OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Barrett]

Ha Ha fooled you...no sapphires here

Figured I would post a few of the stones from Big E's "collectors stones" post on the other site. After seeing everyone mention there are to many sapphire post and threads and after confirming it(whew..tons of sapphire threads )
It's to help remember their ARE other types of CS out there!!!!!

12.72ct amethyst

http://johndyergems.com/catalog_pages/gemstone-Amethyst1465.html

Blue zircon 13.70cts

http://www.ajsgem.com/zircon/blue-zircon/blue-zircon-13.79-carats.html

From one of our Hometown favorites
Roger Dery site
Purple spinel 2.15ct

http://www.spectralgems.net/A-spinel.html

 

[T L]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ha ha ha ha Barrett! You are funny. Thanks for the photos of OTHER colored gems!

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red spinel 3.49cts

http://www.forevergemstones.com/proddetail.php?ProdID=2690

Red zircon 5.54cts

http://www.precisiongem.com/Gemstones/Gemstones/Zircon.html#payloom-detail4

Rubellite 7.42ct

http://www.spectralgems.net/A-tourmaline.html

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apatite 35.15cts.

http://www.paraibainternational.com/product_info.php?product=3725

Yellow zircon 1.97cts

http://www.multicolour.com/detail/?/details/single/zircon/zzi127ad/&1244716636

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peridot 100.15ct.

http://www.palagems.com/php/db_search.php?action=gemdetail&inventory_number=16980

Spessartite garnet 13.14cts.

http://www.coloradogem.com/index.php?display=gems

Red spinel 10.80cts.

http://www.kingdomofredspinels.com/gems.asp?category_id=26

 

[T L]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As Yoda might say, "Really sick of sapphires are you?"

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Morganite 4.52cts

http://www.africagems.com/ja-morganite1168.html

Tsavorite 5.11cts

http://www.swalagemtraders.com/search-gems/detail.php?pid=639&cPage=1&sort=&perpage=8&cat=&display1=1&display2=&display3=0&category=&variety=249&key=&match=&indicate=&reserve_type=&pagefrom=search

 

[LD]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please may I have one of each?

Lovely eye candy .................. AND NO SAPPHIRES!


P.S. the only reason I clicked to open this thread is because my favourite man was the author otherwise I would have swerved on by!

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Aquamarine 1.91cts.

http://www.moregems.com/loose_cut_gemstones/trilliant-aquamarine-with-santa-maria-color-1-91-carats.html#

Blue spinel 4.06cts

http://www.multicolour.com/detail/?/details/single/spinel/sn10456ab/&1244716636

Great blue tourmaline 81.23cts.

http://www.gemsbynomads.com/blog/

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh..LD you make me blush..wink..wink
I saw a few folks say..."way to many sapphires" and by god I scrolled down the first page and it was sapphire after sapphire after sapphire...What happened? Did people forget all the other stones?

Hopefully it will restore the sanity around this place and help dust off the cobwebs
I have never been a corundum lover in the first place so......

 

[LD]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh..LD you make me blush..wink..wink
I saw a few folks say..."way to many sapphires" and by god I scrolled down the first page and it was sapphire after sapphire after sapphire...What happened? Did people forget all the other stones?

Hopefully it will restore the sanity around this place and help dust off the cobwebs
I have never been a corundum lover in the first place so......

LOL Barrett! Do you think the 81ct tourmaline is too big for the engagement ring you're going to buy me? I'm sure we could find a satelite dish big enough to act as a setting basket to hide the window. You see how practical I am?

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would like to thank TL for believing in me
I would like to thank LD for all the good times we had in our younger days and the days to come...
and Big Elvis for taking the time to post these so I could easily copy and paste them here

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Chrome sphene 10.80cts

http://www.multicolour.com/detail/?/details/single/sphene/sh10293aa/&1244716636

Another hometown favorite Lisa Elser and a mint grossular garnet
4.3cts

http://www.lisaelser.com/catalog/item/7541604/7961950.htm

Spessartite garnet 12.16cts.

http://www.ajsgem.com/garnet/spessartite-garnet/mandarin-garnet-spessartite-12.16-carats.html

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lemon quartz with concave faceting 90cts. per Osman Khattak


3.32cts blood orange spinel

http://www.astrologicalgem.com/jyotish-red-spinel.php

Africa rhodolite 7.09cts.

http://www.multicolour.com/detail/index.html?-1531142225

 

[JewelFreak]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ha! Great, Barrett! I've been heaving a tired sigh every time a new sapphire thread appears lately; it almost got that way with red spinels before sapphires took over. Some welcome spice provided here. I'd follow that tsavorite anywhere!

--- Laurie

 

[T L]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the eye candy Jason. BTW, you should know better than to include an aqua in here!!

That Lisa Elser mint garnet is really something else!! I bet it sparkles like there's no tomorrow.

 

[pregcurious]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm a red spinel and blue sapphire lover, but I have to say that this is refreshing. I love that chrome sphene.

How long do you guys think this sapphire thing is going to last?

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TL, ya know..I actually thought twice about posting it becuase of you..honest to god it passed through my mind as I was posting it..LOL..funny you should mention it

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sugarloaf tanzanite 96.38cts

http://www.africagems.com/tanzanite-bt7a-115.html

Indicolite tourmaline 3.92cts.

http://www.gemsbynomads.com/blog/2011/10/17/indicolite-tourmaline-3-92-ct/

Multi-color mozambique tourmaline
3.02cts

http://www.gemselect.com/tourmaline/tourmaline-233149.php

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alexandrite 1.89cts. from brazil

http://www.africagems.com/alexandrite-g2k-3539.html

Bastnaesite From Pakistan 8.15 cts.

http://www.gemfrance.com/-gem-gems-gemstone-gemstones-gemology-?&pierreId=5980&page_res=1&typeId=1&nomId=247&isGallery=1&sort=reference

Imperial malaya garnet from Tanzania 3.51cts

http://www.acstones.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=141&idproduct=3953

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome CC blue garnet from madagascar 2.14cts




http://www.forevergemstones.com/proddetail.php?ProdID=2640

Oregon sunstone 3.51cts

http://www.whitesgems.com/gallery/SUN010.htm

 

[movie zombie]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

had me with the very first stone: lovely amyethst!

 

[Barrett]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wowzers..killer red beryl
1.01cts.

http://www.palagems.com/php/db_search.php?action=gemdetail&inventory_number=19268

Another hometown fav here at PS
Finewatergems purplish pink spinel
2.66ct

http://www.finewatergems.com/spinel.html

6.43ct. merelani mint garnet

http://www.spectralgems.net/A-garnet.html

 

[NKOTB]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the eye candy Jason. BTW, you should know better than to include an aqua in here!!

That Lisa Elser mint garnet is really something else!! I bet it sparkles like there's no tomorrow.

That mint garnet is one of the most beautiful gems ever that I have ever seen, and yes, it sparkles like crazy!
What's the joke on aqua?

Well, this certainly is an eyeful of candy! Some are new to me, some I've ogled many times, and that BB imperial malaya garnet was my desktop wallpaper on my old computer! I was hoping someone on PS had bought it and would start a thread with some pics, but no such luck yet...

 

[GemFever]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I *love* sapphires but even I thought to myself "oh no, I can't handle any more beautiful sapphires!" (though only because I want them all )

Awesome thread! I like that morganite... and all the rest of 'em

 

[T L]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the eye candy Jason. BTW, you should know better than to include an aqua in here!!

That Lisa Elser mint garnet is really something else!! I bet it sparkles like there's no tomorrow.

That mint garnet is one of the most beautiful gems ever that I have ever seen, and yes, it sparkles like crazy!
What's the joke on aqua?

Well, this certainly is an eyeful of candy! Some are new to me, some I've ogled many times, and that BB imperial malaya garnet was my desktop wallpaper on my old computer! I was hoping someone on PS had bought it and would start a thread with some pics, but no such luck yet...

Long story, but Barrett knows all about it. Let's just say, I'm not a fan of aquas.

 

[winternight]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fabulous thread! Love some of those red spinels posted. WOW!

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great thread. BTW- I have been in love with the purple/pink Finewater spinel from the minute I laid eyes on it. What a beauty!

 

[davi_el_mejor]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wowzers..killer red beryl
1.01cts.

http://www.palagems.com/php/db_search.php?action=gemdetail&inventory_number=19268

UMMMM HELLO RED BERYL

I do and do not want to know how much that bad boy would set someone back. GORGEOUS

 

[minousbijoux]

Re: OMG Look at these sapphires!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That mint garnet is one of the most beautiful gems ever that I have ever seen, and yes, it sparkles like crazy!

So does this mean you were the one who got it?!! A case of me not acting quick enough and someone else, sounds like you, having the good sense to jump...I hope it was you, because at least I can visit it virtually...