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

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Dang !
I can never find the spoiler button
Its from Birmingham UK and it was just the primer the royal mail were using

i sold paint for many years
i dont think ive seen pink primmer since last century

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Birmingham Alabama supporting breast cancer causes

I have some yellow that is just bursting to be shown
and i found some blue in a drawer id forgotten about

 

[Crimson]

Dang !
I can never find the spoiler button
Its from Birmingham UK and it was just the primer the royal mail were using

i sold paint for many years
i dont think ive seen pink primmer since last century

Can’t decide which postbox I like better - red or pink! Thanks for your posts, @Daisys and Diamonds. Selling paint - talk about a life in colour!

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Still stuck on pink

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Twin. And your bracelet is beautiful! Rich and heavy.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Yellow


diamond

I don't even like a 3-stone so why do I have to have one just like it?
Thanks a lot, I'll never get over this.

INCREDIBLE ring.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Royal blue tanzanite 4.7 ct. — which I lost, by the way. Wore it on my evening walk and by the end of thr walk, it was gone! Glad I get to share it here. tanzanite

Still gone? What a loss! So large you'd think you'd hear a thud if it fell.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Still to be sized
Very dark (not as dark as the photo) garnet
Edit
Slow posting plus dreadful off centre

Damn! Way cool ring. Please show it off when resized.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Peridot waiting to be sized

My favorite colored gemstone.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

My gorgeous garnet from Gene, set by DanielM:

Not enough ways to say, "I love this!"

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

I googled indego
Its all very Izac Nuton (my spelling is so bad tonight)
Evidently denham blue is indego
This is my one big disappointment
I remember comming home in the train with it knowing it was too dark

What is too dark? Not sure what the stones are but it's a great-looking 3 stone. You don't see that setting every day.

 

[Crimson]

Still gone? What a loss! So large you'd think you'd hear a thud if it fell.

@Ibrakeforpossums Thank you. Still gone - made all kinds of reports (to the park, the police, etc) and even combed the park three times. Maybe some happy magpie is enjoying it.

 

[Crimson]

Still stuck on pink

One of my favourite childhood treats!
This ring is not even as pretty as the photo above. Pink sapphires, white sapphire and morganite.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

@Ibrakeforpossums Thank you. Still gone - made all kinds of reports (to the park, the police, etc) and even combed the park three times. Maybe some happy magpie is enjoying it.

God only knows. One person on this forum lost a necklace in her yard when she took it off to photograph it. Makes you wonder if there's a reason or force behind it.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Unheated Tanzanite - purple with some blue and green

THE coolest tanzanite I've ever seen.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

More peridot (this time with some aquas)
Another terrible photo

your photography skills might be as bad as mine. But peridot and aquamarine, what could be lovelier together?

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

How about a common red umba garnet (paired with a non-rainbow colorless leuco garnet)



@Daisys and Diamonds - I admit, I love seeing your pretties - you've been holding out on us. Especially love the amethyst egg pendant and garnet earrings

Those are both garnets?? OMG.

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

One of my favourite childhood treats!
This ring is not even as pretty as the photo above. Pink sapphires, white sapphire and morganite.

That ring is stunning
and wont root yrour teeth like the candy floss

 

[Daisys and Diamonds]

God only knows. One person on this forum lost a necklace in her yard when she took it off to photograph it. Makes you wonder if there's a reason or force behind it.

I have learnt to only photograph things on my person or right in the middle of the bed
The lighting is good enough, its a trade off for safety

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

It is a light green moissanite stone.

WAY cool! I love moissies.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

I don’t have many yellow gems - hope this will do. Necklace with diamonds and briolette sapphires - pink, blue and YELLOW.

This is a stunning piece. Do you know how old it is?

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

My blue saphire ring i brought in the early 90s
(It too needs resized)
They are actually a reasonable darl blue not blue black

I usually don't like a bypass setting but I really like this one. Unique!

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Teeny tiny peridot in some dangles

this is part of an over priced and baddly designed range (the chain gets caught up and is almost impossible to untangle) by a NZ singer Boh Ringer (well i think she is a singer)
I have 2 matching brooches ill save for latter
@Autumn in New England saphire is my birth stone but i went through a stage of just loving peridot.- well i still do - green is my favourite colour

Winter sheets on the bed
very unsexy

Would love to see ear shots.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Hmmm how about if this post counts for purple this round. @stracci2000 These may interest you!

I sourced and cut all of the gems (each is natural/no enhancement), and designed the cluster pendants. Navajo master silversmith Henry Yazzie did a beautiful job bringing them to life. I told you all I was obsessed with rainbows. These guys are a little over 3" long. I find it impossible to be glum while wearing one of these!

The left pendant is sugilite, Mediterranean coral, orange spiny oyster shell, calcite, chrysoprase, SB turquoise, and lapis in the middle.

The pastel version on the right is charoite, rhodonite, Japanese coral, yellow amber, variscite, gem silica, and dumortierite in the middle.



@AudreyC I thought I used yellow jadeite in one of these, but I was mistaken! Not sure what I used it in now...

You cut all these? You're much more than a collector.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

I might as well include my latest find for the yellow spot! Chrysoberyl!!



Up next: Please make me GREEEEEN with envy.

LOVE this!

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Autumn in New England,
Thank you for this wonderful thread of beautiful and sometimes rare colored gems. You have a gift of getting people to share their images, maybe most remarkably with Daisys and Diamonds. Who knew she has such a stash?
Great fun, thank you so much.

 

[Autumn in New England]

Autumn in New England,
Thank you for this wonderful thread of beautiful and sometimes rare colored gems. You have a gift of getting people to share their images, maybe most remarkably with Daisys and Diamonds. Who knew she has such a stash?
Great fun, thank you so much.

Aww I'm so glad you're enjoying it! I feel like it's our little porch. @Daisys and Diamonds has definitely been my wingman on this thread! She's really kept it going, which is lovely. And so many wonderful members have participated.

About the stones I cut for the rainbow pendants... cabs are really easy to fashion, as opposed to faceted gems! The polish is the most important part. I have diamond paste to achieve that almost wet look. Anyway, thank you!!

 

[Crimson]

This is a stunning piece. Do you know how old it is?

Thanks, @Ibrakeforpossums. It is a modern piece - I bought it three years ago, new. I like its Art Deco look.

 

[Ibrakeforpossums]

Fooled me! It's fabulous.

 

[Crimson]

Back to red! Here is a little 12-ray ruby next to a marquise shaped ruby. The 12 rays were a surprise. I bought it online fr AJSGems as a star ruby, but when i examined it at home, i saw 12 rays - fun!