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Thank you for the compliments on the yellow sapphire in the flower setting! The votes are in and I am going to set it in the flower setting for sure :D.
The purple Umba sapphire arrived today! It is pretty and has flashes of blue, pink and red. I like stones like this one that have unexpected flashes of color. I do already have a spinel that is very similar in color and color flashes though. The sapphire can at times look dark and I can occasionally see the inclusions. Keeping this one is a decision I am going to sleep on. Here are some photos taken in various indoor lighting. I placed it loosely in a ring mount from Yvonne that I have planned for another gem, but this stone could work in it too.
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I must say, you are the best at recycling your settings! :kiss2:
 
MrsKMB said:
I must say, you are the best at recycling your settings! :kiss2:
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I have a bad habit of ordering a setting for particular stone, then placing every stone I own on the setting when I receive it to see how the stones would look in the setting, confusing myself about which stone I should actually set in the mounting. I have had both of those settings for a couple of months already and haven’t been able to make a decision about which stones to set in them :lol:.
 
Your Umba sapphire looks great in the sunflower setting! I've never thought to order settings in advance for gems, but it could come in handy :-) I like the yellow sapphire in the diamond setting, too, just the right amount of sparkle.
 
2Neezers said:
The yellow sapphire that @lilmosun so kindly passed along to me arrived and I love it! I have a floral setting from Aurosi Jewels that I had planned to set a Tsavorite in, but I think I might set the yellow sapphire in it instead. Here it is loosely placed in the setting. Thank you lilmosun!
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Meant to be...so glad it's yours!
 
The pink blue and red flashes in the purple Umba are beautiful. Might make a great Color palate for ring

Love the yellow.

I’m excited for you
 
I think I will most likely return the purple Umba because it is just too similar to the spinel I have. It’s very pretty and I would keep it, but am trying my best not to have similar looking stones.

@leslie1956 I love your sunflower ring so much that I had purchased that sunflower in white gold with demantoids for a purple garnet that I have :)).
 
o_Ozomg I didn't catch these! The Mahenge garnet may be the most beautiful I've ever seen. :cry2:
 
2Neezers said:
I think I will most likely return the purple Umba because it is just too similar to the spinel I have. It’s very pretty and I would keep it, but am trying my best not to have similar looking stones.

@leslie1956 I love your sunflower ring so much that I had purchased that sunflower in white gold with demantoids for a purple garnet that I have :)).
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Thanks, 2Neezers! That combo should be equally nice in WG :-)
 
MrsKMB said:
Did he send an email? I didn't receive one...
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I didn’t get an email this time around either..I did check his Twitter after the stones were posted here and he had announced it on Twitter. They look like gorgeous stones!
 
I got the email at 3:18 and by 3.28 the lab cobalt blue spinel was already gone :eek2:
 
StephanieLynn said:
I got the email at 3:18 and by 3.28 the lab cobalt blue spinel was already gone :eek2:
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I posted it over in the fabulous fashion section and it was gone right after I finished posting. Like, damn, that’s fast! :eek2:
 
Hivona said:
I really liked that purple sapphire but can't do it right now.
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They’re all lovely but a little dark for my personal tastes. Though that purple one got a second look. :mrgreen2:
 
The purple one is really lovely and got snapped up. Hope we will get to see more pictures!

There are a couple more pink/purple sapphires on his site with more silk that are gorgeous colors. One is almost a ruby color. I wish Gene would put up photos in different light if the stone changes color.

I enjoy looking at even what he has sold. Even if lab sapphire is not your thing, check out the cutting on the huge lab sapphire that just sold. He did a frosted facets effect that is striking and unusual.
 
First time poster here :) I'm the one who snatched up the purple sapphire. It will be my first natural sapphire and it is a bit smaller than I usually prefer, so I'm hoping it's a small but mighty one :D

I will post IRL pics once it arrives.
 
SparklePolo said:
First time poster here :) I'm the one who snatched up the purple sapphire. It will be my first natural sapphire and it is a bit smaller than I usually prefer, so I'm hoping it's a small but mighty one :D

I will post IRL pics once it arrives.
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Congrats! Looking forward to the pictures All of Gene’s round cut designs are beautiful.
 
SparklePolo said:
First time poster here :) I'm the one who snatched up the purple sapphire. It will be my first natural sapphire and it is a bit smaller than I usually prefer, so I'm hoping it's a small but mighty one :D

I will post IRL pics once it arrives.
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How awesome! I can’t wait to see your pics! :mrgreen2:
 
Welcome, @SparklePolo! I’m looking forward to your pictures! It looks like a stone with a lot of character. :appl:
 
Here are the pics! First one is Gene's photo, followed by indoor natural light v.s. yellow light. The sapphire shifts from a bluish purple to pinkish purple. Excuse my fingerprint in some pics :D

It's very lively and sparkles so much. Although I'm not used to such small stones (5.862 mm).
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That looks BEAUTIFUL. And with that color and sparkle, I don’t think it needs a ton of size to draw the eye :)
 
Thank you, and I agree the cut really makes this little purple stone pop :love: I've bought so many stones from Gene lately that I'm actually debating on whether to keep this one... I'm already working on a few projects and it just may not be the best time.

If anyone's interested, let me know!
 
SparklePolo said:
Here are the pics! First one is Gene's photo, followed by indoor natural light v.s. yellow light. The sapphire shifts from a bluish purple to pinkish purple. Excuse my fingerprint in some pics :D

It's very lively and sparkles so much. Although I'm not used to such small stones (5.862 mm).
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It's beautiful. All it needs is a little halo to bump up the size and it's good to go. :Up_to_something2:
 
It’s a very beautiful stone. I like how the colors keep changing. :lickout:
 
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