katharath
Ideal_Rock
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Hi everyone,
I'm listing my cab collection for anyone who may be interested - there are some lovely stones in many affordable price ranges. I'm just going to post my LT listing here bc it's got a ton of info (the listing is for 5 different stones):
https://loupetroop.com/listings/loo...garnet-rose-quartz-opal-cabs-prima-barryb-etc
(Pic 2 here is an upside down/bottom view)
I have a nice mahenge spinel ROUND (even in cabs these are now hard to find!) purchased directly from Jaimeen at Prima; 10 mm moonstone and rose quartz rounds from Barry; @9.5mm mint garnet cushion cab also from Jaimeen; and a very hard to find blue green cats eye welo free form opal (untreated, I've never seen another with this coloring that wasn't smoked, and it's got a *double* cats eye with blue and green; cut by Jeff Schultz, who has done a lot of opal work).
Some specs:
Mahenge spinel round cab - @8.5-9 mm round (I'm eyeballing it in comparison to the other rounds, which are @10 mm). Untreated. Nice pink/red juicy color. Purchased at JCK from Jaimeen in June. 4.73 cts!! (Nice size that would be incredibly expensive if not impossible to find in a round faceted mahenge). When I chose this one I looked through all of his mahenge cab trays, and this was the largest, cleanest, best colored round that I saw. There were many larger ovals, and some cleaner stones, but imo this was the nicest round available of all the trays I saw. This stone *is* included, but not heavily included, I'd say midway between clean and heavily included. There is a lot of transparency in this one but it is NOT a "clean" stone. (I did have Yvonne Raley look at it and she said it should be just fine for setting, so I wouldn't expect the inclusions to create an issue there).
Asking $599 OBO shipped in US
Moonstone - Sri Lankan, untreated, from Barry B at ACS. 3.36 cts, 10.1 mm round, really beautiful!! Beautiful sheen, a bit more silvery than blue but bluish also. Almost perfectly matched in size to the rose quartz, they look gorgeous together. Extremely clean. $109 shipped US
Rose quartz - 3.62, 9.8 mm round, Brazil. Extremely clean. $35 shipped US
Merelani Mint garnet - Tanzanian, from Jaimeen, purchased by me at JCK @3 yrs ago I think. 4.42 cts. Untreated, @9-9.5 mm cushion cut cab. This one IS pretty heavily included but still so pretty. The inclusions create little rainbow effects! $99 shipped US
Blue base (technically a black opal) blue/green cats eye welo freeform opal - untreated, 1.5 cts, shows polished potch on the bottom but none on top. Unusual and gorgeous. I've owned this for years now and have never seen another quite like it. It would look amazing set with some rustic style prongs, I think. Or you could have a bezel handmade for it... Sizewise I think it's roughly 5.5mm at widest point by 8.5ishmm long, but if anyone is interested I'll try to be more specific. Asking $155 OBO
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