How many stones do you have that are NOT set

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 6/13/2009 5:43:33 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
212

OMG. I would love a shot of that collection!

 

[marcy]

I voted 5 - 20 but I have a crystal dish full of gemstones for decoration so I didn''t count them.

 

[Kunzite]

89 - albeit mostly cheapy stones.

 

[VRBeauty]

I haven't counted, but it's lots, not including the dinky "crystal dish" stones (great idea, marcyc!). All of mine are "learning stones" bought before I found PS but really, except for the small filler stones, I still like almost all of them, and they still all amaze me.

ETA come to think of it, I'm not sure I've bought any stones since I found PS! It was much easier to buy stones when I knew less about what to look for!

 

[TravelingGal]

Date: 6/13/2009 5:46:06 PM
Author: Linda W

Date: 6/13/2009 4:05:09 PM
Author: TravelingGal
1. I''ve been too busy/lazy to get the damn thing set.

Will you please get that Pad set of yours!!!!! I am dying to see it yanno???????

You and me both. I still have not gotten out to see 23rd st in Santa Monica or Singlestone. I''ve been meaning to for WEEKS, but the kid keeps getting in the way!

And, hello missy, your stones have been unset longer than mine!!

 

[LD]

Date: 6/13/2009 11:51:59 PM
Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 6/13/2009 5:43:33 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
212

OMG. I would love a shot of that collection!

MP They''re all in individual pots with labels on the bottom so taking them out, assembling them, photographing them etc., just isn''t going to happen!

Somewhere I''ve got photos of them all in cases but it''s not the same is it?

 

[Linda W]

Date: 6/14/2009 1:40:39 AM
Author: TravelingGal

Date: 6/13/2009 5:46:06 PM

Author: Linda W

Date: 6/13/2009 4:05:09 PM

Author: TravelingGal

1. I''ve been too busy/lazy to get the damn thing set.

Will you please get that Pad set of yours!!!!! I am dying to see it yanno???????

You and me both. I still have not gotten out to see 23rd st in Santa Monica or Singlestone. I''ve been meaning to for WEEKS, but the kid keeps getting in the way!


And, hello missy, your stones have been unset longer than mine!!

Ha ha ha. That''s true, but mine are little stones. You have a big stone. So you need to set your stone first.

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 6/14/2009 8:52:25 AM
Author: LovingDiamonds

Date: 6/13/2009 11:51:59 PM

Author: MonkeyPie

Date: 6/13/2009 5:43:33 PM

Author: LovingDiamonds

212

OMG. I would love a shot of that collection!

MP They''re all in individual pots with labels on the bottom so taking them out, assembling them, photographing them etc., just isn''t going to happen!

Somewhere I''ve got photos of them all in cases but it''s not the same is it?

That''s actually exactly the kind of shot I was thinking of lol. I can only imagine what they look like all together. WOW.

And here I just want to have enough to fill up a little 50-case box. Lol.

 

[LD]

Here you go MP. This was my collection a couple of years ago. I haven''t taken any recent photos but it gives you an indication! Some of these are now set. You can see that the bottom box was only half full but I''ve managed to sort that out now!!!

 

[sleepyspinel]

VERY NICE! So many vibrant colors

Date: 6/14/2009 3:19:11 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
Here you go MP. This was my collection a couple of years ago. I haven''t taken any recent photos but it gives you an indication! Some of these are now set. You can see that the bottom box was only half full but I''ve managed to sort that out now!!!

 

[T L]

WOW LD!!! I am impressed. I only have one gemtray. I could use another. Quite a bit are sharing an apartment - LOL!!

 

[Kunzite]

Date: 6/14/2009 8:21:18 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
WOW LD!!! I am impressed. I only have one gemtray. I could use another. Quite a bit are sharing an apartment - LOL!!

My OCD self could not take that. Then how would I be able to label the jar? My mind is spinning just thinking of the chaos!

 

[sleepyspinel]

Most of mine are in seperate single dwelling units Only one pair is sharing an apt and that is because they are twins

Date: 6/14/2009 8:21:18 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
WOW LD!!! I am impressed. I only have one gemtray. I could use another. Quite a bit are sharing an apartment - LOL!!

 

[T L]

Date: 6/14/2009 8:50:56 PM
Author: Kunzite

Date: 6/14/2009 8:21:18 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
WOW LD!!! I am impressed. I only have one gemtray. I could use another. Quite a bit are sharing an apartment - LOL!!

My OCD self could not take that. Then how would I be able to label the jar? My mind is spinning just thinking of the chaos!

You sound like my husband when he''s lecturing at me about my lack of organizational skills. LOL!

 

[MonkeyPie]

Date: 6/14/2009 3:19:11 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
Here you go MP. This was my collection a couple of years ago. I haven''t taken any recent photos but it gives you an indication! Some of these are now set. You can see that the bottom box was only half full but I''ve managed to sort that out now!!!

That is AWESOME! I would love to ogle that collection

 

[loriken214]

Date: 6/13/2009 4:59:42 PM
Author: Chrono
We need to start a club for people like us who think the money is better spent on gemstones than the setting.

Sign me up! I''ve only set one, so far, and I''ve already sold it!

Lori

 

[autumngems]

To many to count. I am an avid collector so I have boxes of unset stones.

 

[LD]

Date: 6/14/2009 8:21:18 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
WOW LD!!! I am impressed. I only have one gemtray. I could use another. Quite a bit are sharing an apartment - LOL!!

Hold your hand out TL ........... *smack*

Naughty naughty naughty. You KNOW those beauties need their own space. Now repeat after me "I will buy a new gem box and get to sorting (and labelling) my gemstones"!

See? Don''t you feel better now you have a plan?

BTW I''m loving the Paraiba/Cuprian glow that I spy with my little eye!!!!

 

[cellentani]

Date: 6/15/2009 3:15:00 AM
Author: loriken214

Date: 6/13/2009 4:59:42 PM
Author: Chrono
We need to start a club for people like us who think the money is better spent on gemstones than the setting.

Sign me up! I''ve only set one, so far, and I''ve already sold it!

Lori

Whoa Lori - all those lovely gemstones I''ve seen you get, and you''ve only set one (and even that one''s moot because you don''t have it anymore!)??!!

I wonder if some people have gemstone committment issues - I was surprised how much work it was to actually pick out a setting. I went back and forth for days, and agonized over whether it was the right decision. My gemstones are probably talking about how I "lead them on", talking about setting them, and then drop them cold.

 

[T L]

The problem is I want a gembox that only holds the glass top jars. I don''t care for the round little plastic ones. Do they sell those somewhere?

 

[cellentani]

For you TL: link to case with glass-top gem jars

Also, do you ever get to Intergem? Jemco is always there with all of that kind of stuff. They have a website too (although it seems to be down at the moment), and you can order that stuff separately. I think the leatherette cases run about $11-$12, and the square glass-topped jars (1.5") are maybe 30 cents? I like being able to do my own configurations.

 

[Babyblue033]

Date: 6/16/2009 2:27:45 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds

Date: 6/14/2009 8:21:18 PM

Author: tourmaline_lover

WOW LD!!! I am impressed. I only have one gemtray. I could use another. Quite a bit are sharing an apartment - LOL!!

Hold your hand out TL ........... *smack*

Naughty naughty naughty. You KNOW those beauties need their own space. Now repeat after me ''I will buy a new gem box and get to sorting (and labelling) my gemstones''!

See? Don''t you feel better now you have a plan?

Wanna borrow my P-Touch?

TL, I would love to know too if there''s a gemtray that holds glass top jars. That''ll so go on my Christmas list!

 

[Babyblue033]

Date: 6/16/2009 3:05:14 PM
Author: cellentani
For you TL: link to case with glass-top gem jars

TL, that and a P-Touch and you''re all set! (Did I tell you I''m obsessed with my P-Touch?

)

 

[T L]

Why does it have to have a see-through top??

 

[cellentani]

Date: 6/16/2009 3:09:20 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Why does it have to have a see-through top??

Oh TL, jemco also carries the black leatherette cases without the glass top!

linky to cases with & w/o glass lids

linky to square glass-top gem jars

Same site also has inserts for the cases.

 

[T L]

Thanks for the links!!

 

[sleepyspinel]

Here is how I keep most of mine, mainly in magnetically locked boxes that "suspend" the stones between two clear polymer sheets, a neat way to store the unset stones so I can look at them from all angles without tweezers or getting fingerprints on them

 

[packrat]

hey, um, can I still play in here if I only have one stone?

 

[sleepyspinel]

The more the merrier! Please post your pics

 

[Lady_Disdain]

SS - I love the blue stone in the front row. Is it a spinel?