O.M.G another spinel? Burma

[RockHugger]

I walked into a little BM store down in Lexington KY and picked up this beauty. Its a .76ct Burmese spinel. It looked like the perfect ruby at first with pink flashes! It has a neon pink flour. I do have to say, stones are WAAAAAY cheaper in the south then in the north!!

The jeweler also had a jar FULL of small round burmese spinels, so I matched up 2 and snagged them for side stones.

Here they are! They are my most saturated stones, and I cant imagine them getting more saturated then this!
The pics arnt the best, its taken in my hotel room in cincinnati...its storming out so no good light!

 

[Largosmom]

Wow, nice catches!

 

[Gempassion]

That's a very beautiful emerald shape, very saturated spinel. Congrats on your find!

 

[T L]

RH,
Be careful of synthetics, but I probably don't have to tell you that. I hope you evaluate them for natural inclusions, which I'm sure you will. Pretty stones.

 

[RockHugger]

Tl, yup I already checked it for natural inclusions. There is a typical clear crystal inclusion (looks like a weird shaped bubble) under the crown facet. It's visible w a loupe. If it was flawless I would have passed but it's the first thing I checked for.

 

[RockHugger]

Tl, yup I already checked it for natural inclusions. There is a typical clear crystal inclusion (looks like a weird shaped bubble) under the crown facet. It's visible w a loupe. If it was flawless I would have passed but it's the first thing I checked for.

 

[T L]

Awesome, good to hear!! Congrats on your lovely new finds!!

I pass on flawless spinels too.

 

[Lovinggems]

Beautiful spinels Rockhugger, do you go shopping for gems everyday? It's part of your job isn't it.

 

[baby nurse]

RH, they're absolutely gorgeous! What amazing color Can't wait to see them in a ring!

 

[RockHugger]

I look for good deals everyday lol. I have been 'flipping' stones I get amazing deals on, so it's kinda a job! More like a hobby that gives me money to buy stones for my collection. This pretty is going in my collection (same with my green diamond), not being flipped for the mods knowledge.

 

[chictomato]

Hi RH, Honestly I said OMG when I saw ur spinels Really nice, rich color, congrats on the great find!

 

[oddoneout]

Amazing colour.

 

[portia]

Beautiful spinels!! Love the color!

 

[RockHugger]

Here is the Family picture of all the spinels! Heart is .7cts, Emerald is .76cts (deeper cut, so looks smaller), 2 smalls are .14cts, and oval is 1.5ishcts.

 

[RockHugger]

1 more.

 

[T L]

Great family photo. Again, I'm so impressed with how your photography skills have improved. Don't you just wish you could wear them all at once?? Yummy color!!

 

[diamondringlover]

Wow that is a very pretty color....congrats on the great find

 

[Burberrygirl]

Very pretty, what a great find! I love the group picture too.

 

[chrono]

Lovely family shot and congrats on snagging the trio of spinels.

 

[RockHugger]

Thanks!

Tl, yes I do! I was actually trying to think of a way to set them all in the same piece lol!