Are there certain gems you stay away from?

[Lady_Disdain]

Date: 10/15/2008 2:36:45 PM
Author: Kelli
Rubies are my birthstone too, but I love them. Unfortunately I may never have a great one, they are just too pricey! Just to have like a 1/3 of a carat of FINE ruby would make me super happy. Like perfect red, untreated ruby without all that gunk in it like you see in maul stores.

Gene Flanigan has a 0.38 ct beauty for $333. He also has a 0.7 Burma stone for $700 which is very nice (I would ask if he has better photos of it, as I have a feeling the one that is up there doesn''t do it justice, even though I haven''t seen it personally)

http://www.precisiongem.com/html/html/Ruby.html

If only I had $2400...

 

[T L]

Are Gene''s stones heated though? I know the Natural Sapphire Company got in some untreated Burma rubies. Some are really small and in the budget of mortals.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

He says the smaller one is unheated, but nothing about the Burma, so I would supose so. Why don''t you drop him an e-mail and ask? He is a very nice guy.

Or perhaps he will see this thread and comment.

 

[T L]

To get back on topic again, I also stay away from stones that have too much extinction. I adore tourmaline, but I''m always careful to pick out bright stones with little extinction. I also don''t care for any olive cast whatsoever in a green stone. Every single tsavorite I''ve ever seen, even some of the finest ones, have an olive cast to me that you never find in the finest greenest emeralds.

 

[Kelli]

Date: 10/16/2008 11:50:36 AM
Author: Lady_Disdain

Date: 10/15/2008 2:36:45 PM
Author: Kelli
Rubies are my birthstone too, but I love them. Unfortunately I may never have a great one, they are just too pricey! Just to have like a 1/3 of a carat of FINE ruby would make me super happy. Like perfect red, untreated ruby without all that gunk in it like you see in maul stores.

Gene Flanigan has a 0.38 ct beauty for $333. He also has a 0.7 Burma stone for $700 which is very nice (I would ask if he has better photos of it, as I have a feeling the one that is up there doesn''t do it justice, even though I haven''t seen it personally)

http://www.precisiongem.com/html/html/Ruby.html

If only I had $2400...

Wow thank you for the link! I actually LOVE that $700 one''s color. Too bad I can''t spend $700! But it''s good to know maybe I can have a pretty ruby someday

 

[Kelli]

Date: 10/16/2008 1:37:47 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Are Gene''s stones heated though? I know the Natural Sapphire Company got in some untreated Burma rubies. Some are really small and in the budget of mortals.

Also great to know! SOMEDAY....

 

[partgypsy]

Kelli you could also contact Wink with your question. He sourced a 4 mm natural ruby (I assume heat treated but nothing else) for a (grand)mother''s pendant, and it was $200. That was about 3 years ago so the price may have gone up. It is truly a beautiful stone however.

 

[Kelli]

Date: 10/17/2008 12:46:26 PM
Author: part gypsy
Kelli you could also contact Wink with your question. He sourced a 4 mm natural ruby (I assume heat treated but nothing else) for a (grand)mother''s pendant, and it was $200. That was about 3 years ago so the price may have gone up. It is truly a beautiful stone however.

Thanks part gypsy! When the time comes I will definitely do that. It''ll probably be a loooooooong while though!