Pad colour spinel

[Double E]

Pad sapphire is so highly priced and varies in the exact colour combinations of pink and orange, and more importantly usually poorly cut. Does spinel come with similar pad colour? Being monochromatic, how different does pad spinel perform or looks compared to pad sapphire?

 

[margauxmines]

Waiting for experts to chime in but I myself have a "Pad spinel" though some Pad purists will say it doesn't count because it has "zoning" and isn't a pure colour mix.

 

[Double E]

Waiting for experts to chime in but I myself have a "Pad spinel" though some Pad purists will say it doesn't count because it has "zoning" and isn't a pure colour mix.

Definitely welcomed to post pic of own stones irl~ Its an endless debate on what the correct pad colour is even for just sapphire, not to mention a different mineral with varying properties, eg single refractive and monochromatic. However despite the ridiculously price for pad sapphire, mixing pink and orange could be quite appealing provided that particular mix or portions of colours speak to one, that said I think it would be interesting to know what “versions” of such mix in spinel can be.

 

[T L]

Yes, there are pink/orange spinels. Some might consider this cushion a padparadcha color as I’ve seen sapphires come back with that laboratory designation with this color. This was sold to me as a pink spinel, but it’s not a pure pink and has that peachy color. The pear actually has an AIGS description color of orange-pink, and might be considered a padparadcha if it were a sapphire. The problem is that padparadcha color seems all over the place with the labs, and vendors as well.

 

[voce]

Waiting for experts to chime in but I myself have a "Pad spinel" though some Pad purists will say it doesn't count because it has "zoning" and isn't a pure colour mix.

That's a very pretty color, but I'd consider it rose champagne.

I don't think colors mix as well in spinels. Just get what is pretty to you without the pad designation!

 

[margauxmines]

That's a very pretty color, but I'd consider it rose champagne.

I don't think colors mix as well in spinels. Just get what is pretty to you without the pad designation!

Rose champagne is such an interesting name for the colour—thank you, first time hearing it, won't be the last time I use it

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Just out of interest, is the spinel in my avatar considered 'pad coloured'? Unlike many others, I'd be more likely to be buy a pad sapphire becacuse it looks like a red/pink spinel than the other way around. I think though a pad is supposed to be more pastel and softer in colour, though admittedly not a pad expert.

 

[pokerface]

Just out of interest, is the spinel in my avatar considered 'pad coloured'? Unlike many others, I'd be more likely to be buy a pad sapphire becacuse it looks like a red/pink spinel than the other way around. I think though a pad is supposed to be more pastel and softer in colour, though admittedly not a pad expert.

I think not. I love vivid pads myself, but AGL does not grade any sapphire with red in it as "pad," and your stone looks very red to me - much more like a ruby.

 

[fredflintstone]

Just out of interest, is the spinel in my avatar considered 'pad coloured'? Unlike many others, I'd be more likely to be buy a pad sapphire becacuse it looks like a red/pink spinel than the other way around. I think though a pad is supposed to be more pastel and softer in colour, though admittedly not a pad expert.

It is hard to tell.

Your picture is small. There are some vivid Pads that approach that color. Some labs will proclaim as a Pad, some not.

Pink is just a less saturated red color, but some Pads come very close to Ruby. Yours does look like it has some orange in it.

But again, no definitive answers from the picture.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

Yes my spinel is pinkish orange in my view even though it classified as red. But changes in different lighting from tangerine-ish to neon pink.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

I'm a sucker for pink/orange stones hence love malaia garnets too.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

I think not. I love vivid pads myself, but AGL does not grade any sapphire with red in it as "pad," and your stone looks very red to me - much more like a ruby.

Oh I see, didnt realise pads can't have any red in them. That explains the softer pastel tones.

 

[JewelledEscalators]

What about this one, doesn't this have red in it?

Padparadscha Sapphire Gemstone Information at AJS Gems

Learn all about the rare padparadscha sapphire, and how to select a fine gem for your collection.

www.ajsgem.com

 

[fredflintstone]

Oh I see, didnt realise pads can't have any red in them. That explains the softer pastel tones.

Pink is red. Just less so.

 

[fredflintstone]

What about this one, doesn't this have red in it?

Padparadscha Sapphire Gemstone Information at AJS Gems

Learn all about the rare padparadscha sapphire, and how to select a fine gem for your collection.

www.ajsgem.com

Hot pink and orange. Orange in Pads can look very reddish when both the pink and orange component is a hot saturated color mixed. You are seeing the orange highlight of the stone mixed with pink.

 

[margauxmines]

Oh I see, didnt realise pads can't have any red in them. That explains the softer pastel tones.

I bought (then returned and exchanged ) a lab Pad sapphire from Gene of Precision Gems a few months ago. The material is classified as a Pad but it was too fiery-red for me. I do tend towards saturated Pads but this one was too red-orange for me. In hindsight, I think my lamenting was a tad dramatic, but it all worked out in the end since I exchanged the Pad for a lab pink sapphire instead.

Here's the thread of the Pad!