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@ItsJustAnt I love when folks show raw crystals and specimens here. I had no idea spess grew with smoky quartz as a host. I had to look it up just now. Let's just set it as-is in a giant pendant.
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So cool... thanks for sharing! Good to see you on our "porch!!"
 
Hmm... I'll take yellow this round since I just purchased these guys yesterday. 1ctw. fancy intense yellow diamonds. One is VVS2 and the other is SI1... I hope the difference in clarity isn't apparent in person. Anyway! GREEN is up!!

 
Autumn in New England said:
Hmm... I'll take yellow this round since I just purchased these guys yesterday. 1ctw. fancy intense yellow diamonds. One is VVS2 and the other is SI1... I hope the difference in clarity isn't apparent in person. Anyway! GREEN is up!!

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Omg those are stunning! I can’t wait to see what you have planned for those babies :kiss2:
 
Eli22 said:
Wow! Are these for the periwinkle sapphire project?
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I was wondering if someone would catch that! Actually, I have tentatively decided to go with a toi et moi using a soft peachy-orange oval elbaite. (The emerald orange sapphire I showed in my other thread ended being quite drab in natural daylight, unfortunately.) I feel like this sort of gentle guava color brings out the best in the periwinkle of all the shades I was considering. I'm not 100% certain that this will be the final choice, but that's where I'm leaning. :mrgreen2: Thanks for asking!!

I bought the pair of yellow diamonds to do a 3-stone ring with this purple garnet. I figured I could go more intense with the yellow color since this stone is so saturated (but not overly dark)! What do you think?

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I'll play. I think red or orange is next. Is this red or orange? It is a red spess. But I see maybe orange in it too.


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Oh and red orange definitely next. I think I shall have Profhilo on my hands next week. :lol::D

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Avondale said:
Sorry to disappoint you, but I don't think it is. :(2 It looks like plain regular rock to me. But I agree with you, malachite green is out of this world.
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It's beautimous nonetheless... I will have to share a few of my malachite pieces at some point. They're just set in sterling, but I love them so much. Another related gem I adore? Azurmalachite.
 
@ChaiK Wow, yeah, that guy is right on the 50 yard line between red and orange! So rather than saying reddish-orange or orangey-red, I would say red-orange. Right down the middle... lovely! And it will count as our red this round.

OMG is that a giant orange spess heart?!
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Autumn in New England said:
I was wondering if someone would catch that! Actually, I have tentatively decided to go with a toi et moi using a soft peachy-orange oval elbaite. (The emerald orange sapphire I showed in my other thread ended being quite drab in natural daylight, unfortunately.) I feel like this sort of gentle guava color brings out the best in the periwinkle of all the shades I was considering. I'm not 100% certain that this will be the final choice, but that's where I'm leaning. :mrgreen2: Thanks for asking!!

I bought the pair of yellow diamonds to do a 3-stone ring with this purple garnet. I figured I could go more intense with the yellow color since this stone is so saturated (but not overly dark)! What do you think?

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Ooh both those pairings sound yummy - I can't wait to see the final products!

This purple with the intense yellow will be amazing (and no, I am not a Lakers fan :lol:)!
 
Eli22 said:
Ooh both those pairings sound yummy - I can't wait to see the final products!

This purple with the intense yellow will be amazing (and no, I am not a Lakers fan :lol:)!
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Same! And for the record, I'm not a Vikings fan either!!
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Hopefully these guys work out. I'm trying to be a bit more adventurous with my color combos, as you can see! I have a few others planned too. My tendency is to pair everything with white diamonds. And I love that look, but just not for every single ring. Anyway, thanks!
 
Lol!

Re: pairings- you’ll never know unless you try! I’m sure what ever you end up doing will look spectacular- you have a great eye ;)

Autumn in New England said:
Same! And for the record, I'm not a Vikings fan either!!
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Hopefully these guys work out. I'm trying to be a bit more adventurous with my color combos, as you can see! I have a few others planned too. My tendency is to pair everything with white diamonds. And I love that look, but just not for every single ring. Anyway, thanks!
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@Autumn in New England I think it would look regal! Quite an appropriate pairing for royal purple garnet? We shall have to call you Your Majesty
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Why is Purple Considered the Color of Royalty? | HISTORY

The original dye was prized because of supply and demand: It came from the mucous of an exceedingly rare sea snail shell.
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Is the stone from Antony of Raregemstone Co?

Autumn in New England said:
I bought the pair of yellow diamonds to do a 3-stone ring with this purple garnet. I figured I could go more intense with the yellow color since this stone is so saturated (but not overly dark)! What do you think?

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Autumn in New England said:
I was wondering if someone would catch that! Actually, I have tentatively decided to go with a toi et moi using a soft peachy-orange oval elbaite. (The emerald orange sapphire I showed in my other thread ended being quite drab in natural daylight, unfortunately.) I feel like this sort of gentle guava color brings out the best in the periwinkle of all the shades I was considering. I'm not 100% certain that this will be the final choice, but that's where I'm leaning. :mrgreen2: Thanks for asking!!

I bought the pair of yellow diamonds to do a 3-stone ring with this purple garnet. I figured I could go more intense with the yellow color since this stone is so saturated (but not overly dark)! What do you think?

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oh i thought the yellow diamonds were for the pale blue - periwinkle-bluie stone

never mind
this will look cool too :kiss2:
 
so Green next
hang on a mo ...
i got something a bit different
have to get it out of my china cabinet where it lives beside a painted ostrich egg and some mini glass rhino bookmarks :lol-2:
i brought it home from South Africa long before crystal shops were on every main street in NZ

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I don’t know what’s next but I want to share this one again :)

It’s my little Burmese neon red pear. In incandescent it’s the best red I can imagine, in direct sunlight (like this picture) it shows some pink and wild glow.

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VividRed said:
I don’t know what’s next but I want to share this one again :)

It’s my little Burmese neon red pear. In incandescent it’s the best red I can imagine, in direct sunlight (like this picture) it shows some pink and wild glow.

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@VividRed So pretty!! Will you set this?
 
AudreyC said:
@VividRed So pretty!! Will you set this?
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Maybe one day, but not for me (I’m male and don’t see myself wearing jewelry other than my wedding band…yet, lol). I might set it for my daughter when she is old enough - she is three now so all she can play with is a 35ct synthetic ruby I purchased before she was born. She does not miss one chance to remind me that hers is MUCH BIGGER than mine
 
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