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Hello everyone! The YAG from Precision Gems has arrived and holy cow is it amazing! It is NEON! Here are a few pictures throughout my apartment with different lighting in every room! It’s also overcast today so no bright natural light. Also included is a family picture of my lab stones:
Precision gems sapphire
Precision gems sapphire
Precision gems YAG
Jeff White alexandrite

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Hivona said:
Hello everyone! The YAG from Precision Gems has arrived and holy cow is it amazing! It is NEON! Here are a few pictures throughout my apartment with different lighting in every room! It’s also overcast today so no bright natural light. Also included is a family picture of my lab stones:
Precision gems sapphire
Precision gems sapphire
Precision gems YAG
Jeff White alexandrite

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Oooh it's gorgeous! Love the family shot too :kiss2:
 
Gorgeous YAG @Hivona ! I was disappointed that someone beat me to it (but glad it was a PSer!).

I managed to grab the lab emerald and it arrived today and it is AMAZING. Perfect color and fantastic cut. As soon as I opened the package, I was blown away. But I admittedly have mixed feelings...because it is so perfect and sparkly, it doesn't look like an emerald to me :doh:
 
Hivona said:
Hello everyone! The YAG from Precision Gems has arrived and holy cow is it amazing! It is NEON! Here are a few pictures throughout my apartment with different lighting in every room! It’s also overcast today so no bright natural light. Also included is a family picture of my lab stones:
Precision gems sapphire
Precision gems sapphire
Precision gems YAG
Jeff White alexandrite

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Drooling over here! :drool: :love:
That YAG is crazy gorgeous and the cutting is freaking perfect. I’m so happy you got it...and maybe a little jealous. :mrgreen2:
 
lilmosun said:
Gorgeous YAG @Hivona ! I was disappointed that someone beat me to it (but glad it was a PSer!).

I managed to grab the lab emerald and it arrived today and it is AMAZING. Perfect color and fantastic cut. As soon as I opened the package, I was blown away. But I admittedly have mixed feelings...because it is so perfect and sparkly, it doesn't look like an emerald to me :doh:
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@lilmosun I could buy it of you :D
 
lilmosun said:
Right now, I am leaning towards keeping it because it is amazing. But if I sell, I'll post here and tag you. Here are two quick indoor pics showing it next to my "real" emerald.
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I can definitely see what you're saying about it looking different. But for me, that difference is why I prefer the lab emerald! It has more of a blue tint, which is my personal favorite part!
 
I LUUUUV your lab emerald, lilmosun:appl:
 
@lilmosun i would be really thankful if you would tag me! I'm wishing for a lab enerald from gene for a long time! =)2

I also see the difference but both are beautiful in their own right =)2
 
lovedogs said:
I can definitely see what you're saying about it looking different. But for me, that difference is why I prefer the lab emerald! It has more of a blue tint, which is my personal favorite part!
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The color is actually very close with the lab having only tinge more blue. Size aside, the big difference is the sparkle/brilliance (which the pictures don't show) of the lab emerald. My guess is that most emeralds are too included to withstand all the facets (but I don't know anything about cutting stones so could be talking nonsense).
Batgirl76 said:
I LUUUUV your lab emerald, lilmosun:appl:
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Thanks! It is beautiful :)
 
SouthernGent said:
Very few stones, even in 10x8 sizes, are any deeper than 6 mm.
As far as I know, he's going to start working on it now.
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Excited to see it!
 
lilmosun said:
Right now, I am leaning towards keeping it because it is amazing. But if I sell, I'll post here and tag you. Here are two quick indoor pics showing it next to my "real" emerald.
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Gorgeous! I love seeing how it compares to a natural emerald. There is a perfection in the lab emeralds that you don’t often see in real life. But they sure are gorgeous! :mrgreen2: What do you think of the color compared to your natural emerald?
 
SouthernGent said:
Very few stones, even in 10x8 sizes, are any deeper than 6 mm.
As far as I know, he's going to start working on it now.
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yipee! did Bryce give you an opinion on which shapes will work best in that material?
 
bludiva said:
yipee! did Bryce give you an opinion on which shapes will work best in that material?
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Yep. I had requirements for a shallow, but "non-boring" stone and we went through numerous options before we settled on a cut. He did a test cut in a synthetic spinel today and posted it on his facebook page. It looks really good.
This is the cut we settled on.
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SouthernGent said:
Yep. I had requirements for a shallow, but "non-boring" stone and we went through numerous options before we settled on a cut. He did a test cut in a synthetic spinel today and posted it on his facebook page. It looks really good.
This is the cut we settled on.
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oh cool...i can't wait to see how this turns out :D:D:D
 
CS newbie here (natural or otherwise, lol). Asking anyone who cares to chime in, do you think any hot pinkish red lab spinels / sapphires can come close to the color of a jedi spinel?

I came across this jedi spinel on IG. Both the color and the price are eye-watering, lol.

Thanks!
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GlitterInMyHair said:
CS newbie here (natural or otherwise, lol). Asking anyone who cares to chime in, do you think any hot pinkish red lab spinels / sapphires can come close to the color of a jedi spinel?

I came across this jedi spinel on IG. Both the color and the price are eye-watering, lol.

Thanks!
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Is that synthetic?
 

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GlitterInMyHair said:
That particular piece is around 1ct, and the asking price is $8000.
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I’ve encountered the same kinds of prices for those Jedi spinels...which is why I don’t have one. :cry2: I haven’t seen any lab material that recreates the look but I’d definitely be interested in seeing if anyone else has.
 
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