Padparadscha is the New Black

[Daisys and Diamonds]

It is the same vendor I recommended before, GemmaxMontreal on Etsy. I bought both my orangey pink spinels as well as my opalescent sapphire from him. Everything I've bought from him is nicer than the pictures, and all as advertised or better.

The prices seem really good
Thanks for the recommendation
I must bookmarks him
i love the orange too

 

[Nick_G]

This is a detail of a cabinet-sized sapphire-in-matrix specimen from Vietnam. I don't know if it qualifies as 'padparadscha' but given the crystals are mainly varying blends of pink and orange, some of them might qualify.

It's certainly not a usual colour for sapphire mineral specimens and it looks gorgeous in sunlight.

 

[pokerface]

This is a detail of a cabinet-sized sapphire-in-matrix specimen from Vietnam. I don't know if it qualifies as 'padparadscha' but given the crystals are mainly varying blends of pink and orange, some of them might qualify.

It's certainly not a usual colour for sapphire mineral specimens and it looks gorgeous in sunlight.

It's my understanding that this type of sapphire from Vietnam often includes shades of lavender, and is therefore excluded from a padparadscha designation. I find the lavender tones attractive and possess one such stone myself, which I posted about in a separate thread: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/maybe-opalescent-maybe-pad-lets-find-out.268130/

 

[Nick_G]

It's my understanding that this type of sapphire from Vietnam often includes shades of lavender, and is therefore excluded from a padparadscha designation. I find the lavender tones attractive and possess one such stone myself, which I posted about in a separate thread: https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/maybe-opalescent-maybe-pad-lets-find-out.268130/

Interesting. Your stone looks like it has a 'milkiness' caused by tiny particles, the so-called 'Rayleigh scattering'. If so, it's possibly not lavender but like the effect of a dilute milk solution which looks bluish in reflected light but orangey in transmitted light.

Some of the crystals in my specimen do show a milky/hazy effect which is probably the same phenomenon.

 

[pokerface]

Interesting. Your stone looks like it has a 'milkiness' caused by tiny particles, the so-called 'Rayleigh scattering'. If so, it's possibly not lavender but like the effect of a dilute milk solution which looks bluish in reflected light but orangey in transmitted light.

Some of the crystals in my specimen do show a milky/hazy effect which is probably the same phenomenon.

I brought it to AGL and they immediately identified it as having lilac tones and therefore, not a pad. Oh well!

 

[Autumn in New England]

I brought it to AGL and they immediately identified it as having lilac tones and therefore, not a pad. Oh well!

Really?! Wow... I do not see a purple modifier at all in your pix. But gems are so difficult to accurately capture in photos. As was mentioned, AGL is the strictest, though I've seen them certify straight up pink sapphires as pads. Do you have any desire to try the GIA extension in NYC? In any event, it's a gorgeous stone!

 

[pokerface]

I brought it to AGL and they immediately identified it as having lilac tones and therefore, not a pad. Oh well!

To clarify, I haven't yet had the pear looked at or evaluated. If I do, I am leaning towards getting a report from GIA.

 

[Autumn in New England]

To clarify, I haven't yet had the pear looked at or evaluated. If I do, I am leaning towards getting a report from GIA.

Ohhhhh! I thought you were talking about the pear!! I was like, what??? There is no purple in that stone. Or brown. Or yellow. I think you have a good shot with the GIA. It's beautiful... check back in with us!