katharath
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Hi there! I hope this post is ok in here. My name is Kathryn, I've been lurking off and on for awhile, but I wanted to register and introduce myself. I've always loved jewelry but have started collecting much, much more over the past year. I've moved completely away from commercial jewelry, and while I used to mostly like emeralds and diamonds, I've done a 180 and have become fascinated with garnets and tourmaline. I had no clue that they both came in a rainbow of colors until last summer. I've spent the last year educating myself online about what makes for a great CS; I had no idea of how the terms "window", "bowtie", "tone", "saturation", etc etc applied to CS until this last year 
So, I'd consider myself a collector, but on a pretty small scale compared to most.
My very favorite gems currently are garnets, namely demantoid, mint, and color change. I also love the blue and green shades of tourmaline and the pink as well - but I tend towards blues and greens.
Just for fun, I took a few pics of some of my collection I guess I should add that I like minimal sized gems (which is great for my budget), and I like extremely simple settings along with sort of a laid back, more casual look. I think that's sort of what kept me from posting sooner - I feel like such a noob when I see the huge gorgeous gems with melee settings, etc - mine are all so very simple, but that's just what I like. I don't know if I'll ever graduate to liking larger, more complex settings and gems - I guess we'll just have to see. I tried out a large 10 mm simple gemstone ring and it was way too big for me, I ended up selling it about 2 months after I bought it, lol.
So, I'll post a few pics. I apologize in advance for the quality of them, I'm NOT a good photographer
My favorite garnet rings, a demantoid pair, a mint, and a pair of cc blue/green/purple garnet
Close up of my mint ring, it's my very favorite ering right now.
Shades of tourmaline! (All untreated/unheated. The big one is 19 carats, I just got it this week! It's actually very very clean overall, it's hard to tell the quality from this pic, but it just has one real issue, a line in the middle - which is right where the flash is, oops.) The smaller blue one in the bracelet is actually an ice blue color IRL, it looks very dark in this pic. I have some other tourmaline rings but that's it for pendants/bracelets.
Last pic for now. Just a crazy one with all of my CS rings, plus most of my metal only rings. I love the mixed metal look.
Sorry, I just checked my post and saw how crazy and all-over-the-place these pics are I'll try to do better in the future. I took these on my phone and transferred to the computer; they're all weird sizes.
Again, I hope this post is in the right place. I look forward to getting to know some of you and having a place to chat about my favorite gems!
So, I'd consider myself a collector, but on a pretty small scale compared to most.My very favorite gems currently are garnets, namely demantoid, mint, and color change. I also love the blue and green shades of tourmaline and the pink as well - but I tend towards blues and greens.
Just for fun, I took a few pics of some of my collection
I guess I should add that I like minimal sized gems (which is great for my budget), and I like extremely simple settings along with sort of a laid back, more casual look. I think that's sort of what kept me from posting sooner - I feel like such a noob when I see the huge gorgeous gems with melee settings, etc - mine are all so very simple, but that's just what I like. I don't know if I'll ever graduate to liking larger, more complex settings and gems - I guess we'll just have to see. I tried out a large 10 mm simple gemstone ring and it was way too big for me, I ended up selling it about 2 months after I bought it, lol.So, I'll post a few pics. I apologize in advance for the quality of them, I'm NOT a good photographer
My favorite garnet rings, a demantoid pair, a mint, and a pair of cc blue/green/purple garnet
Close up of my mint ring, it's my very favorite ering right now.
Shades of tourmaline! (All untreated/unheated. The big one is 19 carats, I just got it this week! It's actually very very clean overall, it's hard to tell the quality from this pic, but it just has one real issue, a line in the middle - which is right where the flash is, oops.) The smaller blue one in the bracelet is actually an ice blue color IRL, it looks very dark in this pic. I have some other tourmaline rings but that's it for pendants/bracelets.
Last pic for now. Just a crazy one with all of my CS rings, plus most of my metal only rings. I love the mixed metal look.
Sorry, I just checked my post and saw how crazy and all-over-the-place these pics are
I'll try to do better in the future. I took these on my phone and transferred to the computer; they're all weird sizes.Again, I hope this post is in the right place. I look forward to getting to know some of you and having a place to chat about my favorite gems!
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