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chatoyancy said:
That’s beautiful! Is it a zircon? I just checked out his website. I’ve got to have one of those zig zag stones.
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Yep zircon....sold already though...
 
Cockatiel said:
Yep zircon....sold already though...
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I just bought a brilliant round zircon in that color, but this cut takes the cake.
By the way, I love the lily of the valley in your profile pic. Mine are blooming right now. I just love the fragrance.
 
chatoyancy said:
I just bought a brilliant round zircon in that color, but this cut takes the cake.
By the way, I love the lily of the valley in your profile pic. Mine are blooming right now. I just love the fragrance.
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Lucky you! I still have snow where I live....no flowers yet.
 
chatoyancy said:
I just bought a brilliant round zircon in that color, but this cut takes the cake.
By the way, I love the lily of the valley in your profile pic. Mine are blooming right now. I just love the fragrance.
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Oww, please post a pic of your new beauty!!
 
I looove zircons for their beauty but am scared of dropping them or knocking them against something and chipping them. I always am browsing the john Dyer catalogue for the intention of purchasing but many of the stones are so fragile for me! Like tanzanites....sunstones....zircons....Even mali garnets and grossular garnets are too soft, they have lower mohs hardnes than other garnets. It's a shame how the most beautiful stones come with bad durability.
 
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I am drawn to many gemstones with great beauty out there with also ludicrous hardness like 3....4....or something. Like sphalerite, rutile, rhodochrosite, cerussite, etc.
 
@Cockatiel I have found zircons to be quite ok for wearing and prancing around on a date or lunch with the girls (stuff like that).

My peridot has survived several days out with a 5yo. It looks brand new. I think because we all have so many rings anyway, it's unlikely that you're going to wear it to death.

I do think it's an element of luck! A few ladies have mentioned chipping their spinels!
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
@Cockatiel I have found zircons to be quite ok for wearing and prancing around on a date or lunch with the girls (stuff like that).

My peridot has survived several days out with a 5yo. It looks brand new. I think because we all have so many rings anyway, it's unlikely that you're going to wear it to death.

I do think it's an element of luck! A few ladies have mentioned chipping their spinels!
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That's meeeeee. But I've had ahem occasions when I've been out drinking and dunno what I did with the bling on my rings. It's a miracle I've not lost any.
 
Burmesedaze said:
That's meeeeee. But I've had ahem occasions when I've been out drinking and dunno what I did with the bling on my rings. It's a miracle I've not lost any.
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Lol how much did you drink girl????

I got HAMMERED almost every evening in the Maldives 8 years ago (footloose and childfree on an all inclusive alcohol package, we were downing all sorts of cocktails until we were spinning) and I haven't been able to drink very much since! It's cured me of my taste for hard liquor (I think I guzzled 5 Black Russians in a row at one point).
 
That would be me thats chipped spinels....
I see facet abrasion too.
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
Lol how much did you drink girl????
I haven't been able to drink very much since! It's cured me of my taste for hard liquor (I think I guzzled 5 Black Russians in a row at one point).
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Wait til the kids are teenagers.... Just wait.
 
@mellowyellowgirl I think it's the unconscious mix of drinks and old age lol. Most recent being a tequila shot after a night of gin and tonic. Thank goodness I have reliable friends and a good driver here.

It's rather difficult to say because there's a lot of bootleg here. I've passed out a couple of times with the worst of hangovers never experienced in my younger days.
 
mellowyellowgirl said:
Lol how much did you drink girl????

I got HAMMERED almost every evening in the Maldives 8 years ago (footloose and childfree on an all inclusive alcohol package, we were downing all sorts of cocktails until we were spinning) and I haven't been able to drink very much since! It's cured me of my taste for hard liquor (I think I guzzled 5 Black Russians in a row at one point).
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That's what the Maldives does to you with the all in package!!!
 
Cockatiel said:
That would be me thats chipped spinels....
I see facet abrasion too.
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My Burmese jewellers did warn me from the very start that spinels are somewhat soft so don't go making too many rings with them. Good people :)
 
Burmesedaze said:
My Burmese jewellers did warn me from the very start that spinels are somewhat soft so don't go making too many rings with them. Good people :)
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Ya I wonder whether spinels are as hardy as people make them out to be. It feels definitely more fragile than lets say, chrysoberyl or sapphire. Just purely personal observation! I wouldn't wear it 24/7. Def not as E ring.
 
Acinom said:
Oww, please post a pic of your new beauty!!
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I have a terrible picture of it in a thread. I think it’s the catch all thread. I am going to take a better pic tomorrow and and post it in the zircon thread.
 
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