Dan''s plum spinel

[mochi]

Love this little gal... but for the life of me I can''t seem to get a good picture on my hand..

 

[mochi]

But it''s very pretty in the LOGR setting.

 

[mochi]

Love the way the different shades of pink/purple shines through. But I think it''s a bit too dark for a bezel setting, so it will have be in a prong setting. Another project for next year along with my aqua assher!

 

[mochi]

 

[mochi]

Dan, you''re the best!!

 

[LD]

Oooooo it reminds me of damson or plum jam! Scrumptious!

 

[vespergirl]

Beautiful!

 

[Linda W]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh mochi, it''s gorgeous!!!!!! I love the color

 

[LaurenThePartier]

I love it!!! Looks like it''s a great looking stone!

 

[T L]

How does it look in the bezel setting when it''s not in the box. Those black boxes that LOGR provides makes everything look so dark. Pretty stone.

 

[bling addict]

Looks great - I love the colour!

 

[mochi]

LovingDiamonds, Vespergirl, Linda, Lauren and blingaddict: I just love the color and it really helped that I didn''t have this color in my collection. It does look delicious, doesn''t it??

TL: I didn''t take the LOGR setting out of the box because the stone is bigger and I did drop it a couple of times to the ground when I had it on my fingers. But I really think it would be better in a prong setting, kind of like the rubellite one that you have.

I do have another setting comming from LOGR and I''ll try that one and see how it looks, its a prong setting, reminds me of a spider.

 

[T L]

Which setting did you get? Can you post a pic? Hmmm, I don''t recall a setting that looks like a spider, so I''m curious!

 

[musey]

You know, I''m not even usually a purple gal, but I would SO make an exception for that stone!! It looks great in the setting, too. Just beautiful!

 

[mochi]

This is the setting. I believe this started as one of the low priced auction. I didn''t up grade, but after seeing yours, maybe I should have. Oh well, lets see how this one turns out, I haven''t gotten a ''dud'' from them yet.

It was shipped yesterday, so in 2-3 weeks I should be getting it.

 

[packrat]

It''s gorgeous! I''ve come in here twice now just to look at it~!

 

[Linda W]

Mochi, I love that setting.

 

[T L]

Date: 12/19/2008 8:16:35 PM
Author: mochi
This is the setting. I believe this started as one of the low priced auction. I didn''t up grade, but after seeing yours, maybe I should have. Oh well, lets see how this one turns out, I haven''t gotten a ''dud'' from them yet.

It was shipped yesterday, so in 2-3 weeks I should be getting it.

Funny, spiders are not the first thing that come to mind when seeing that lovely setting. Please post pictures when you get it. How exciting!!

 

[newsboysgrl777]

WHAT A BEAUTY!!!! Honestly? I''m in

LOVE

with it in that first LOGR setting, but I don''t know a whole lot about stones and such, so maybe you know more thinking it will look better in a prong setting. And, maybe I love the first setting because I''m PINING to own a halo. May I ask what your reason(s) is/are for wanting in a prong as opposed to bezel? Is it because of light return, or what??


-Rachel

 

[loriken214]

Mochi,

What an amazing color stone you have and I love it in the bezel setting, but I''m partial to bezels. I can''t wait to see it in the new mounting.....

Lori

 

[marcy]

Mochi, I LOVE the color of your spinel. It will look amazing in that ring too. Dan does an awesome job on his gemstones.

 

[marcy]

Mochi, I just had to go look to see if there were some more purple spinels.

Did you see his matching tourmaline pair he just finished. GORGEOUS!!

 

[mochi]

Musey, Packrat, Lori: I was pleasently surprised to see the different pink/purple in this stone, my favorite colors. I may have to name it like WeeSpud.

Linda, TL: I have been looking at this particular setting for a while. It''s a bit different. It''s for a 6mm but I''m hopping that this 6.5mm spinel will fit.

Newsboysgrl: The bezel setting that I posted above is too small for this gem. And yes, because it''s a darker stone, I''m thinking that a prong would be better to bring out the colors.

Marcy: I love Dan''s work and he seems to be such a nice guy. I did see the matching tourmaline. Don''t you think that would make an absolutely stunning earrings? I have to restrain myself. I have bought more gems in the last few days, so I have to stop for this year if I want to get my aqua asscher custom set into a ring. I did contact J.Meyer for it and he''ll be working on this project next year!

 

[AmberGretchen]

OMG I LOVE that color - so beautiful mochi!!

 

[coldfusion]

Beautiful!

 

[marcy]

Mochi, I agree Dan does a great job and seems like a very nice guy. Those tourmalines would make great earrings. I''ve definitely gone over my jewelry budget so I should quit looking - I''ll just find something else I want. I can''t wait to see you aqua ring - it is going to be divine.

 

[beaujolais]

Very cool on the plum stone.