Catch all thread - talk or better yet show us

[mochiko42]

Congratulations, Freke!! It's a beautiful spinel and it's wonderful to see it in its forever home. I think the thinner shank really allows the spinel to shine wear it in health and joy!!

 

[Rosebloom]

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Gorgeous reset Freke!!!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

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I bought a 1.07 unheated burmese color change sapphire (AGL certified) and today just dropped it off to set in a platinum setting with tapered baguette accent stones .19ctw. Picking it up next week, can't wait!

 

[distracts]

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ooooh Makingthegrade, can't wait to see pictures of that!

 

[NKOTB]

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I had been really sorry I missed this one when Gene posted it, but, as luck would have it...I got my second chance! 2.49 ct tsav, 9.5x7 mm, bought from Chris Auletta.

 

[MakingTheGrade]

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ooooh Makingthegrade, can't wait to see pictures of that!

Thanks, I can't wait to see it either!!

 

[Divad]

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We finally got our sparkly mint garnet from Peter Torraca set. The setting is by Philip Zahm in 18K yellow and white gold. The garnet is 5.88 x 7.81 x 3.83 mm, 1.16 cts, from Merelani, Tanzania. The green doesn't really come through in the pics, though, despite trying to capture it with a DSLR and iPhone in lots of different lights... oh well!

 

[minousbijoux]

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I like the simplicity of the setting - have not seen another like it.

 

[EvangelineG]

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I really love that setting Divad. Very elegant and fluid!

 

[sparkleismyfavcolor]

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I really love that setting Divad. Very elegant and fluid!

+1, that's beautiful!!

 

[T L]

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Everyone has very beautiful new gems and jewelry pieces.

BTW, I love the metallic green of this shot. What a gorgeous photo.

 

[chrono]

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Everyone has very beautiful new gems and jewelry pieces.
BTW, I love the metallic green of this shot. What a gorgeous photo.

The bright colour of metallic green Christmas foil? Yup, I love it too.

 

[Acinom]

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Wow! Great new additions in this thread!

 

[VapidLapid]

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Just now as I was cleaning up misfiled items in the vendor list, I discovered that the list is full, meaning that I got a message that said there are too many urls in the post, and that the maximum is 100. As it is there are 101, but I spaced the WW Ws out in one so it wouldn't look like an url to the code. It seems that we will have to address this issue if additions are ever to be made, whether by practicing good housekeeping by keeping up with sellers who are no longer active, or asking the mods to increase the limit, or both.

 

[T L]

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Just now as I was cleaning up misfiled items in the vendor list, I discovered that the list is full, meaning that I got a message that said there are too many urls in the post, and that the maximum is 100. As it is there are 101, but I spaced the WW Ws out in one so it wouldn't look like an url to the code. It seems that we will have to address this issue if additions are ever to be made, whether by practicing good housekeeping by keeping up with sellers who are no longer active, or asking the mods to increase the limit, or both.

VL,
I know, I'll ask Ella if we can increase the url limit, if that's even possible. If further additions are ever made, we can type in the URL as text code perhaps (without the www prefix, or like you suggested). Thanks for fixing/cleaning up the list for now.

 

[NKOTB]

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Everyone has very beautiful new gems and jewelry pieces.

BTW, I love the metallic green of this shot. What a gorgeous photo.

Thanks, TL and Chrono!

 

[pregcurious]

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Freke, I like the reset. It puts the focus on the stone. The other settings had too much metal/design going on. 3rd time was the charm for my reset too.

 

[pregcurious]

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NKOTB, that is gorgeous.

 

[NKOTB]

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This setting came up from a fellow PSer, and fit my (mostly grey, sometimes with a hint of lavender) spinel from Jeff Davies.

 

[Acinom]

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Gorgeous stone and setting NKOTB. I love the color of de JD spinel

 

[minousbijoux]

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I wish more used settings would show up on DB and LT - especially in a size 7!

 

[mochiko42]

OMG, I finally managed to snag a Barry stone! After a year of checking his website on and off, the timing gods were in my favor today! Barry will send it out later this week... Super excited!

 

[minousbijoux]

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What what? What is it?! And yay!

 

[Siameseroo]

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Yay! Was it the topaz or the amethyst??

 

[mochiko42]

The amethyst! I'd been looking for one for a while now!

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

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This is a 3.6 carat reddish/purple spinel I picked up from Tan. I was pleasantly surprised that it does not black out in sunlight. I shot two pics of the stone- one in indoor lower lighting, and one of the stone in a sunbeam streaming in from a window

 

[Acinom]

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This is a 3.6 carat reddish/purple spinel I picked up from Tan. I was pleasantly surprised that it does not black out in sunlight. I shot two pics of the stone- one in indoor lower lighting, and one of the stone in a sunbeam streaming in from a window

I love this!!!!
Who is Tan by the way?

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

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Thanks Acinom. Tan is the owner of several ebay stores that are listed on the reputable vendor list. Mostly native cut stones, and I have always found his pictures to represent his stones very well. Many times the stones look better than the pictures. I stalk his sites and other vendors looking for a bargain, and it over a year for me to find a stone like this at such a good price. As soon as I saw it I knew it was exactly what I had been looking for.

Tan of Gemcatalogue http://stores.ebay.com/GemCatalogue
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology

 

[Acinom]

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Thanks Acinom. Tan is the owner of several ebay stores that are listed on the reputable vendor list. Mostly native cut stones. I stalk his sites and other vendors looking for a bargain, and it over a year for me to find a stone like this at such a good price. As soon as I saw it I knew it was exactly what I had been looking for.

Tan of Gemcatalogue http://stores.ebay.com/GemCatalogue
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology

Thank you Lisa
I will have a look
So happy for you that you find such a dream stone after such a long time.

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

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Thanks Acinom. Tan is the owner of several ebay stores that are listed on the reputable vendor list. Mostly native cut stones. I stalk his sites and other vendors looking for a bargain, and it over a year for me to find a stone like this at such a good price. As soon as I saw it I knew it was exactly what I had been looking for.

Tan of Gemcatalogue http://stores.ebay.com/GemCatalogue
Tan of Odysseygem http://stores.ebay.com/OdysseyGem
Tan of VVS1gem http://stores.ebay.com/vvs1gem
Tan of Thegemology http://stores.ebay.com/thegemology

Thank you Lisa
I will have a look
So happy for you that you find such a dream stone after such a long time.

Well it was more of a "I want this color spinel, I want a bigger size stone, I can't really find one in my price range, so I will just check these stores and maybe, just maybe, one will pop-up." lol Next on my list is a flame spine,l and I have one on the way. Hope it is a good experience like this one was.