Autumn in New England
Ideal_Rock
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Hello all,
I was looking through my gem and jewelry box at pieces I purchased when I first started collecting. I thought now might be a good time to sell them to help fund newer projects. All are being sold at a discount. I'm just going to post basic info and a simple pic. If anyone's interested in something, just ask, and I will post whatever pix/vids you'd like. How do you guys usually send payment... PP friends and family via LT? If so, the figures below will be my best prices. Let us begin!
1. AGL certified untreated 2.69ct. asscher cut yellow sapphire... 7.70 x 7.61 x 4.95mm... great saturation of color and no windowing. Some faint pinpoint inclusions, but just about eye clean. $2,000
2. Another unheated Sri Lankan yellow sapphire... 1.79ct. oval 8.50 x 6.31 x 4.17mm... this one has a softer, pastel, lemon shade... nice cut with no windowing. Eye clean, except for one faint feather. Not yet certified, but if it tests as anything other than natural and untreated (it won't), money back and I also eat my new winter pom-pom hat. $1,000
3. Bought this picture perfect tanzanite from The Rare Gemstone Company. According to Antony, "this class of tanzanite belongs to the top 1% mined, and is very rarely seen in the market. Out of a thousand carats mined, literally 9 or 10 will be of this grade. These colors are extremely scarce, and their rarity makes them attractive to investors. They simply don't come better than this stone. This truly exceptional 2.90ct. cushion has it all. Its color is unparalleled... an extremely intense, almost electric blue in daylight, with an explosion of red flashes under incandescent light. The stone has a flawless clarity and was masterfully precision cut. Absolutely superb... a very rare and beautiful tanzanite." This purchase includes a certificate from LGL gem lab and a mining and geology report, which discusses the crystal's precise origins. A photo of the gem in its rough state prior to cutting is also included. The stone has been laser inscribed for identification and safety purposes. It measures 8.81 x 6.99 x 5.61mm. Heated, of course. $2,000
4. 1.09ct. oval red spinel mined in Luc Yen, Vietnam... 7.93 x 5.42 x 3.33mm... I purchased this spinel from JTV. It was part of the President's Collection. It has a medium-dark tone, but is NOT overly dark, with vivid saturation and a slight pink modifier. She's quite flashy. The stone is completely eye clean and very well cut (no window). I am including the JTV President's Collection certificate and GemWorld lab report with this purchase (which states the color as "vivid red"). $750
5. Here we have an XL 12.23ct. paraiba color untreated apatite... cushion measuring approximately 16 x 12mm... mined in Madagascar... also from JTV. Some fine rutile silk throughout... well cut. Vivid Caribbean greenish-blue color. $2,000
6. Spessartine/spessartite/mandarin garnet 4.31ct. round measuring 9.25mm. Perfect, vivid, pure orange, fanta shade... some sugar inclusions, but nothing that detracts from the stone's overall beauty or brilliance at eye level. They look way worse in this massively blown up photo than in person. Well-cut, no window. Mined in Tanzania. Also from JTV. $1,000
7. This is a 2.21ct. trillion cut purplish-pink spinel from Tanzania, measuring 8.71 x 7.48 x 5.11mm. It was a part of the JTV President's Collection. It comes with a certificate and GemWorld lab report. Eye clean for the most part with a couple of low-relief feathers of little consequence. The brilliance of this guy is spectacular... very well-cut. $1,250
That's it for loose stones for now... I'll list some rings next. Thanks for looking, everyone!!
I was looking through my gem and jewelry box at pieces I purchased when I first started collecting. I thought now might be a good time to sell them to help fund newer projects. All are being sold at a discount. I'm just going to post basic info and a simple pic. If anyone's interested in something, just ask, and I will post whatever pix/vids you'd like. How do you guys usually send payment... PP friends and family via LT? If so, the figures below will be my best prices. Let us begin!
1. AGL certified untreated 2.69ct. asscher cut yellow sapphire... 7.70 x 7.61 x 4.95mm... great saturation of color and no windowing. Some faint pinpoint inclusions, but just about eye clean. $2,000
2. Another unheated Sri Lankan yellow sapphire... 1.79ct. oval 8.50 x 6.31 x 4.17mm... this one has a softer, pastel, lemon shade... nice cut with no windowing. Eye clean, except for one faint feather. Not yet certified, but if it tests as anything other than natural and untreated (it won't), money back and I also eat my new winter pom-pom hat. $1,000
3. Bought this picture perfect tanzanite from The Rare Gemstone Company. According to Antony, "this class of tanzanite belongs to the top 1% mined, and is very rarely seen in the market. Out of a thousand carats mined, literally 9 or 10 will be of this grade. These colors are extremely scarce, and their rarity makes them attractive to investors. They simply don't come better than this stone. This truly exceptional 2.90ct. cushion has it all. Its color is unparalleled... an extremely intense, almost electric blue in daylight, with an explosion of red flashes under incandescent light. The stone has a flawless clarity and was masterfully precision cut. Absolutely superb... a very rare and beautiful tanzanite." This purchase includes a certificate from LGL gem lab and a mining and geology report, which discusses the crystal's precise origins. A photo of the gem in its rough state prior to cutting is also included. The stone has been laser inscribed for identification and safety purposes. It measures 8.81 x 6.99 x 5.61mm. Heated, of course. $2,000
4. 1.09ct. oval red spinel mined in Luc Yen, Vietnam... 7.93 x 5.42 x 3.33mm... I purchased this spinel from JTV. It was part of the President's Collection. It has a medium-dark tone, but is NOT overly dark, with vivid saturation and a slight pink modifier. She's quite flashy. The stone is completely eye clean and very well cut (no window). I am including the JTV President's Collection certificate and GemWorld lab report with this purchase (which states the color as "vivid red"). $750
5. Here we have an XL 12.23ct. paraiba color untreated apatite... cushion measuring approximately 16 x 12mm... mined in Madagascar... also from JTV. Some fine rutile silk throughout... well cut. Vivid Caribbean greenish-blue color. $2,000
6. Spessartine/spessartite/mandarin garnet 4.31ct. round measuring 9.25mm. Perfect, vivid, pure orange, fanta shade... some sugar inclusions, but nothing that detracts from the stone's overall beauty or brilliance at eye level. They look way worse in this massively blown up photo than in person. Well-cut, no window. Mined in Tanzania. Also from JTV. $1,000
7. This is a 2.21ct. trillion cut purplish-pink spinel from Tanzania, measuring 8.71 x 7.48 x 5.11mm. It was a part of the JTV President's Collection. It comes with a certificate and GemWorld lab report. Eye clean for the most part with a couple of low-relief feathers of little consequence. The brilliance of this guy is spectacular... very well-cut. $1,250
That's it for loose stones for now... I'll list some rings next. Thanks for looking, everyone!!
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