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chroman|1473108700|4073442 said:How goes the hunt? I noticed that the 1.06 at gemfix seems to have sold, fwiw.
That either makes me believe that it's an insanely good ruby, or that, it's a fake.
chroman|1473554820|4074987 said:If it was me, I'd be itching to see that Pearlmans stone in person!
ETA: I meant to also add.. Given that your seem to be liking cleaner stones (and probably well cut ones at that), I'll throw out one more red spinel. I know you said it should be ruby for a variety or reasons, but spinel is a much clearer stone. The hard part is finding one that is a red to compete with a nice ruby. For a chunk of history, people referred to both spinel and ruby as "ruby", fwiw. If you are completely set on ruby, nevermind!!
http://gemfix.com/gems/spinel-338-portuguese-style-cut-oval-1-12cts
Someone seems to be on a ruby buying bender. I noticed that 3 other very nice gemfix stones seem to have sold in the last few days.It looks like that pearlman's sold this mornin
GemstoneNoob|1473868074|4076427 said:Seems you have a pretty simple solution. If she really likes that Ruby, and you like it, buy it. Then you can either buy a setting elsewhere, and have that company set it, or you could make a custom setting, or you could buy a setting and take it to your local shop to have them set it. I've been trying to build my engagement ring for a bit over 6 months now, and the stone is the hardest part. You can find much better deals online, but the colors aren't always represented correctly in the photos and videos. Or you get the gem in the mail and find out it has a severe cutting flaw that wasn't visible in the picture.
For me, the stone is the hardest part. If you've found yours, go for it. The rest will fall into place. There are custom setting vendors out there who will work with you (ebay and etsy, check the colored stone vendor list on these forums), and stock settings like stuller that are Very affordable. If you check the websites for the jewelers near you, many of them will have a stuller web shop (or you can go to the stuller site), so you can find a setting you like, plop in your type of stone and see how it looks.
chroman|1473722749|4075685 said:Someone seems to be on a ruby buying bender. I noticed that 3 other very nice gemfix stones seem to have sold in the last few days.It looks like that pearlman's sold this mornin
Correct the settings I think are perfectly acceptable but no I wouldn't get a stone from themchroman|1474236372|4078165 said:Niel - but for settings, not CS, right? I read it as the OP's jeweler was sourcing rubys from Stuller.
Niel|1474237648|4078171 said:Correct the settings I think are perfectly acceptable but no I wouldn't get a stone from themchroman|1474236372|4078165 said:Niel - but for settings, not CS, right? I read it as the OP's jeweler was sourcing rubys from Stuller.
boerumbiddy|1474236878|4078168 said:Just to put in my two cents -- and that's about all I have this month, about two cents -- that second Africagems stone is pretty close to what I consider an ideal red. Depending on level of treatment, it seems like a really good choice. In fact, it looks very much like that Pearlman's ruby that came up earlier in the discussion, just bigger and still on the market.