Think I found my chrysoberyl!

[T L]

http://www.thegemtrader.com/Dec%2008%20Chrysoberyl%20Page.htm

Large with a good price!

He said it's brownish yellow though, so people know it's a brownish stone.

 

[Marlow]

Have you ever seen a yellow yellow yellow chrysoberyl??

Think they all have a brown or green modifier...

 

[the_mother_thing]

Gary assured me that his chryso did not have either brown nor green, though I would be okay with a slightly brown modifier.

I also saw some green chrysoberyls that would be pretty. I would have to go to the full green end of the spectrum for that though vs a greenish yellow color.

 

[T L]

Have you ever seen a yellow yellow yellow chrysoberyl??

Think they all have a brown or green modifier...

Right, but you don't want them overly brown. I've seen nicer golden yellow chrysoberyls, but some have more brown than others.

Unfortunately yellow is right in the spectrum between green and orange, and so you'll either see some green or orange in a yellow stone. In the latter, the orange sometimes shows itself as a more muddy orange or brown.

 

[T L]

Gary assured me that his chryso did not have either brown nor green, though I would be okay with a slightly brown modifier.

I also saw some green chrysoberyls that would be pretty. I would have to go to the full green end of the spectrum for that though vs a greenish yellow color.

Overly green chrysoberyls tend to look a lot like peridot to the untrained eye. However, they have a stronger luster, brilliance and hardness than peridot, which is the nice thing about them. I prefer more yellow than the green, but that is subjective. The yellow in really strongly saturated greenish yellow stones reminds me of those neon highlighter markers. That may or may not be to your liking.

 

[Marlow]

The most beautiful yellow I have seen was a larger tourmaline navette from Nomads - like a piece of sulphur.

Otherwise fine Sierra Leone (Zimi) yellow FCD are gorgous.

In Chrysoberyl I prefer a hint of green - yes - textmarker neon slightly greenish yellow!!

A tulip blossom - that would be perfect to my eye.

 

[T L]

The most beautiful yellow I have seen was a larger tourmaline navette from Nomads - like a piece of sulphur.

Sometimes sulphur is cut like a gem. It's a nice color but too soft I would imagine, and very very cloudy, but very very yellow.

http://gem-sphalerite.com/sulphur/510-sulphur-5894

 

[pregcurious]

I just wanted to say I've bought two chrysoberyl from him and the photography was very accurate.

Niel, did you mean John Bradshaw?

 

[Marlow]

TL:

This is a nice yellow.....

http://www.patrickvoillot.com/shop/gemfrance_en/anglesite-jaune-maroc-7-47-ct-taille-trillion-1-923-h-t.html

 

[T L]

TL:

This is a nice yellow.....

http://www.patrickvoillot.com/shop/gemfrance_en/anglesite-jaune-maroc-7-47-ct-taille-trillion-1-923-h-t.html

It is! Too bad it's only a 2.5 to 3 on the hardness scale. Some chrysoberyl can look like that, but slightly more green. However, it was the Tanzanian material and I think it has been mined out. I don't see much of it anymore.

 

[Marlow]

Yes - sometimes nature is really funny ..... the nicest gem material are so soft ( Anglesite, Sphalerite)!

Many of the nice tanzanian material has gone - no more V-Chrysoberyl, neon greenish yellow.

 

[Niel]

I just wanted to say I've bought two chrysoberyl from him and the photography was very accurate.

Niel, did you mean John Bradshaw?

Sorry I just saw this. No I meant fine water.