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Two new stones arrived tonight!

Oh my! It's gorgeous!!
 
That bix bite is such a rarity! So pretty! Do you have other plans for it?
 
Actually I do. A bombe ring with a cabochon spess garnet and a mixture of the spess melee and the bixbite.
 
So I finally picked up my little blue baby.

Really happy with how it turned out as I don’t have any rings similar to this.

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Soooooo...... having gone back and forth a million times with this damn spinel, I eventually totally scrapped my previous plans, binned the earlier work and started again.

A month down the track and I’m finally done. Am really pleased with how it turned out and now have something I can wear daily instead of a more blingy setting which was my original intention.

My NEXT project though, am adamant, will be a gobstocker cocktail ring of immense colour and pizzaz! Just to make up for it. DA4F7177-077F-4900-B978-2FFD35C66A38.jpeg
 
Soooooo...... having gone back and forth a million times with this damn spinel, I eventually totally scrapped my previous plans, binned the earlier work and started again.

A month down the track and I’m finally done. Am really pleased with how it turned out and now have something I can wear daily instead of a more blingy setting which was my original intention.

My NEXT project though, am adamant, will be a gobstocker cocktail ring of immense colour and pizzaz! Just to make up for it. DA4F7177-077F-4900-B978-2FFD35C66A38.jpeg

Just beautiful! That is seriously my dream spinel and the setting is just lovely!
 
8952B39F-F57F-4205-B634-CDA2697930CC.jpegAnd with my camera flash on.

Will stick some day light shots in the Sleepy Mahenge thread tomorrow once I get some sun on it.
 
It is so classic and gorgeous! Do you mind sharing the mm dimensions of your beautiful spinel and your ring size? I have finally found my dream red (though Iwish it were larger), and will be looking for a neon pink next.
 
Soooooo...... having gone back and forth a million times with this damn spinel, I eventually totally scrapped my previous plans, binned the earlier work and started again.

A month down the track and I’m finally done. Am really pleased with how it turned out and now have something I can wear daily instead of a more blingy setting which was my original intention.

My NEXT project though, am adamant, will be a gobstocker cocktail ring of immense colour and pizzaz! Just to make up for it. DA4F7177-077F-4900-B978-2FFD35C66A38.jpeg
Oh my god, I waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaant it SO BAD! :love::love:
It's my sleepy red dream!

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Dimensions above. My ring is a size 11 (5.75 US or L U.K.)
 
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They both came out gorgeous!
 
The red in your avatar photo is pretty special too!

Yeahbut, look at youuuuurs.
* Thank you, I do love it. I just wish it had some obvious fluorescence. She's a very crystalline girl. I only have one two sleepy spinels, one pad-ish and one tiny baby pink. I would love to add another sleepy to the collection.
 
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