while there are many types or mixes of "pure" blue, say, there are not as many types or mixes of pure yellow. So you are very likely to find some green or orange in your yellow (and if you mix these, I think your eye might detect a color none of us like very much).

 

[Jereni]

What type of garnet is that? I really like it!

Sorry for the delay!!! Dioptase is right, it is a yellow grossular garnet.

 

[Jereni]

Oh, great idea! One of my dream rings would be a clear saturated yellow with white diamonds. A yellow diamond is not in my future, sob, but I've kept an eye open for other yellow stones -- round possibly but in my mind I see a cushion, minimum 6.5 mm. Sometime I even check out citrines, but they tend to be too orange or have brown modifiers. Jereni, do you mind telling where you found that pretty garnet? Can't WAIT to see it set!!

--- Laurie

Thanks Laurie! Its a Gene garnet

I'm with you, one of my dream projects is a yellow radiant diamond in a white diamond halo...

 

[erinl]

ChrisA222--

You need to post on this thread soon

 

[katharath]

What type of garnet is that? I really like it!

Sorry for the delay!!! Dioptase is right, it is a yellow grossular garnet.

It's beautiful. I had never seen a garnet that yellow before this thread. All of the grossulars I've seen were either green or greenish yellow, but not anywhere close to the yellow in this thread. Love it! Garnets are my favorite gems .

 

[ChrisA222]

ChrisA222--

You need to post on this thread soon

LOL Erin!

It went out in todays Fed Ex....I will post it once I have it and can get a decent picture of it.

 

[ChrisA222]

I'm new to appreciating yellow...but I am glad I did. I just got this one from Jeff Davies. I didn't want a pale yellow, and this one definately is not pale. Its 3.26ct, cut looks good and color looks great. It came with a GRS report stating heat-only with LIBS testing. My camera has a hard time with yellow but I got a couple of decent ones.

I put the stone next to my Garnet ring that I am wearing today, which is 10K Yellow Gold, and it seems to look good with it. So maybe Ill go with low ct yellow gold when I come to setting this one. I included a copy of the certificate as the pic there is a good representative of the color too.

 

[erinl]

I'm jealous!!!

 

[ChrisA222]

Thanks Erin, Im more jealous of your Chrysoberyl though....

 

[facetsnsparkle]

That's a beautiful sapphire chrisa222!!!!!!! The yellow is so vivid.

 

[Rosebloom]

Love that yellow sapphire! So intense!

 

[katharath]

My little yellow sapphires have been set, I have pics of the ring - it shipped this morning so I should have it next week. I'm happy enough with the ring from the pics (it was set exactly as I asked it to be), but I really need to see this one in person before I know if this color setting works with these particular yellow gems. They look a little different than I expected - not sure why exactly though.

Before:

and after:

 

[katharath]

Hmm, those pics blew my screen right up, sorry about that everyone. I can resize them if it's bothersome, but I need to get off the computer in a sec so I'll have to do it later.

I realized what was bothering me though - the sapphires look "greener" now that they've been set. Does anyone else see that? All of the pics are from the seller, so from the same camera/source.

I had this jeweler recently make another gold ring for me, also in 14 k yellow, and I remember thinking that this yellow gold had a slightly more rose tint to it than I expected (although it's def not rose gold). This ring looks just the same to me, like the gold has a bit of rose tint; I wonder if that's why they look "greener" set in there.

I don't know, I'll have to see it IRL to get a better idea. But I wanted to post bc I thought it might be of interest to others, to see how the gold affected the look of the yellow sapphires.

 

[katharath]

I'm new to appreciating yellow...but I am glad I did. I just got this one from Jeff Davies. I didn't want a pale yellow, and this one definately is not pale. Its 3.26ct, cut looks good and color looks great. It came with a GRS report stating heat-only with LIBS testing. My camera has a hard time with yellow but I got a couple of decent ones.

I put the stone next to my Garnet ring that I am wearing today, which is 10K Yellow Gold, and it seems to look good with it. So maybe Ill go with low ct yellow gold when I come to setting this one. I included a copy of the certificate as the pic there is a good representative of the color too.

That's a beauty!!

 

[Dioptase]

Dioptase, I've never seen a yellow topaz in person, but it sounds interesting. I've only recently started appreciating the pin-prick flash versus glow of certain stones. I never quite understood the appeal of yellow topaz, but you've piqued my interest.

Voila!

I think this suite isn't a bad example of how nice yellow topazes can be. Can you see the color concentration toward the tips of the stones? It's fairly typical for topazes with elongated shapes (pears, marquises etc.).

 

[Jereni]

That's a really cool collection of stones!

 

[pregcurious]

That's a nice suite of stones Dioptase. Are they standing in some kind of clear gel? Are they all cut from one rough? What a great necklace those would make.

 

[minousbijoux]

Not only do you have amazing stones, but your photos are works of art - gah, so beautiful!

ETA: Talking about Nomad in case I was too obtuse.

 

[ChrisA222]

Thanks Rosebloom and facetsparkle! I never thought I'd go so crazy over a yellow stone, as I've always been drawn to darker blues, purples, and greens, but I'm starting to appreciate other colors and stones. I never really got into Opals and suddenly I'm seeing why people like those as well. I still don't have a nice orange stone, as I see brown really easily in Spessartite Garnets, but that might be my next stone to go for.

 

[corundum_conundrum]

Its hard not to appreciate yellow when you find a blast of yellow like that--killer yellow sapphire Chris!

 

[ChrisA222]

CC, a compliment on a Yellow Sapphire from you means a lot!! Thank you!

 

[OTL]

My small yellow chrysoberyl. 8x6 pear. Almost no green, at least I can't see any in person. I kinda prefer chrysoberyl either very yellow or very green.

 

[pregcurious]

OTL, looks like a great chrysoberyl. Do you know if the same vendor has similar ones? I am looking for one without a lot of green.

 

[OTL]

OTL, looks like a great chrysoberyl. Do you know if the same vendor has similar ones? I am looking for one without a lot of green.

It's from Tan, you can contact him I believe he does have some yellow ones!

 

[pregcurious]

Thanks OTL

 

[erinl]

Gorgeous OTL

 

[packrat]

Here are my two yellows, a chrysoberyl cut by Peter Torraca and a grossular garnet cut by Gene. Diffused sunlight, which is often my favourite way to see my gems.

I've got another yellow coming in a couple of weeks, will post when I get it.

They're soooo gorgeous!!! I have such a love of yellow.

I don't have pics on the laptop, but I have a yellow chrysoberyl cut by Barry. I had a yellow garnet but sold it a while back, I forget to who tho...sure was a pretty stone.

 

[minousbijoux]

Here are my two yellows, a chrysoberyl cut by Peter Torraca and a grossular garnet cut by Gene. Diffused sunlight, which is often my favourite way to see my gems.

I've got another yellow coming in a couple of weeks, will post when I get it.

They're soooo gorgeous!!! I have such a love of yellow.

I don't have pics on the laptop, but I have a yellow chrysoberyl cut by Barry. I had a yellow garnet but sold it a while back, I forget to who tho...sure was a pretty stone.

To me! And as I said then, my offer still stands to get it back to you if you were really missing it as I haven't set it yet.

Tan is a great supplier for chrysoberyl, as his has been mainly Tanzanian material.

 

[NKOTB]

Thanks, packrat! I didn't use to like yellow, but PS/gems have changed that! And this thread is confirming my love of yellow! Especially at the end of a long, dreary winter.

 

[OTL]

Gorgeous OTL

Thank you Miss Best Chrysoberyl Ever