Let's play a game... rainbow gems.

[colorluvr]

purple spinel

 

[colorluvr]

star ruby that is pink/purple/red (kind of)

 

[colorluvr]

spinel

All of your jewelry is gorgeous and your photography is fantastic.

 

[colorluvr]

mahenge spinel band for red - same llot as my freeform, so not this dark IRL.

 

[colorluvr]

spessartite for orange

 

[Shiny Black Cat]

Mystic topaz, all colors

 

[icy_jade]

tsav and sapphire



@colorluvr thanks so much. Credit to iPhone and tropical sunlight for the lighting. Is there a dedicated thread for your lovelies? I haven’t seen most of them before and they are lovely! Your mahenge blew my socks off!

 

[icy_jade]

Sapphire ring and grape garnet earring

 

[colorluvr]

pinkish purple garnet

 

[colorluvr]

tsav and sapphire



@colorluvr thanks so much. Credit to iPhone and tropical sunlight for the lighting. Is there a dedicated thread for your lovelies? I haven’t seen most of them before and they are lovely! Your mahenge blew my socks off!

No, I haven't posted in a very long time. This type of thread is great for me because I can just grab existing photos, even if they pale in comparison to yours. I'm pretty busy and if I start a thread with a stone or ring, I feel bad if I just abandon it after a few posts because I don't have the time to follow through with responses, which to me seems a bit rude. I'm waiting for my phone lease to be up so I can get a new phone, as my camera is crap. I lived in the high desert in california years ago and it was soooo easy to get good photos in the shade because it was still so bright without any glare, but now I struggle to get decent photos.

 

[elle_71125]

Red

My rubellite tourmaline.

 

[icy_jade]

Mexican opal with all the colors including orange…

and yellow if anyone is out of yellows too…

 

[Autumn in New England]

Wow, you guys have been busy!

@Avondale What a stunning sapphire!!

@icy_jade Where do I begin? That spinel ring is simply breathtaking. And that rubellite on the left is one of the finest I've ever seen! And your tsav is utter perfection.

@colorluvr So many beauties for me to choose from, but I wanted to say we all seem to have difficulty accurately capturing high-grade emerald in photos. I know if I see a nice one here, it must be fab in person. Your ring is sweet!

@Shiny Black Cat I love that you threw some colorful topaz in there for us! And rose quartz has such a calming quality to it. Pretty cab!

@elle_71125 That is the purest red rubellite I've laid eyes on to-date. Leave it to you! What an eye you have. And lovely long fingers!!

@Daisys and Diamonds That amethyst gold egg pendant is just perfect for today! Happy Easter to you and all who celebrate!!

YELLOW is up next, friends! And by all means, have fun with this... loving all of the rainbow opal pix!!

 

[colorluvr]

My new to me yellow sapphire - taken through glass, so glow doesn't show.

 

[Shiny Black Cat]

Malachite

 

[Autumn in New England]

A little over 2ct. paraiba for blue this round. My black phone is reflecting in the stone... ugh I need a white case!



PURPLE is up!

 

[colorluvr]

blue tourmalines

 

[colorluvr]

blue tourmalines

sorry posted at the same time

 

[Autumn in New England]

sorry posted at the same time

No worries! Different shades of blue!! Now grace us with a purple. hee hee

 

[Autumn in New England]

I love, love, love malachite, @Shiny Black Cat.

 

[colorluvr]

purple - pink, mahenge garnet

 

[colorluvr]

I should have put the amethyst before the spinel, as it's more purple than pink - sorry

 

[colorluvr]

mahenge spinel earrings

 

[colorluvr]

Orange - Big spess cab

 

[colorluvr]

yellow sphene in crappy pendent

 

[colorluvr]

green - cat's eye tourmaline

 

[colorluvr]

blue Tourmalines - - sorry if I've hogged, but it's been fun digging out photos and sharing.

 

[Nick_G]

Blue: spinel in marble from the Hunza Valley in Pakistan


(I know it's not a gem but my collection is as found in the earth.)

 

[icy_jade]

blue Tourmalines - - sorry if I've hogged, but it's been fun digging out photos and sharing.

Not at all. I’ve certainly enjoyed seeing them.

 

[colorluvr]

Purple to blue unheated color change sapphire. It almost always looks purple IRL, but almost always looks blue in photos