I''m new here, so I thought I would share pretties (very pick heavy)

[colorluvr]

6mm matching rasberry red rhodolite garnets from Rainbowofgems in heavy 18k two tone setting from Winfields and matching pendant

 

[colorluvr]

8mm (3.2ct) spessartite garnet in HW type 14k wg setting

 

[colorluvr]

7.25mm (2.5ct) deep red cushion zircon from Rainbowofgems in 14k yg lucinda type setting and all three of my reds together

 

[colorluvr]

I guess it would help if I attached the file (red zircon)

 

[colorluvr]

8mm (2.63ct) cushion ginger-orange sapphire from Thanex (ebay) set in LOGR setting with upgraded diamonds

 

[colorluvr]

5.42ct yellow cushion sapphire from gem-earth (ebay) set in 18k wg LOGR setting with upgraded diamonds

 

[colorluvr]

8mm (2.5ct) modified portuguese cut hessonite garnet (this project isn''t finished yet)

 

[colorluvr]

3.85ct (9 x 7) cinnamon brown radiant cut zircon in heavy 14k yg setting

 

[colorluvr]

8mm (2.35ct) peridot in light weight 14k wg tiffany type solitaire

 

[colorluvr]

1.45ct tsavorite garnet from Rainbowofgems set in matching 14k wg wedding bands

 

[colorluvr]

2.22ct (9 x 7) unheated blue-green sapphire from caratgem on ebay set in 14k LOGR setting

 

[colorluvr]

3.66 ct green tourmaline in temporary 14k yg setting

 

[Porridge]

Oooh gorgeous collection! I particularly love the two sapphires in LOGR settings. Beautiful. TFS!

 

[colorluvr]

1.73 ct green tourmaline in HW type setting

 

[colorluvr]

3.45 ct Santa Maria Aquamarine in 14k wg LOGR setting

 

[colorluvr]

1.16 ct rose-pink spinel from caratgem on ebay in 14k wg adwar or stuller setting (don''t remember which)

 

[colorluvr]

2.15ct (8.1mm) grape spinel cut by Jeff White in 14kwg soltice solitaire. I am the second owner of this ring. This is one of my few "non project rings". It is a beautiful stone.

 

[colorluvr]

1ct (6.5mm) tanzanite set in 14k yg setting that was originally purchased from Jareds. It had a lab emerald in it when I bought it (from the original owner) and I swapped it out for this tanzanite.

 

[colorluvr]

1.05 ct (7 x 5) pink sapphire (heat only) from thanex on ebay in LOGR setting

 

[colorluvr]

3.5 ct (7 x 9) radiant cut rose pink zircon (in temporary 14k wg setting)

 

[colorluvr]

shared prong sapphire and diamond band (purchased from the same jeweler in California that made my wedding band for me)

 

[colorluvr]

OK, I''m done for now.

Thanks for letting me share..... and my apologies for the typo in the title (should have been pic not pick), but I didn''t know how to change it once I saw my goof

 

[oddoneout]

Holy moly that''s quite the collection.

 

[colorluvr]

Date: 5/3/2010 5:37:42 PM
Author: Porridge
Oooh gorgeous collection! I particularly love the two sapphires in LOGR settings. Beautiful. TFS!

Thank you. I used to have a few more, but they got sold to fund new projects

 

[Indylady]

Lovely collection! I especially like your red zircon in the Lucidia setting. Gorgeous!!

 

[LD]

What a lovely collection but why so many temporary settings? Some of those settings I''d be happy to have as permanent!!!

Your ginger-orange sapphire is very pretty. Is it the one in your avatar also?

My two favourite settings are the one with the green tourmaline with trilliant sides - one of your temporary settings! It''s very pretty. Can I ask where you got it please?

The other one that really caught my eye is the LOGR 3 row diamond setting with the emerald cut in the centre. Can I ask what you think about it please? Did you upgrade the diamonds? Is it a good weight etc? I''ve been considering it in white gold fora purple sapphire I have.

 

[Porridge]

Date: 5/3/2010 5:50:30 PM
Author: colorluvr
1.05 ct (7 x 5) pink sapphire (heat only) from thanex on ebay in LOGR setting

Oooh I love this one too! What a great setting. Lovin'' the eyecandy here!

 

[colorluvr]

Date: 5/3/2010 6:25:34 PM
Author: LovingDiamonds
What a lovely collection but why so many temporary settings? Some of those settings I'd be happy to have as permanent!!!

Your ginger-orange sapphire is very pretty. Is it the one in your avatar also?

My two favourite settings are the one with the green tourmaline with trilliant sides - one of your temporary settings! It's very pretty. Can I ask where you got it please?

The other one that really caught my eye is the LOGR 3 row diamond setting with the emerald cut in the centre. Can I ask what you think about it please? Did you upgrade the diamonds? Is it a good weight etc? I've been considering it in white gold fora purple sapphire I have.

The temporary settings don't have "nice" side stones yet and except for the one holding the hessonite, the settings are quite light weight and not worth upgrading the stones. My jeweler where I used to live would set my stones for me very inexpensively, so I often just put them in inexpensive settings so I could wear them right away. Since I moved, I don't have that luxury any more, so I have stopped buying settings that I'm not going to keep or that need upgrading.

The stone in my avatar is a 4.69ct apricot spinel. It is much deeper in color IRL than the sapphire.

The ring with the trilliant sides is a very inexpensive light weight setting. I bought it second hand on ebay from an individual.

I did not upgrade the three row LOGR setting. The diamonds are quite small, but the setting is a nice weight. It is quite sparkly, but if you are getting it for a special stone, I would upgrade the diamonds. The diamonds look ok, unless you loupe them.

 

[colorluvr]

Date: 5/3/2010 6:24:35 PM
Author: IndyLady
Lovely collection! I especially like your red zircon in the Lucidia setting. Gorgeous!!

Thank you, that was one of those pleasant surprises. I got the ring second hand. It used to have a CZ in the center and it needed a bit of prong work, but once I got it finished, I was really pleased with how it looked witht the baguette wedding band.

 

[Stone Hunter]

Those are all very nice. If I could only pick two it would be the ginger orange sapph. and the Spess. But the green tourm and peridot are nice also. Welcome!!