Aqua assistance?

[youngster]

Hi Mara,
Check our Richard Wise''s site. www.rwwise.com He has a 2 carat aqua, cushion cut, in what looks like a really nice blue, without much gray to it.

I also love aqua and have been on a hunt for a stone of top color for awhile. I also love pale aqua, which is good, since they are so much cheaper! A couple of months ago, I bought an unheated stone in the 3 - 4 carat range, emerald cut, Brazilian in origin, in the $150/carat range to tide me over until I can find/locate the top color stone I lust for. A local gemologist/jeweler sourced it for me, which is another option for you if you can''t find anything on-line.

I''ll follow your search closely!! Good luck!

 

[MissAva]

Here is the new thread on the SMTR My Aquamarine

 

[MissAva]

I wish he photographed the stones on a white back ground...the back gorund can really change how the color looks. JMO.

 

[MJO]

Date: 7/4/2005 7:47:29 AM
Author: valeria101

Date: 7/4/2005 1:17:31 AM
Author: Mara
And here is the fabulous picture!

MJO ! That one surely looks like a find matching Mara''s Tiffany benchmark.


Mara, it may be easier to find such color in a large piece, because the volume helps. But small ones should be out there too. Have you passed by Fay lately ? This one carries a rather nice stone - perhaps not as deep colored as MJO''s but of interesting shape (asscher) and about the size you want. No comment on the very retro white gold bulk around it though... please ignore the ring around the aqua

How about a blue version of the ring in your current avatar ?

Also, perhaps take a look HERE

the pear is better color, they say. Perhaps not quite like
11 x 8 mm 7 x 7 mm MJO''s find, but ...

Gem Line (from MJO''s link) from Lapilia
18 x 12 mm 11 x 8 mm
$2600 $800

Just for refference, there is a good (IMO) presentation of aquamarine colors on Kenneth Glasser''s site HERE. The grades named there (A2, B3, etc) are not universal. There is better than the best stones pictured there (and none received the top grade anyway) and a couple of such things are presented on Richard Wise''s site and book. His are completely over the top !

Perhaps there is more where those come from - worth asking, IMO.

Hi Ana,

The stone on Gemline is $300/ct for that color and quality. It''s also a decent size for either a ring or a pendent. The other sites I see this grade stone on are $500/ct and up.

With regards to the blue zircon. I have purchased some from Gemline and AJS in the past few months. I met Arnold from AJS at my mother in laws house on Sunday. He brought a stone I wanted to see. I ended up buying the 13.13ct Mandarin Orange Spess and a 7.73ct Blue Zircon. Both stones were unbelievable. The blue Zircons right now are some of the best I have ever seen. Richard Wise says, buy when they are around and cheap. You don''t know how long the supply will last.

 

[valeria101]

Date: 7/5/2005 11:38:27 AM
Author: MJO

The blue Zircons right now are some of the best I have ever seen. Richard Wise says, buy when they are around and cheap.

MJO, during such times I wish I could be born again... to put such colors together

Oh yeah... and there is clinohumite comming back from central Asia, if anyone remembers those vivid orange pieces anymore. Hopefully this time there will be enough to get this species above curiosity status.

 

[Mara]

This isn't an aqua but the color seems awfully like it? The cut actually looks pretty lively? What do you guys think? This is pretty much exactly what I'd want re: setting except I'd prefer eternity but for $300?? Thoughts?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5008683346&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

 

[Mara]

also I like the color on this one too and it''s bigger....the cut looks nice as well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5008970228&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1

It looks like an inclusion in the middle there but it says VVS for clarity.

Also, how do the settings look re: diamonds? they say VS-SI which is fine as long as it''s not I1 but no color note. The diamonds look a bit ''black'' to me though or it could be the monitor.

 

[MissAva]

I think the center of the second is prettier, jmo. However the settings seem a little dull to me, not the comcept but the diamonds dont look sparkly.

 

[Mara]

yeah i thought the same thing re: settings but it's so hard to tell in photos sometimes...

melee that small as long as it was not I1 would seemingly be fine as you can't really tell cut too much in such small stones, they just sparkle, BUT you never know. those bottom stones seem blackish to me which should not be the case with a VS/SI stone.

ahh eBay! oh and i REALLY like that color of the 2nd stone. it's kind of got a bit of gray in it?

 

[valeria101]

Date: 7/6/2005 2:15:35 AM
Author: Mara

ahh eBay! oh and i REALLY like that color of the 2nd stone. it's kind of got a bit of gray in it?

Blue topaz should get close to the color you wanted (from the Tiffany picture) without much search or $$, true enough.Blue topaz is really costless - the cost of the cut is all that matters. I wish they those rings could look better in person despite the implicit seller's incentive to take flattering pictures.

 

[BWise]

I agree blue topaz can easily get you the color and shape without big $. I have this topaz called maxi blue that is pretty close to the Tiffany color, darker I think.