Just posting some pictures of my latest gemstone acquisitions....

[Arthur Kennedy]

Hi, gang. Just wanted to post a link to a video clip of my small collection of small precious gemstones. The diamond is a magnificently cut (GIA triple excellent) 0.50/J/VS2. The red 6×4mm oval stone close to the middle is a heated pinkish-red Burmese ruby from the old mogok mine, so it is definitely my favorite of the bunch. And I also really love this little 4.4x4.4 mm square cut emerald. It looks fantastic in practically any lighting conditions. The trillion is a heated deep blue sapphire. The other white stone is a 0.50 carat white sapphire. Plus a yellow sapphire, an orange sapphire, a purple sapphire, and a nice darkish-green sapphire cushion (all vivid in color and heated). The purple sapphire and the orange sapphire are both 7x5 mm, and I plan to use 'em to make a couple of rings (each will also have a couple of SUPER-teensy accent diamonds as side stones).

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

Hi, gang. Just wanted to post a link to a video clip of my small collection of small precious gemstones. The diamond is a magnificently cut (GIA triple excellent) 0.50/J/VS2. The red 6×4mm oval stone close to the middle is a heated pinkish-red Burmese ruby from the old mogok mine, so it is definitely my favorite of the bunch. And I also really love this little 4.4x4.4 mm square cut emerald. It looks fantastic in practically any lighting conditions. The trillion is a heated deep royal blue sapphire. The other white stone is a 0.50 carat white sapphire. Plus a yellow sapphire, an orange sapphire, a purple sapphire, and a nice darkish-green sapphire cushion (all vivid in color and heated).

Oh! And I forgot to mention the tiny lil' 4 mm pink sapphire trillion and the 6x4mm emerald cut pink sapphire.

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

And here is a dandy lil' 0.46/J/SI1 diamond (also a GIA triple excellent, and it faces up at 4.3 mm in size) along with a couple of 3.5mm heated blue sapphires that I plan to make a cute little three stone ring with.

 

[Arthur Kennedy]

And HERE are a few pictures of my kitty.... just 'cuz he's gorgeous and wonderful.