Somebody's Gotta Buy This Stone!

[dk168]

An eye-popping 74.58ct Tanzanite as seen in Jeff White's FB page. According to Jeff it has gone to a good home:



DK

 

[picante27]

That tanzanite! Gorgeous color! What does one do with 74 carats of fabulousness? I'm trying to picture jewelry, but all I'm imagining is a very fancy paperweight!

 

[Niel]

That tanzanite! Gorgeous color! What does one do with 74 carats of fabulousness? I'm trying to picture jewelry, but all I'm imagining is a very fancy paperweight!

I'd think a necklace

 

[Niel]

OTL is selling my dream cats eye that I can't afford right now *sigh and some other beauties over on LT



I expunged my budget on colourless chrysoberyls.

Yea I want this pretty badly

 

[dk168]

This beauty will be mine at the end of April 2016, a trillion Mahenge Spinel from Yvonne, 2.37ct, 8.01 x 8.04 x 5.18mm, thank you Yvonne for making it happen for me!



DK

 

[Acinom]

This beauty will be mine at the end of April 2016, a trillion Mahenge Spinel from Yvonne, 2.37ct, 8.01 x 8.04 x 5.18mm, thank you Yvonne for making it happen for me!



DK

What a gorgeous piece. Great choice dk!!

 

[dk168]

Got to thank mochiko42 as she pointed it out to me a few months ago.

DK

 

[katharath]

Very nice, DK, that's a great one!! Good timing too, did you get the sale price? Yvonne almost NEVER does 20% off, I'm so tempted to buy several things right now...

 

[dk168]

Very nice, DK, that's a great one!! Good timing too, did you get the sale price? Yvonne almost NEVER does 20% off, I'm so tempted to buy several things right now...

To be honest, I do not know if I got it at the discounted price, as I had the currency set at GBP at the time.

Besides, she allowed me to pay in instalments (thank you), therefore, I can't complain as I believe it is very nice stone.

DK

 

[dk168]

Just checked the figures, and yes, I got the 20% discount, bargain!

DK

 

[katharath]

Just checked the figures, and yes, I got the 20% discount, bargain!

DK

Congrats, that's awesome!!

 

[lovedogs]

This beauty will be mine at the end of April 2016, a trillion Mahenge Spinel from Yvonne, 2.37ct, 8.01 x 8.04 x 5.18mm, thank you Yvonne for making it happen for me!



DK

Congrats as such an amazing stone! Hooray!

 

[PattyCo]

Wow DK!! That is an awesome stone, plus payments, plus a nice discount! You made out like a bandit!

 

[Lovinggems]

Beautiful stone DK.
Niel the Graf necklace is spectacular, I wonder if it is a carved jade or emerald, or something else.

 

[elle_71125]

April? How am I supposed to make it to April to see those hand shots...it's so pretty!
So happy for you DK but serious feelings of jealousy are making their way to the forefront.

 

[elle_71125]

Someone is gonna have to step in and save me from myself.

Yvonne posted these beautiful hauynite melee

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266793902/sale-hauynite-round-melees-17mm?ref=shop_home_active_2


And these bright Burma spinel melee

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266796486/sale-burma-spinel-rounds-22mm?ref=listing-shop-header-0

 

[lovedogs]

Someone is gonna have to step in and save me from myself.

Yvonne posted these beautiful hauynite melee

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266793902/sale-hauynite-round-melees-17mm?ref=shop_home_active_2


And these bright Burma spinel melee

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266796486/sale-burma-spinel-rounds-22mm?ref=listing-shop-header-0

Elle: looks like those hauynite are already gone! Whew those went fast (but I can see why!!)

 

[minousbijoux]

Someone is gonna have to step in and save me from myself.

Yvonne posted these beautiful hauynite melee

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266793902/sale-hauynite-round-melees-17mm?ref=shop_home_active_2


And these bright Burma spinel melee

https://www.etsy.com/listing/266796486/sale-burma-spinel-rounds-22mm?ref=listing-shop-header-0

Now THAT's what this thread is all about, eye candy for sale! Elle, in addition to the link, you might want to include relevant information about stones you post, like weight, dimensions and price - that way, people don't have to click through to a link if they don't want to.

 

[ScarletRpsdy]

I saw the hauynite when it was just posted and really struggled with the decision to purchase some. My fear was that I would end up with a bunch of pretty, tiny stones with no idea what to do with them! Apparently my concern wasn't shared because now it's all gone haha! Alas, such is life!

 

[elle_71125]

I saw the hauynite when it was just posted and really struggled with the decision to purchase some. My fear was that I would end up with a bunch of pretty, tiny stones with no idea what to do with them! Apparently my concern wasn't shared because now it's all gone haha! Alas, such is life!

This is exactly how I was feeling. I went so far as to add them to my cart before rational thought set in.

 

[arabella]

I saw the hauynite when it was just posted and really struggled with the decision to purchase some. My fear was that I would end up with a bunch of pretty, tiny stones with no idea what to do with them! Apparently my concern wasn't shared because now it's all gone haha! Alas, such is life!

Yup. Exactly the same feeling here!! I knew when she posted those today I wasn't alone!

 

[lovedogs]

This is a gorgeous stone for anyone in the market for a burmese spinel! Price is 3K

Here's the seller description:
2.11 Burma Carat Spinel
Color: Medium Slightly Purplish-Red/PinkHighlights
Dimensions:8.14x6.07x5.07mm
Clarity:VS-TIny Feather under 14 x's magnification under top left star facet.
Treatments: None
Origin:Burma
1st Photo taken in diffuse natural light.
Shots on hand taken under daylight bulb 6000k.

 

[katharath]

I saw the hauynite when it was just posted and really struggled with the decision to purchase some. My fear was that I would end up with a bunch of pretty, tiny stones with no idea what to do with them! Apparently my concern wasn't shared because now it's all gone haha! Alas, such is life!

This is exactly how I was feeling. I went so far as to add them to my cart before rational thought set in.

Lol...me too. At one point I had 10 of the Burmese spinels and 10 hauynes in my cart...then I looked at my boxes of unset gems and FORCED myself to step away. It was hard!!!

 

[Sungura]

Lol Katharath. I did the same with the hauynes. I still have 10 of the neon burmas unset from her trip to Las Vegas. When her sale went live at midnight eastern on Sunday I had the Orange neon spess in my cart (it's been in her shop for months and I got to see it in person) and within one minute someone bought it out of my cart ha ha. We are all nuts!!

 

[katharath]

Lol Katharath. I did the same with the hauynes. I still have 10 of the neon burmas unset from her trip to Las Vegas. When her sale went live at midnight eastern on Sunday I had the Orange neon spess in my cart (it's been in her shop for months and I got to see it in person) and within one minute someone bought it out of my cart ha ha. We are all nuts!!

Lol, yes, we are all nuts together. Sorry you lost the spess though

 

[lilmosun]

Add me to the list of those trying hard to behave

I had to remind myself that I have already have hauynite melee in two of my Yvonne rings....in fact, I got started making rings with Yvonne when I bought some last year and just had to have them set (the color is amazing). And I still have some neon pinks left from my last project.

(sorry about the spess sungura...I thought about the bixbite as I love little rare oddities but its gone now)

 

[Sungura]

katharath and Lilmosun I know we share a love of these super saturated oddities and it's just so hard to resist when they become available. I had months to buy that Spess. I scored the odd Emerald triangle and the super bright blue 4mm round sapphire at 20% off. So I'm happy

I did lust for the bixbite. I've only seen one in pictures and the one Yvonne listed is one of the cleanest I've seen.

 

[lilmosun]

Yay...I've been admiring the emerald

 

[minousbijoux]

Lovedogs: I was just admiring that spinel! I loved it in the smaller photo, but when I see it on the hand, I wonder how much shadowing/half and half it might exhibit on a regular basis. Assuming its minimal, someone should buy it and let us know!

For all of you Yvonne lovers, can you fill me in? Was she having a sale or something? Not that I need any incentive to buy stones, but its always a pleasure to know about sales, especially of beautiful gemstones

 

[mochiko42]

Lovedogs: I was just admiring that spinel! I loved it in the smaller photo, but when I see it on the hand, I wonder how much shadowing/half and half it might exhibit on a regular basis. Assuming its minimal, someone should buy it and let us know!

For all of you Yvonne lovers, can you fill me in? Was she having a sale or something? Not that I need any incentive to buy stones, but its always a pleasure to know about sales, especially of beautiful gemstones

Yvonne's offering 20% off all gems in her shop until February 14th. She normally only does 10 or 15% off.