Please Show Me Your Emeralds

[elle_71125]

I finally set my most recent emerald, 1.42 carats in a trillion and baguette setting. It’s a vibrant stone. Sunlight shots.

How lovely! I freaking adore emeralds and yours is beautiful! I love the 5 stone setting too. It compliments the emerald perfectly.

Ps. Really over here wishing emeralds weren’t so damn expensive so I could buy one.

 

[Neptune]

Sharing this here.

A Rare Emerald Salvaged From a 400-Year-Old Shipwreck Could Reach $70,000 at Auction

The rare 6.25-carat emerald in question, which was salvaged from the sunken "Nuestra Señora de Atocha" 37 years ago, will lead Sotheby's Magnificent Jewels sale on December 7.

robbreport.com

 

[Neptune]

I'm totally spamming but this is what I've been waiting to see...it's also a "minor".

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/magnificent-jewels-4/a-historically-significant-emerald-ring

 

[emmy12]

I'm totally spamming but this is what I've been waiting to see...it's also a "minor".

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/magnificent-jewels-4/a-historically-significant-emerald-ring

Wow that is stunning! The history of the stone is also very fascinating! Neat that the rough was recovered from that shipwreck!

 

[Neptune]

I thought of you, @mellowyellowgirl. Big, green, & halo, ha.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

I thought of you, @mellowyellowgirl. Big, green, & halo, ha.

That's for meeeeee!!!

I'm obsessed with chunky halos right now! Loving the petal look!

I've always loved it but always decided in the end to skimp on the diamonds for whatever reason.

For my next ring I think I'll just go for it......

 

[Schlumbergay]

Hi all, longggg time lurker as in over a decade, first time poster here! Thought I’d post some pics of what I’m told is an emerald ring with these bits of diamonds that I inherited.

 

[Adam95]

Not sure if you're looking for set or unset, or both, but here is mine, also from Dana. North Carolina emerald, .75 ct, 5.5 mm.

That is so cool that it was mined in the Carolinas! You can now eat whole hog and buy an emerald from the same two states

 

[Neptune]

Mods, feel free to delete this post if it isn't allowed.

Food for thought...

How We Avoided a 6 Figure Colombian Emerald Disaster
by Robert G. Genis

VOL. 40, #4, Winter 2022 :: National Gemstone

How We Avoided a 6 Figure Colombian Emerald Disaster, Collecting Gems, Heists and Robberies, Auction News

www.preciousgemstones.com

"Remember, if a dealer refuses to submit anything to AGL, run, don't walk away from the deal."

5.64 Colombian emerald, clarity enhanced

5.64 Colombian emerald, not clarity enhanced (post removal of filler)

 

[Mrsz1ppy]

Mods, feel free to delete this post if it isn't allowed.

Food for thought...

How We Avoided a 6 Figure Colombian Emerald Disaster
by Robert G. Genis

VOL. 40, #4, Winter 2022 :: National Gemstone

How We Avoided a 6 Figure Colombian Emerald Disaster, Collecting Gems, Heists and Robberies, Auction News

www.preciousgemstones.com

"Remember, if a dealer refuses to submit anything to AGL, run, don't walk away from the deal."

5.64 Colombian emerald, clarity enhanced

5.64 Colombian emerald, not clarity enhanced (post removal of filler)

I had read that post by Robert Genis. It reminds me of a sapphire I recently submitted to AGL, and it came back as unheated, but oiled. Intrigued, I did some research. Apparently stones are sometimes submitted to get a clean report, and then oiled. Oiling improves clarity and is easy to remove and reapply. Buyer beware, indeed.

 

[Neptune]

 

[autumngems]

Makes me want to dig all mine out tonight

 

[autumngems]

Set

 

[autumngems]

Unset
Here are just a few

 

[Pomelo]

I'm totally spamming but this is what I've been waiting to see...it's also a "minor".

https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/auction/2022/magnificent-jewels-4/a-historically-significant-emerald-ring

@Neptune uhmmm did you see what it finally sold for?!

Guide was USD 50-70k
Sold for... USD 1,197,000

Very very jelly you got to try her on, she's gorgeous

 

[Neptune]

@Neptune uhmmm did you see what it finally sold for?!

Guide was USD 50-70k
Sold for... USD 1,197,000

Very very jelly you got to try her on, she's gorgeous

I wish but that wasn't me so don't be jelly.

 

[Neptune]

Unset
Here are just a few

Wow, you have so many!

To answer your other question, that eBay seller is no longer active...sad.

 

[autumngems]

Wow, you have so many!

To answer your other question, that eBay seller is no longer active...sad.

Yes, that's just part of them, I have lots of small to med sized ones

 

[Neptune]

Can we work out why most of us are ok with minor oil in emeralds?

Is it the risk that it would dry out and look vastly different at moderate/significant? But with minor we that that's unlikely?

I know these old threads don't answer your questions exactly but I thought they are useful still. You might have read them already.

How can you tell if an emerald is treated?

I have read that virtually all emerald available today it treated with resins or oils to fill out the cracks. Is emerald, by nature, a poor quality stone that needs more help than just cutting to become beautiful? Are the treatments visible if you know what to look for? I have a Colombian .57...

www.pricescope.com

Please enlight me: treated emeralds

So the more I read about emeralds, the less I seem to know :errrr: A case in point: I always thought emeralds always had inclusions, no matter how clear they were. Nowadays with all the treatments, some vendors claim they can make an emerald be "IF" clear. An example...

www.pricescope.com

Treatment on an emerald - araldite

I'm looking at a loose emerald with a good price, and I'm now wondering if this is why. I wrote them to ask about return policy if I send the stone to AGL. This is what they wrote back in terms of information on treatment: "We frequently have our new acquisitions cedar oiled before bringing...

www.pricescope.com

AGL Prestige report shows Type & Stability Index on top of Degree. Maybe other labs do the same, not GIA, right?

Sample report.

 

[Neptune]

Yes, that's just part of them, I have lots of small to med sized ones

Any setting plans?

 

[autumngems]

Any setting plans?

I had some ideas but the OEC I was set to acquire the seller hasn't been responding.

 

[Neptune]

I had some ideas but the OEC I was set to acquire the seller hasn't been responding.

If I have that many, I would make a bracelet out of them.

 

[Hjgdfhst123]

I thought of you, @mellowyellowgirl. Big, green, & halo, ha.

Isn't this Queen Max of the Netherlands?

 

[springsparkle]

I loved going through the beautiful emeralds in this thread, and wanted to share my new-to-me Victorian ring! The Colombian emerald is approx .75 and untreated, with OMC side stones.

 

[Neptune]

I loved going through the beautiful emeralds in this thread, and wanted to share my new-to-me Victorian ring! The Colombian emerald is approx .75 and untreated, with OMC side stones.

Delish!

 

[junebug17]

I loved going through the beautiful emeralds in this thread, and wanted to share my new-to-me Victorian ring! The Colombian emerald is approx .75 and untreated, with OMC side stones.

It's gorgeous!! You have such a beautiful jewelry collection @springsparkle

 

[Neptune]

In case someone is looking for a non treated honker...

Colombian No Oil Emerald and Diamond Three-Stone Ring Set in Platinum

Colombian No Oil Emerald and Diamond Three-Stone Ring Set in Platinum

www.joopiter.com

I think this might be the actual ring.

 

[springsparkle]

It's gorgeous!! You have such a beautiful jewelry collection @springsparkle

Thank you so much! I still remember your beautiful collection from when I was on PS several years ago!

 

[junebug17]

Thank you so much! I still remember your beautiful collection from when I was on PS several years ago!

Thank you @springsparkle, that's very kind of you to say <3

 

[whitewave]

Did I post my finished ring? I might have posted the stone but I don’t remember if I ever posted the finished ring.

Unplated white gold.