Mint asscher tourmaline is here at last!

[virgoruby]

And another..

 

[virgoruby]

Last one - just the minty tourm!

 

[virgoruby]

Date: 4/30/2010 11:27:59 AM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Thanks VR,

Now I''m really super duper jealous.

For a blue spinel, it''s really nice, and the mint color on the asscher is very bright, and it''s screaming ''bezel me!!!''


Some very nice stones you have there!

Errr, I am even more jealous of your vast collection of beautiful gems!

Do you think I should bezel the mint asscher? (sounds like a fantastic idea, btw). In YG or WG?

 

[LD]

OMG - W

W Just look at those two beauties.

p.s. Glad it''s just fluff!

 

[T L]

Date: 4/30/2010 11:45:04 AM
Author: virgoruby

Date: 4/30/2010 11:27:59 AM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Thanks VR,

Now I'm really super duper jealous.

For a blue spinel, it's really nice, and the mint color on the asscher is very bright, and it's screaming 'bezel me!!!'


Some very nice stones you have there!

Errr, I am even more jealous of your vast collection of beautiful gems!

Do you think I should bezel the mint asscher? (sounds like a fantastic idea, btw). In YG or WG?

Thank you Vigor, but I'm still jealous that your first two stones are so amazing. You should have seen what I bought when I first started collecting.

I would do it in 14K YG. I'm getting a 14K YG halo for my mint Afghan tourmaline. I'll post photos soon. I think the yellow gold actually helps bring out the blue color in these gems (even if they're more on the green side).

 

[chrono]

I love the side by side shot; at least your spinel will never black out and neither will the tourmaline. The tourmaline definitely can do with a bezel.

 

[VapidLapid]

wowie zowie!

 

[MakingTheGrade]

Love the new pics! I''m hoping to have a mint asscher later this summer..

 

[virgoruby]

LD, TL, Chrono, VL, MTG & everyone else- Thanks for the kind words! It's so reassuring to know that the fellow PSers (with so much more knowledge than me) approve my stones. (omg, I sound so insecure!

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TL - Your Afghan tourmaline is lovely & I can't wait to see it set! I can totally see that YG works well with the mint colour.

Chrono - Yes, I'm so happy that the two stones won't black out on me... (I've got a ring with a dark inky Sapphire - bought pre-PS naturally.. & it's driving me nuts!)

VL - 'wowie zowie': is this another of your reference to a fab 60s song? (A quick googling showed a Frank Zappa song??)

MTG - Look forward to lots of pics when you get your mint asscher in summer.

 

[Lovinggems]

Beautiful stone virgoruby, can''t wait to see what you do with it.

 

[Stone Hunter]

WOW those are both stunning stones. Great cuts and colors!! I admit I am a bit jealous....the pear is calling my name...maybe someday I''ll get a twin of it. Be sure to post when you get them set! TFS!!

 

[Kunzite]

Wow virgoruby that is amazing!!

 

[virgoruby]

Lovinggems, Stone Hunter and Kunzite - thanks so much for your compliments!

I''ll probably get the mint asscher bezel set in YG (brushed satin finish), though this will have to wait for a while, as I''ve got too many projects going on at the moment... I will post lots pics if/when it''s set.

 

[simplysplendid]

Absolutely beautiful. Somehow, these minty blue green asscher tourmalines just elude me, they are so hard to get my hands on!