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Somebody's gotta buy this stone, "If I won the lottery" edition

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On "sale" right now as part of Kat Florence's Christmas sale. No idea how much discounts they're giving, won't waste their time by emailing them lol. No luck for me in the powerball lottery either so I can keep dreaming :wall:
 
CBianco said:
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On "sale" right now as part of Kat Florence's Christmas sale. No idea how much discounts they're giving, won't waste their time by emailing them lol. No luck for me in the powerball lottery either so I can keep dreaming :wall:
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Ooh how big is this one????

Now that is gorgeous if it's big enough!

ETA: omg I checked and it's 10 carats! Now that is sublime!!! That's what I would buy if I had that kind of money! Failing that my cheap snot will have to do!
 
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mellowyellowgirl said:
Ooh how big is this one????

Now that is gorgeous if it's big enough!

ETA: omg I checked and it's 10 carats! Now that is sublime!!! That's what I would buy if I had that kind of money! Failing that my cheap snot will have to do!
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Same here, I have my precious little jedi snot to enjoy lol! :lol-2:
 
When I'm super bored, I watch Kat Florence videos on youtube and IG. She's the bling queen.
 
Wow, even with the inclusions, how many diamonds of this caliber even exist?

1.10 carat, Fancy Vivid Orange Diamond, Emerald Shape, I2 Clarity, GIA
$308,100

www.leibish.com

1.10 carat, Fancy Vivid Orange Diamond, Emerald Shape, I2 Clarity, GIA, SKU 578074

1.10 carat, Fancy Vivid Orange, emerald shape diamond with I2 clarity, graded by GIA. An amazing orange diamond with an exceptional tangerine color saturation. Clarity graded by our in house GIA GG Graduate Gemologis For more information about this item please contact our customer service...
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T L said:
When I'm super bored, I watch Kat Florence videos on youtube and IG. She's the bling queen.
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Her husband seems wacky though

Not to throw shade but I have no idea why she lets him near the business
 
diamondyes said:
Her husband seems wacky though

Not to throw shade but I have no idea why she lets him near the business
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Wow. Some stunning rubies on her website:

www.katflorence.com

UNHEATED RUBY

Every Kat Florence piece starts with the rarest and most spectacular jewels. From Kashmir Sapphire to Brazilian Paraiba Tourmaline, our gems are like no others. Chosen for rarity, but also their matchless beauty and quality, Kat Florence jewels are all exceptional.
www.katflorence.com www.katflorence.com

However, is 'Jedi' becoming a thing with rubies now? It's only been associated with spinel previously. A case of spinel's reputation starting to influence ruby? Or, 'let's not call this stone a hot pink sapphire. Let's call it a Jedi ruby instead'...
 
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Nick_G said:
However, is 'Jedi' becoming a thing with rubies now? It's only been associated with spinel previously. A case of spinel's reputation starting to influence ruby? Or, 'let's not call this stone a hot pink sapphire. Let's call it a Jedi ruby instead'...
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First time I've seen it, but then again I haven't really been browsing much lately.

I'd think it's more about making pinkish red rubies desirable by attaching a fancy name to them. As it is, a pink modifier takes you further away from trade ideal, not closer to it.

I'm not too big a fan of this development. I don't want my favourite ruby colour to get even more expensive. :lol:
 
Nick_G said:
Wow. Some stunning rubies on her website:

www.katflorence.com

UNHEATED RUBY

Every Kat Florence piece starts with the rarest and most spectacular jewels. From Kashmir Sapphire to Brazilian Paraiba Tourmaline, our gems are like no others. Chosen for rarity, but also their matchless beauty and quality, Kat Florence jewels are all exceptional.
www.katflorence.com www.katflorence.com

However, is 'Jedi' becoming a thing with rubies now? It's only been associated with spinel previously. A case of spinel's reputation starting to influence ruby? Or, 'let's not call this stone a hot pink sapphire. Let's call it a Jedi ruby instead'...
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A strange one I've seen was 'cobalt blue sapphire' for a sapphire that would be quite a nice color for spinel but just ok for sapphire. Cobalt can be used in sapphire treatment, but they were definitely trying to prime the cobalt blue spinel association in the reader, and not referring to treatment.
 
Interesting. It just shows how people are really taking spinel more seriously when it's influencing marketing terms for the corundum gems, however daft they may be...
 
diamondyes said:
Her husband seems wacky though

Not to throw shade but I have no idea why she lets him near the business
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Is that the guy who narrates her videos?
 
T L said:
Is that the guy who narrates her videos?
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Is he kinda wacky? And maybe bald? I forget. But probably yes. He was in quite a few and I felt he didn’t match her classy jewelry. It was a weird vibe for me.
 
Nick_G said:
Interesting. It just shows how people are really taking spinel more seriously when it's influencing marketing terms for the corundum gems, however daft they may be...
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Yup, it is strange that pigeon blood and kashmir blue are are not common descriptors for spinel, but jedi and maybe even cobalt blue are becoming more common to describe corundum. After all those corundum terms are much more established. 'Padparadscha spinel' is common though. Sellers will use whatever they believe will sell best I suppose. Since the labs biggest customers are tradespeople, 'jedi ruby' or others could eventually be used in lab reports.

I had a chat with a dealer with over 40 years of experience, whom I don't know personally and perhaps was just playing the marketing game, say he believes 'Paraiba' will be extended by labs/the trade to describe lagoon tourmalines and other fine, but non-Paraiba-type tourmaline as labs currently define them (copper content content being one of the key factors currently). Who knows. I do my best to not get cought up in such terms.
 
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Not sure if this one has been posted, but this spinel is stunning, estimated price $300,000-400,000

www.bonhams.com

Bonhams : Important Red Spinel

Mahenge, Tanzania Distinguished by a rare combination of large size, an excellent red color, good clarity, transparency and well-balanced proportions. The present modified brilliant oval-cut, displays a "neon" red color and astonishingly beautiful fluorescence be found there cause very high...
www.bonhams.com www.bonhams.com
 
D'oh! That spinel I posted above sold a year ago. I saw the date of 17th May and time of 10:00 PDT, but didn't notice that it said 2022. There's no sold price listed, so does that mean it didn't sell I wonder?
 
JewelledEscalators said:
55 carat ruby!

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And this is the rough specimen that it was cut from:
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Just OMG...

Source: https://jewelleryoutlook.com/fura-g...lds-largest-gem-quality-ruby-ever-discovered/
 
The above 55ct ruby sold for about 35 million. I'm not an expert but I really doubt that if it ever resells, it will achieve anywhere near that number. Maybe if a big brand is attached to it.

Here's extremely rare size for a clean benitoite... 6ct. One of the very few over 5cts that have been for sale to my knowledge.

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This is pretty sweet 3F8AC3A6-2579-440E-8F75-820E0A0CD00B.png
 
Mrsz1ppy said:
And it sold….for €945,000
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If I'm not mistaken, that would mean it sold for over $141,000/ct. A beautiful stone, for sure, but appears abraded and chipped a bit - what compelling provenance does it possess?!!
 
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