katharath|1439062281|3912542 said:I'm so glad you sold that spinel, it was gorgeous and a great deal!! I kept having to talk myself down bc I just don't need any more pink spinels, lol...
Congrats to the new owner
And good luck with your sales, those green garnets are beautiful and very difficult to find in such nice color, esp. over the 2 ct mark, getting harder and harder...I know you know that Minous, but just pointing it out for fellow collectors to consider
. I'm not looking for anything specific. Just a mahenge that calls to me, and that I can afford, lol. I'm always willing to add a mahenge to my collection if I love it - so I thought I'd let you know
katharath|1439142921|3912759 said:Well I know that I've always heard that green garnets over 2 cts were considered "rare" - of course it's all a matter of perspective, since green garnets are rare period, at least as compared to many other types of gems. But the 2 ct mark the rarity factor increases.
Now recently I seem to hear that it's become increasingly harder to find the rough for larger green garnets. I don't know how true this is though. I might ask Yvonne what she knows, her close connection with the biggest supplier of these gems in the US should be able to give some insight. I know that Yvonne has offered less tsavorites and mints in general, especially matched pairs or rounds. When I got to see Prima's stock at JCK I was shocked at how there were literally almost no rounds at all in trays and trays of green garnets, but Yvonne was very matter of fact and said, this is how it is now. Rounds were always scarce anyway, but it was crazy to me when I was on my hunt for a round 2 ct mint; I had to buy gems on the second hand market or old stock to get what I wanted. Prima had no rounds at all in the size and color I wanted. (They had incredibly stunning much bigger gems though, lol!!. It's not that there's "nothing" out there; but there was nothing that fit my specifications, and that was surprising to me bc in the past, they would have had what I wanted).
Ok sorry for the long story, lol...
One thing though. I saw in a thread in CS today that you mentioned maybe selling a mahenge? I'm always on the lookout for another one, so I might be interested. Contact me on FB if you like! No rush, but I wanted to put this out there
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minousbijoux|1438985690|3912330 said:Reduced prices on the pink to violet color shift sapphire, the Mali garnet, and the 2 ct pink spinel.
Tsavorite and Merelani Mint are still available and would make an amazing bypass ring - just saying!
http://loupetroop.com/users/mbijoux
mochiko42|1439775776|3915410 said:Minou, you have some beautiful gems. I can't believe the two trillions haven't been snapped up yet- tsavorites and mint garnets only seem to be going up in price these day.
Sending you PS dust for a quick sale!
minousbijoux|1441133488|3922236 said:lilysweet|1441129206|3922189 said:
Hi Lilysweet: sorry, but we must have crossed posted! I am in the process of listing it now, but have hit some snags. You can hit me up via my email (included in my other listings) if you don't want to wait.
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