Vanadium beryl vs emerald

[Rad_Fan]

There’s another up close shot of the lady who now owns that as her ering!! Check out his feed.

Beautiful stone, looks like the Chivor material.

I know it's an interesting story but sometimes I get put off with very "showy" and high $$$ stories like this from many IG vendors...it makes me feel like their gems are way out of my reach. I know he carries various price items still but...

 

[T L]

med. = medium tone. Mostly likely hers is medium dark but the light made it look "lighter".

I agree.

 

[T L]

I know it's an interesting story but sometimes I get put off with very "showy" and high $$$ stories like this from many IG vendors...it makes me feel like their gems are way out of my reach. I know he carries various price items still but...

He actually showed a very meh emerald on his feed the other day. I didn’t post it because it was really unattractive. I was a bit shocked!!

 

[T L]

Then there’s this lady, who has a smaller more attainable, and attractive ering stone from George.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BxgFKd0DlHg/?igshid=tygvvpco0iza

 

[Rad_Fan]

He actually showed a very meh emerald on his feed the other day. I didn’t post it because it was really unattractive. I was a bit shocked!!

Ya, but I am referring to the pricing, assuming his prices are calculated based on the quality of the gems, accordingly. I don't know and I don't want to say too much since others are meeting/buying from him.

I also get put off of "DM for price" tactic commonly used by many vendors...so

Done being frustrated. Let's enjoy emeralds.

 

[T L]

Here’s a 50 carat one that color from Harry Winston.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVr0RCjEEM/?igshid=1ez8jszq0qodj

 

[Rad_Fan]

Here’s a 50 carat one that color from Harry Winston.

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByVr0RCjEEM/?igshid=1ez8jszq0qodj

DAMN...

I guess other fancy cuts won't have that symmetrical glow/sheen of the emerald cut emeralds, still very attractive!

 

[Rad_Fan]

Love this too

https://www.instagram.com/p/ByN6U8-DD_A/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

 

[T L]

DAMN...

I guess other fancy cuts won't have that symmetrical glow/sheen of the emerald cut emeralds, still very attractive!

To be honest, even though it’s an HW, and FIFTY carats, and absolutely gorgeous, it’s not that Duck Neck Muzo color, so it won’t be as metallic green.

 

[T L]

I had to post this, love this pic of mine in the blaring sun. The spinel isn’t too shabby either. It’s Duck Neck, but in the blaring sun, it really glowed. Direct sunlight really brightens the tone.

 

[ordinaryrainbow]

med. = medium tone. Mostly likely hers is medium dark but the light made it look "lighter".

I am kind of odd about pairing outfits with emerald jewelry. I often think that wearing black shows off the emerald better.

I agree. I saw pictures of Angelina Jolie at an awards show once in a simple black evening gown with these stunning emerald earrings. It looked beautiful.

I think the same thing about sapphires. I can see why Kate Middleton wore a blue dress when she and PW announced their engagement. When she wore a red suit a few weeks later, the deep blue of the ring looked a little odd against the red.

 

[DauphineMucha]

I had to post this, love this pic of mine in the blaring sun. The spinel isn’t too shabby either. It’s Duck Neck, but in the blaring sun, it really glowed. Direct sunlight really brightens the tone.

Have you taken pictures of your emeralds between 5:00pm to sunset outside? That light is so magical too. I got to play with one 1/2 hour before sunset and it was so lush!

 

[DauphineMucha]

I agree. I saw pictures of Angelina Jolie at an awards show once in a simple black evening gown with these stunning emerald earrings. It looked beautiful.

I think the same thing about sapphires. I can see why Kate Middleton wore a blue dress when she and PW announced their engagement. When she wore a red suit a few weeks later, the deep blue of the ring looked a little odd against the red.

I think many of us here don’t really care for that tone of blue. However, it might be a popular shade of blue back a decade ago? I saw a Deco bracelet made of platinum, oec, and synthetic sapphires of the same tone. I wondered why in the world they wouldn’t make the man made stuffs in the most desirable shades of blue . I think someone here reminds us that different times call for different styles/colors and I agree!

 

[T L]

Have you taken pictures of your emeralds between 5:00pm to sunset outside? That light is so magical too. I got to play with one 1/2 hour before sunset and it was so lush!

This is an evening shot that I posted earlier in this thread.

 

[T L]

I think many of us here don’t really care for that tone of blue. However, it might be a popular shade of blue back a decade ago? I saw a Deco bracelet made of platinum, oec, and synthetic sapphires of the same tone. I wondered why in the world they wouldn’t make the man made stuffs in the most desirable shades of blue . I think someone here reminds us that different times call for different styles/colors and I agree!

The Diana/Kate ring is responsible for the sale of more dark inferior sapphires at high prices than you can imagine. It’s an ugly stone, or I’ve never seen a decent picture of it. It just goes to show you that royalty even gets duped by jewelers. I don’t care for Princess Eugenie’s Padparadcha either. Pricescopers have much nicer ones.

ETA Angelina had a matching ring on too!!

 

[ordinaryrainbow]

I think many of us here don’t really care for that tone of blue. However, it might be a popular shade of blue back a decade ago? I saw a Deco bracelet made of platinum, oec, and synthetic sapphires of the same tone. I wondered why in the world they wouldn’t make the man made stuffs in the most desirable shades of blue . I think someone here reminds us that different times call for different styles/colors and I agree!

I wonder that too. My mum specifically wanted an Australian sapphire for her engagement ring back when she got engaged, precisely because Australian sapphires come in those very dark, blue-black colours which is what she favours.

I also wonder if it’s a country preference. Liz Hurley’s sapphire is similarly dark which made me wonder if it’s just that people in the UK tend prefer that darker colour.

 

[T L]

I wonder that too. My mum specifically wanted an Australian sapphire for her engagement ring back when she got engaged, precisely because Australian sapphires come in those very dark, blue-black colours which is what she favours.

I also wonder if it’s a country preference. Liz Hurley’s sapphire is similarly dark which made me wonder if it’s just that people in the UK tend prefer that darker colour.

No offense to the British, but I think they just want to copy Diana’s ring, as most people, almost everywhere, think that’s what a top color sapphire is supposed to look like.

 

[ordinaryrainbow]

The Diana/Kate ring is responsible for the sale of more dark inferior sapphires at high prices than you can imagine. It’s an ugly stone, or I’ve never seen a decent picture of it. It just goes to show you that royalty even gets duped by jewelers. I don’t care for Princess Eugenie’s Padparadcha either. Pricescopers have much nicer ones.

ETA Angelina had a matching ring on too!!

I haven’t looked closely at Eugenie’s ring before. Going to google that now, along with examples of trade ideal padparadchas!

Oooh, need to check out Angelina’s ring, too!

 

[T L]

Compare her padparadcha to this gorgeous one just posted on one of the last few pages of the eye candy sticky.

https://www.pricescope.com/community/attachments/bde06348-26f3-4f9a-9c15-e853ee926541-jpeg.678713/

 

[T L]

Here’s both aforementioned royal erings. Maybe they’re just not photogenic???

To be fair, there’s not many photos of the padparadcha ring, but there’s a zillion photos of the Diana ring going back decades, and it never looked good in a single one.

 

[T L]

I wonder that too. My mum specifically wanted an Australian sapphire for her engagement ring back when she got engaged, precisely because Australian sapphires come in those very dark, blue-black colours which is what she favours.

I also wonder if it’s a country preference. Liz Hurley’s sapphire is similarly dark which made me wonder if it’s just that people in the UK tend prefer that darker colour.

Liz Hurley’s sapphire was Saturated and gorgeous though. It is a million times nicer than that royal one.

ETA: I take that back!! I was thinking of Beyonce’s Ring.

https://www.pricescope.com/communit...rley-move-over-now-this-is-a-sapphire.171612/

 

[voce]

Eugenie's pad looks more saturated in the photo you provided than that one in the eye candy sticky, and I'd say it's not obviously inferior, as Diana's sapphire is.

 

[T L]

Eugenie's pad looks more saturated in the photo you provided than that one in the eye candy sticky, and I'd say it's not obviously inferior, as Diana's sapphire is.

It looks brown to me whereas I see no brown in the pastel of the other eye candy pad.

 

[voce]

It looks brown to me whereas I see no brown in the pastel of the other eye candy pad.

Oh, I don't see any brown. But then, I suspect I see more gray than most people. Color perception is so weird!

 

[ordinaryrainbow]

Liz Hurley’s sapphire was Saturated and gorgeous though. It is a million times nicer than that royal one.

ETA: I take that back!! I was thinking of Beyonce’s Ring.

https://www.pricescope.com/communit...rley-move-over-now-this-is-a-sapphire.171612/

Beyonce’s Is gorgeous! It has that amazing colour throughout the stone. Even nicer than this other amazing sapphire I saw in a Graff store window:



When I first saw Beyonce’s I actually thought it was a tanzanite...

 

[T L]

Victoria Beckham has better taste in sapphires than her fellow Brits. Liz Hurley or Diana.

At least you can see it’s blue!!!

 

[ZestfullyBling]

Victoria Beckham has better taste in sapphires than her fellow Brits. Liz Hurley or Diana.

At least you can see it’s blue!!!

She has such an awesome sense of style from head to toe to ring finger

 

[DauphineMucha]

Victoria Beckham has better taste in sapphires than her fellow Brits. Liz Hurley or Diana.

At least you can see it’s blue!!!

What shade of blue do you think VB’s?

 

[DauphineMucha]

Victoria Beckham has better taste in sapphires than her fellow Brits. Liz Hurley or Diana.

At least you can see it’s blue!!!

Totally agree with you!

 

[T L]

What shade of blue do you think VB’s?

It’s hard to tell, but it’s more saturated than that black Diana ring. It’s a good thing Diana had other beautiful jewelry worthy of her, but that ring

When it showed up on Kate, I was like “Noooooooo!!” It has sentimental value so that’s why it’s significant.

VB has gorgeous colored gems including an amazing emerald ring.