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Beautiful! I can’t wait to see more pics of it when it arrives. How many more days?
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Aw, thank you. Honestly, it's just not the right time. I wanted to be impulsive but my best friend brought me back to reality. I hope you do too! Oh yeah? Cool! I suppose I should check that out.
Beautiful! I can’t wait to see more pics of it when it arrives. How many more days?
I’d like to see that. I’m sorry about your opal though.
Here are some pics of the badly crazed, faceted opal due to water loss and maybe too hot cutting? ( I heard about that from a gemologist friend, but I’d not heard of that before, so idk if it’s true.) I got this at a gem fair about 18 years ago. It’s not a huge loss, having paid $500 for it, before I knew much about gems. I loved the blue and yellow sheen. It is a Jelly opal with sheen rather than color play, and clearly had a lot of water molecules in it. Worst thing is, my daughter likes it and still believes it should be set.
Thanks! It does have a dreaminess, which is what got my attention when I saw it. It would have to be set very carefully I imagine. Bezel would be most risky but would maybe stabilize and hide the crazing around the girdle where it’s most extreme. I can see it in silver as s pendant, but don’t know who would want to take on this project lol! Maybe I could have it dipped in Opticon first or something.I know nothing about opals, but honestly that looks really pretty! If you set it in silver maybe?
What’s the risk if you do set it?
Here are some pics of the badly crazed, faceted opal due to water loss and maybe too hot cutting? ( I heard about that from a gemologist friend, but I’d not heard of that before, so idk if it’s true.) I got this at a gem fair about 18 years ago. It’s not a huge loss, having paid $500 for it, before I knew much about gems. I loved the blue and yellow sheen. It is a Jelly opal with sheen rather than color play, and clearly had a lot of water molecules in it. Worst thing is, my daughter likes it and still believes it should be set.
Lol, that is hilarious! You’re right, I remember that cracked nail polish look! Also, the distressed furniture look.Thanks for coming back to post pics. I’ve never seen that kind of thing before.
I have to agree with your daughter. Even with the crazing, it’s still so beautiful!
I love that pearlescent sheen. Maybe you can still set it. I don’t know in terms of durability but I still like the look. Besides, a few years ago there was this crackled nail polish trend so why not have a crackled gemstone trend?!
That’s a beautiful ring! Good thing it’s out of storage to be worn and so we can see it too.
I love your avatar! I have some bunnies and they are so sweet. Is there a thread about your bunny pendant here?
Custom project time!Thanks LittleRed! Sadly, I don’t own the bunny in my avatar. I love rabbits, but I’ve searched and searched and not found any great diamond bunnies. Lots of cz ones have turned up in my searches though!
I completely get it.
I spent every last dollar I didn’t have for this one and will have to clear out my jewellery box for it, so it better be worth it!
@Rare gem lover we need SO many more pics!
@Rare gem lover I just want you to start your own thread to share more pictures, and where we can ask you all the details on your lovely rings!
Gorgeous! I agree we need more pics.
Beautiful !! Looks a bit lavender too. So pretty!
Gorgeous! I agree we need more pics.
omg @Rare gem lover I am dying over those blues!
It came from Bayato on Instagram. He was great to do business with.
Hi! I'm new here so sorry if this is out of place. I looked for a faq or forum guidelines and didn't find them.
I recently purchased the demantoid garnet below as a gift at what seemed like an impossibly good price. It came certified by a lesser known lab (Global Gems Lab), so I thought it was probably too good to be true.
Sorry about the low quality photo.
A local gemologist gave it a cursory examination and said the certificate is "most likely" accurate, but a formal appraisal would cost about how much the stone is worth. From everything I've read I would expect a genuine dematoid like this to be worth ~$1000/carat. The gemologist ballparked it at what I paid for it, $100.
The gift recipient is happy with it so that's all that really matters, but I would like to educate myself for the future. It is 2.92 carat. The photo is taken in natural light and isn't very far off true to life color, on my monitor at least. In person it is a bit less blue-green and closer to a true green. The stone is eye clean (EDIT: I meant eye clean or better. I can't find my hand lens) -- dots and such in the image must be reflections. I know oval cut isn't ideal for demantoid, but I imagine there must be something else too, to knock off 95% of the potential value.
I'm not asking for an appraisal or anything, just some general information. What makes a stone like this worth so much less than others?
If this isn't the place to ask, please direct me to where I should. Thanks in advance.
Have you considered the possibility that it is a lab fabricated demantoid garnet? Just because it was created in a lab doesn't make it any less genuine--the chemical composition, physical properties could be identical to natural demantoid. However, if it is a fabricated gemstone the value is a lot less because those are available anytime and are much less rare than gemstones formed in nature that had to be mined.
Your stones are beautiful!
A quick question.
Is this your first purchase with Bayoto? I'm trying to remember him from Instagram...isn't he in Nigeria? I contacted him once and if I remember correctly, he only took bank transfers as payment. No PayPal. Do I have the right guy? I remember he had beautiful stones and reasonable prices, but I was wary of the payment method and didn't pursue anything.
Have you considered the possibility that it is a lab fabricated demantoid garnet? Just because it was created in a lab doesn't make it any less genuine--the chemical composition, physical properties could be identical to natural demantoid. However, if it is a fabricated gemstone the value is a lot less because those are available anytime and are much less rare than gemstones formed in nature that had to be mined.