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

[LilAlex]

^ Those are some lovely crystals! Way better than the usual ruby "rocks"!

 

[Autumn in New England]

Ok here’s my newest— pink Burma Sapphire. DK did the pendant for me from an architectural element I love from Colonial Mexican architecture.

I think I recall the stone, but hadn't yet seen the pendant. Does the "inside" have recessed diamonds, and am I seeing darkened rhodium or is that just a shadow? This is lovely...

 

[Autumn in New England]

Here's a red one, a ruby cluster from the Morogoro area in Tanzania:


It actually look less pink than that in person and is a rich, deep crimson that holds its colour in pretty much al lighting, which is unusual. My guess is the iPhone is picking up the fluorescence thus highlighting a fuschia tone.

When the color looks that good without the need for faceting or polishing...

 

[Autumn in New England]

Whelp looks like I was beaten to it, what's after pink?

Next time, love!! Red is after pink (arbitrarily for the purposes of this thread, lol), and now we're on to ORANGE.

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

I think I recall the stone, but hadn't yet seen the pendant. Does the "inside" have recessed diamonds, and am I seeing darkened rhodium or is that just a shadow? This is lovely...

Thank you. I have not shown the stone before. It was in a hideous setting at an auction with a GIA lab report of Burma no heat. Yes. The inside. Has recessed diamonds because I wanted to copy the 3-d stone windows I used years ago when I had a house in Mexico. No rhodium, just DK’s photography.

 

[Starstruck8]

I've shown this zircon before, but not on this thread.

 

[Autumn in New England]

I've shown this zircon before, but not on this thread.

I don't think anyone will ever tire of seeing it... repeats, especially one that handsome, are always welcome here!

Who wants to show us their YELLOW?

 

[LilAlex]

Yes. The inside. Has recessed diamonds because I wanted to copy the 3-d stone windows I used years ago when I had a house in Mexico

Wow! A diamond hall of mirrors! Very clever and beautiful!

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

If there are no takers for yellow can I show my sister’s gold/yellow south sea pearl?

The things you have to give up when you have siblings. I really wanted this badly.

 

[Autumn in New England]

If there are no takers for yellow can I show my sister’s gold/yellow south sea pearl?

The things you have to give up when you have siblings. I really wanted this badly.

That most definitely counts! How badly I want a multi-colored tahitian strand. I just never have any $ leftover after buying and setting my gems. But one day! This is gorgeous.

GREEN is up!

 

[Crimson]

Whimsical ‘fairy’s mansion in the sea of clouds” jadeite pendant.
I was charmed by the watery jadeite sea, but what took the cake were the jadeite and ruby trees, and the diamond door.
BLUE is next.

 

[Autumn in New England]

Whimsical ‘fairy’s mansion in the sea of clouds” jadeite pendant.
I was charmed by the watery jadeite sea, but what took the cake were the jadeite and ruby trees, and the diamond door.

You gravitate towards the most fantastically beautiful pieces, Crimson. This is something out of a far east dream. It tells such an enchanting story!

 

[Autumn in New England]

2.61ct. cobalt spinel. PURPLE plays next!

 

[Crimson]

2.61ct. cobalt spinel. PURPLE plays next!

Wow!!! Love that cobalt spinel. So saturated and lively @Autumn in New England.
Re: the jadeite pendant - yes I feel transported to another realm when I look at it. The Chinese term is 云海仙宫 (literally cloud sea immortals palace).

 

[CBianco]

Mozambique purple garnet cut by Jeff White

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Pink

 

[Nick_G]

When the color looks that good without the need for faceting or polishing...

It was a good buy at £65/$83.

 

[voce]

It's come back around to red, and I live my red spinels.

 

[Pomelo]

Here’s my orange - a citrine ‘Savannah’ ring by Vivianna Torun for Georg Jensen.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Please someone post a yellow so I can do green!!!

 

[Starstruck8]

Please someone post a yellow so I can do green!!!

OK, just for you...

This kite-shaped yellow sapphire:


I had it for years before I found a way to set it - with an orange-brown sapphire:

I've shown the ring before, but not on this thread, at least that I recall.

Now go for green...

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

My hero @Starstruck8!!!!!! I did not know you had a yellow sapphire!!!! So very sunny yellow!!! Must bail from crazy ideas!!!!!

Green! Don’t think I’ve shown her before in this thread. This one was an experiment to see how I felt about garnets.

 

[Nick_G]

A new blue one that turned up yesterday: corundum var. sapphire in feldspar matrix from
Pit No. 298, Ilmen Mountains, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia:

 

[Eli22]

Green! Don’t think I’ve shown her before in this thread. This one was an experiment to see how I felt about garnets.

You’re killing me @mellowyellowgirl ! I love this chunky green goodness!

 

[Crimson]

Purple/violet jadeite “Ruyi” (“as you wish” or sceptre) pendant.
It is carved both front and back.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Here’s another unofficial pink!



But I don’t have red!!!! We need red next!!!!!!

 

[higanbanya]

Wow love the coloured halo @mellowyellowgirl, such a vibe!

I’ll play - baby sized Burmese red spinel!

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

Wow love the coloured halo @mellowyellowgirl, such a vibe!

I’ll play - baby sized Burmese red spinel!

Haha my sister calls it the Circus Ring

My son was all: Why are the colours all so random Ma? It looks like you just threw them on there!

Me: That was the point!

I love your stack! They stack together so seamlessly I had to look close up to see if it was one whole ring!

 

[toomuchB]

The current color is orange. I'll justify cheating a little since it has been a couple weeks since the last post. Only part of the stone is orange.

5mm no oil red beryl with a particularly strong orange streak across the center.
Any takers for yellow?

https://imgur.com/a/DgwP1aq

 

[Crimson]

The current color is orange. I'll justify cheating a little since it has been a couple weeks since the last post. Only part of the stone is orange.

5mm no oil red beryl with a particularly strong orange streak across the center.
Any takers for yellow?

https://imgur.com/a/DgwP1aq

Fabulous, I have always wanted a red beryl! Thank you @toomuch8 for getting this game going again! Inspired by you, I am going to use the yellow tinge on the right side of my creamy “mutton fat” nephrite pendant to keep things moving.