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I want to know more about that transitional stone!
Gorgeous green!
Picked up this antique (~1910) platinum & 14k filigree pin with a .50ct emerald and .30ct rose cut diamonds at the NY Antique & Jewelry Watch Show It caught my eye as I was passing by a booth as I was getting ready to leave, and I just couldn't leave without it.
It isn't certed, but based on the inclusions, the vendor believes it is of Colombian origin. I would love to wear it as a pendant (either horizonal or vertical works), so trying to figure out the best way to hang it on a chain without tilting.
And here is a shot with the rest of my emerald family!
- Dangly earring charms with Hauynes and 4.7mm square emerald cut Columbian emeralds from Cecile Raley
- Loose Pear cut 7.4 x 4.7mm Muzo emerald from Desert Rose, destined to be set with a pear cut diamond in a Toi-et-Moi by CvB soon
- Three-stone Russian Emerald and Burmese Spinel ring, stones from Desert Rose and set by DanielM
I love that they are all slightly different colors / have different personalities, because I won't feel as guilty when I keep buying more / larger stones haha.
Picked up this antique (~1910) platinum & 14k filigree pin with a .50ct emerald and .30ct rose cut diamonds at the NY Antique & Jewelry Watch Show It caught my eye as I was passing by a booth as I was getting ready to leave, and I just couldn't leave without it.
It isn't certed, but based on the inclusions, the vendor believes it is of Colombian origin. I would love to wear it as a pendant (either horizonal or vertical works), so trying to figure out the best way to hang it on a chain without tilting.
And here is a shot with the rest of my emerald family!
- Dangly earring charms with Hauynes and 4.7mm square emerald cut Columbian emeralds from Cecile Raley
- Loose Pear cut 7.4 x 4.7mm Muzo emerald from Desert Rose, destined to be set with a pear cut diamond in a Toi-et-Moi by CvB soon
- Three-stone Russian Emerald and Burmese Spinel ring, stones from Desert Rose and set by DanielM
I love that they are all slightly different colors / have different personalities, because I won't feel as guilty when I keep buying more / larger stones haha.
I want to know more about that transitional stone!
Picked up this antique (~1910) platinum & 14k filigree pin with a .50ct emerald and .30ct rose cut diamonds at the NY Antique & Jewelry Watch Show It caught my eye as I was passing by a booth as I was getting ready to leave, and I just couldn't leave without it.
It isn't certed, but based on the inclusions, the vendor believes it is of Colombian origin. I would love to wear it as a pendant (either horizonal or vertical works), so trying to figure out the best way to hang it on a chain without tilting.
And here is a shot with the rest of my emerald family!
- Dangly earring charms with Hauynes and 4.7mm square emerald cut Columbian emeralds from Cecile Raley
- Loose Pear cut 7.4 x 4.7mm Muzo emerald from Desert Rose, destined to be set with a pear cut diamond in a Toi-et-Moi by CvB soon
- Three-stone Russian Emerald and Burmese Spinel ring, stones from Desert Rose and set by DanielM
I love that they are all slightly different colors / have different personalities, because I won't feel as guilty when I keep buying more / larger stones haha.
There’s a small gem show near my home once a year, and there’s only two dealers I pay any attention to. One sells all kinds of gems like demantoid, various other exotic gems, and he had a bin of lesser priced gems. I was absolutely NOT looking for an emerald, but this one was screaming at me. The clarity, bluish green color, crystal, metallic green sheen, all screamed at me. I louped it to see inclusions that were natural looking to me.
He said he got it from a collection of Zambian stones he thinks, but the stone is very glowy and looks Columbian to me, but I couldn’t pass it up for the price. This jeweler didn’t know much about emeralds, so I just snapped it up. In water at home, I could see it is not a triplet or doublet, and it has zoning indicative of natural material and some crystal inclusions.
1.42 carats. Hopefully not too good to be true. It’s very glowy, and it gleams in all lighting, which is why I couldn’t get very clear shots of it. I broke my rule of not getting a lab report with an emerald, but I felt it was worth the risk for the price (under $1k), so I may just send it off.
Here’s my little glowball, which I got as a present in 2006. 4 mm across, no idea of weight. It’s small but mighty. I absolutely love it!
I want to know more about that transitional stone!
Its gorgeous.....and definitely not snot size