CITRINE

[JoseeCL]

My birthstone is citrine.
About 5 or 6 years ago I bought my 2 citrine rings. I couldn't decide between the 2 so my hubby got me both
The 1st for your viewing pleasure is a stunning trillium cut like I've never seen Madera Citrine! It's a Jaqu de Lili ring. I love it!
Show me you Citrine jewels

 

[JoseeCL]

Here is my 2nd

 

[Gloria27]

Both are stunning, congrats!
I don't own any citrines, yet....

 

[Austina]

I think citrine is a very underrated gemstone, your Madeira is particularly lovely.

 

[JoseeCL]

Thank you. I agree Citrine is underrated. It us a lovely bright color though that can be worn really well with white, black, blue, green... I love my Madera Citrine! The cut and color are so unique I've never seen anything quite like it before or since.
I wish some other would post some nice citrine pieces

 

[chatoyancy]

I love citrine! I have my eye on a couple of stones online. Yours are gorgeous! Is the first a concave?

 

[meladori]

those are beautiful! I don't usually like citrines but I really like the honey gold colors of yours.

 

[JoseeCL]

Chatoyancy, I'm not sure what you mean by concave.

 

[chatoyancy]

I'm sorry, I never saw my alert. I didn't mean to be non responsive. I answered my own question when I recently attended a gem show and bought an amethyst in the same cut as your citrine. It is a concave trillion. If you run your fingers along the back of the gem you'll feel that it isn't smooth. I think the lapidary cuts several little lines in the back of the gem. Hopefully a lapidary can explain it better than I can. Sorry!

Chatoyancy, I'm not sure what you mean by concave.

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Beautiful Citrine rings Josee! If you get a chance I would love to see hand shots.

 

[elle_71125]

Wow. Your Citrine rings are stunning.
I definitely have a soft spot for that first one...wowza!

 

[crescentgems]

Your stones is gorgeous ! and ring is well done too. WOW I love the setting.

ok , Let Me try to explain concave.

Concave faceting is a new faceting technique where we use rounded facets to cut a stone , This results in more brilliance, but the weight loss is more than in normal faceting because we cut more out of the Stone.. here is a concave cut Ceylon hessonite garnet that we cut.

if you see closely you can see the concave facets cut into the Stone.
Face-up this is the result.


Normally Sapphires and expensive Stones are not concave cut as weight loss makes them uneconomical , also its better if the gem is at least over 2 carats as if its smaller the cut will not be as visible.

Ahmed Shareek

 

[JoseeCL]

Beautiful Citrine rings Josee! If you get a chance I would love to see hand shots.

I just saw your comment late! I know!
I'll try and post some hand shots tomorrow

 

[Bron357]

Lovely rings. Those fancy cuts are works of art, not just pieces of jewellery. Wish I could afford to set mine.

 

[chatoyancy]

Lovely rings. Those fancy cuts are works of art, not just pieces of jewellery. Wish I could afford to set mine.

The larger citrine would look good in a yellow gold pendant. That wouldn’t be as expensive as a ring to set, especially if you already have a weightier gold chain. The “smaller” citrine (still big) would probably look great in just plain yellow gold. Maybe, you could put a smattering if small diamonds, but I don’t think a halo would do anything for it.

I love citrine!

 

[Deathspi]

Love your rings @JoseeCL! The first one reminds me of tiger stripes! Also, what an awesome hubby you have to buy you both!
Here’s one of mine that I bought a few years back. The cut is called ‘all triangles’ as every facet is a triangle. No idea what to do with it, but it looks pretty.

 

[minousbijoux]

Deathspi: love your stone - an artwork.

 

[JoseeCL]

Ok, here some hand shots I took this morning.
I tried to get different angles because these ring are so beautiful all around

 

[JoseeCL]

 

[JoseeCL]

Here is another Jaqu de Lili ring Sapphire and diamonds in 14K WG

 

[JoseeCL]

Love your rings @JoseeCL! The first one reminds me of tiger stripes! Also, what an awesome hubby you have to buy you both!
Here’s one of mine that I bought a few years back. The cut is called ‘all triangles’ as every facet is a triangle. No idea what to do with it, but it looks pretty.

Wow!!! Wow wow wow that is gorgeous!
Is it your birthstone too?
I think it would be gorgeous as a pendant
Either on it's own or with diamonds.

 

[Bron357]

Wow, I love your big trilliant ring, it looks AMAZING. It’s huge, wow. I bet people grab your hand and say OMG, now THATS a ring!

 

[JoseeCL]

lol
I've only worn it a few times I'm afraid it is quite big and I have small hands. I should start wearing it more.

 

[Deathspi]

Wow!!! Wow wow wow that is gorgeous!
Is it your birthstone too?
I think it would be gorgeous as a pendant
Either on it's own or with diamonds.

Thank you!
Citrine isn’t my birthstone, amethyst is, which is nice since purple is my favorite colour!
I like your suggestion about a pendant with diamonds. I think it’s way off though as I have too many stones to set as it is!
Love all those hand shots by the way. That trilliant is huuuge!

 

[chatoyancy]

Love your rings @JoseeCL! The first one reminds me of tiger stripes! Also, what an awesome hubby you have to buy you both!
Here’s one of mine that I bought a few years back. The cut is called ‘all triangles’ as every facet is a triangle. No idea what to do with it, but it looks pretty.

Gorgeous!!

 

[chatoyancy]

Both of your rings are awesome!

 

[Cockatiel]

Thanks for posting the handshots. Both are very nice.