Hi everyone,
After going to the Intergem show yesterday and seeing a lot of huge kunzites and morganites, but being unimpressed with their general brilliance and vividness of color, and 99% of the imperial topaz were SUPER orangy and brown, I'm now wondering if something more MAUVEY would be awesome for a rose gold setting. I saw some quite pretty fancy tanzanites, but I'd like to find something a bit more hardy if possible. Any suggestions?
I recently fell in some with some Sphene because they have that really marked variety of colors in its fire...what other stones exhibit these qualities, and are there any that I might find in my desired color range?
Also, a photo of my andalusite garnet purchase from Primagems: such an incredibly beautiful cut! I'd never considered these stones before but was super impressed by their brilliance. All of their cuts were FANTASTIC.
The photo is a bit less saturated, it's got a bit more color IRL but this was the best I could do on my phone.
(You can probably see from this photo why I'm always asking for pinkish stones now: my skin is SUPER cool toned!
Also, I posted before asking about recommendations for gem shopping in Aruba: the selection was terrible (although really nice emeralds compared to the US, I think due to vicinity of colombia...but who knows if they were treated) and mostly overpriced, gems were poorly cut. What I WAS struck by was the amount of really unique pieces: many jewelry stores had custom made necklaces and whatnot that were quite unique designs. I came home with a small tanzanite piece with yellow canary diamonds on the side that is a nice keepsake from my trip that was actually quite reasonable, but nothing spectacle. However, I will use it to remember my first island trip fondly I see an upgrade in the future for the tanzanite though.
After going to the Intergem show yesterday and seeing a lot of huge kunzites and morganites, but being unimpressed with their general brilliance and vividness of color, and 99% of the imperial topaz were SUPER orangy and brown, I'm now wondering if something more MAUVEY would be awesome for a rose gold setting. I saw some quite pretty fancy tanzanites, but I'd like to find something a bit more hardy if possible. Any suggestions?
I recently fell in some with some Sphene because they have that really marked variety of colors in its fire...what other stones exhibit these qualities, and are there any that I might find in my desired color range?
Also, a photo of my andalusite garnet purchase from Primagems: such an incredibly beautiful cut! I'd never considered these stones before but was super impressed by their brilliance. All of their cuts were FANTASTIC.
The photo is a bit less saturated, it's got a bit more color IRL but this was the best I could do on my phone. (You can probably see from this photo why I'm always asking for pinkish stones now: my skin is SUPER cool toned!
Also, I posted before asking about recommendations for gem shopping in Aruba: the selection was terrible (although really nice emeralds compared to the US, I think due to vicinity of colombia...but who knows if they were treated) and mostly overpriced, gems were poorly cut. What I WAS struck by was the amount of really unique pieces: many jewelry stores had custom made necklaces and whatnot that were quite unique designs. I came home with a small tanzanite piece with yellow canary diamonds on the side that is a nice keepsake from my trip that was actually quite reasonable, but nothing spectacle. However, I will use it to remember my first island trip fondly
I see an upgrade in the future for the tanzanite though.
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