Vendor pictures and owner pictures of PS stones

[corundum_conundrum]

@corundum_conundrum here are the photos as requested. Taken against the setting sun in natural daylight

The small round is a Sri Lankan chryso that's slightly more saturated than the Mastercut chryso irl.

The Chryso seems lovely--its so rare to see larger Chrysoberyl with nice cutting. It looks like it loves the light.

 

[Burmesedaze]

The Chryso seems lovely--its so rare to see larger Chrysoberyl with nice cutting. It looks like it loves the light.

It does indeed and I plan to set it into a ring sometime soon. It does have some dust like particle inclusions on one side that, visible to the naked eye when they catch the light. Not a biggie for me.

 

[dkata]

My first gem from Earthstreasury has arrived. Its 6 mm and 0.93 carat. I really like this stone, although it’s a little bit moody. To my fortune I love all of its moods!

Here are the vendor pictures:


These are my pictures all taken by artificial lightning, unfortunately no sunshine today. Maybe I can update tomorrow.

 

[Skylight]

My first gem from Earthstreasury has arrived. Its 6 mm and 0.93 carat. I really like this stone, although it’s a little bit moody. To my fortune I love all of its moods!

Here are the vendor pictures:


These are my pictures all taken by artificial lightning, unfortunately no sunshine today. Maybe I can update tomorrow.

Dkata, that is beautiful! Is that a montana sapphire?
The vendor's photos seem to be more pastel compared to your photos, how do you find it in real life?

 

[Skylight]

Brilliant concave spinel 0.51 cts from KosnarGemCo.
Vendor pics (the handshot is in incandescent light):



My pics:



It's hard to get the color right in picture. The first vendor pic is pretty accurate, but of course it sparkles more in real life. In incandescent light, the spinel is more saturated in real life.

 

[dkata]

Dkata, that is beautiful! Is that a montana sapphire?
The vendor's photos seem to be more pastel compared to your photos, how do you find it in real life?

@Skylight sorry, I’ve just realized, I haven’t specified, that it’s a Mahenge Garnet.
You are right, the vendor picture seems more pastel, but a garnet is moody and really hard to capture. I like the moods of this small gem and can’t wait to set it.

 

[dkata]

@Skylight I have managed to take a better picture in natural daylight. It’s sunny, but freezing cold, we have -5 C.

And one more, which shows the pastel more:

 

[Skylight]

@Skylight I have managed to take a better picture in natural daylight. It’s sunny, but freezing cold, we have -5 C.

And one more, which shows the pastel more:

@dkata, That is GORGEOUS! Congratulations on your beautiful mahenge garnet. I can't wait to see it set

 

[chatoyancy]

So, I have one more to post. This one is also from JD:


And my picture:

The color is hard to recreate, but it really has a nice color!

I like the color in your photo better than in his. It’s beautiful!

 

[ShinyPink]

I just received my pink spinel and pink tourmaline from Jeff White. Beautiful!

 

[daneshpastry]

I just received my pink spinel and pink tourmaline from Jeff White. Beautiful!

The 2nd stone is STUNNING? Is that the spinel?

 

[ShinyPink]

The 2nd stone is STUNNING? Is that the spinel?

The second is the tourmaline. Isn't it crazy?!

 

[daneshpastry]

The second is the tourmaline. Isn't it crazy?!

Stunning. I need to reconsider my ambivalence toward tourmalines!

 

[princessandthepear]

I love spinels and have had this gem on layaway. Thank you, Elle W.! This is a lilac spinel cut in a star 80 design by Gene Flanigan. The color shifts from a lavender to a plum depending on the lighting. Forgive my iphone pics. I have no clue as how to use any of the photo editing features.


Elle's vendor photo appears in this PS thread ,https://www.pricescope.com/communit...ght-blue-violet-sapphire-with-sparkle.232383/

 

[Deia]

I just received my pink spinel and pink tourmaline from Jeff White. Beautiful!

I LOVE that sleepy spinel. Absolutely gorgeous

 

[missy]

I just received my pink spinel and pink tourmaline from Jeff White. Beautiful!

Gawd I love this pink color!
And it is a perfect complement to your gorgeous pink nails.
Beautiful stone!

 

[missy]

I love spinels and have had this gem on layaway. Thank you, Elle W.! This is a lilac spinel cut in a star 80 design by Gene Flanigan. The color shifts from a lavender to a plum depending on the lighting. Forgive my iphone pics. I have no clue as how to use any of the photo editing features.


Elle's vendor photo appears in this PS thread ,https://www.pricescope.com/communit...ght-blue-violet-sapphire-with-sparkle.232383/

Beautiful lilac spinel! I love that it shifts from lavender to plum. Beautiful!

 

[missy]

My first gem from Earthstreasury has arrived. Its 6 mm and 0.93 carat. I really like this stone, although it’s a little bit moody. To my fortune I love all of its moods!

Here are the vendor pictures:


These are my pictures all taken by artificial lightning, unfortunately no sunshine today. Maybe I can update tomorrow.

@Skylight I have managed to take a better picture in natural daylight. It’s sunny, but freezing cold, we have -5 C.

And one more, which shows the pastel more:

Oh my goodness! GORGEOUS.

 

[missy]

Brilliant concave spinel 0.51 cts from KosnarGemCo.
Vendor pics (the handshot is in incandescent light):



My pics:



It's hard to get the color right in picture. The first vendor pic is pretty accurate, but of course it sparkles more in real life. In incandescent light, the spinel is more saturated in real life.

So beautiful.
(I want to eat all these amazing gems. They are so beautiful)!

 

[ShinyPink]

Gawd I love this pink color!
And it is a perfect complement to your gorgeous pink nails.
Beautiful stone!

I buy anything and everything pink! It makes me happy. It's also led to some poor decisions, but so be it.

 

[missy]

I buy anything and everything pink! It makes me happy. It's also led to some poor decisions, but so be it.

I am like that with blue. But pink is pretty darn pretty too and goes very well with blue!

My niece (who is 10) loves pink and (almost) everything she owns is pink. I wonder if she will always love pink to that degree or if her tastes will change. When I was her age I was obsessed with purple. I love purple still but not to the degree I did when I was little.

@MrsKMB Did you always love pink as much as you do now or was there another color you preferred when you were younger?

 

[ShinyPink]

@MrsKMB Did you always love pink as much as you do now or was there another color you preferred when you were younger?

I have always loved pink. Right now, I'm wearing pink PJs, on my laptop with a pink case. I just painted my nails pink. I'm looking over at one of the dogs on a pink blanket, and earlier today I used my pink Kitchenaid. You get the picture. My daughter has always loved pink, but prefers more of a hot pink. The other one has always loved purple.

But I look better in red. Go figure!

 

[missy]

I have always loved pink. Right now, I'm wearing pink PJs, on my laptop with a pink case. I just painted my nails pink. I'm looking over at one of the dogs on a pink blanket, and earlier today I used my pink Kitchenaid. You get the picture. My daughter has always loved pink, but prefers more of a hot pink. The other one has always loved purple.

But I look better in red. Go figure!

Well pink and red are closely related IMO. And I love pink and red together.



This is interesting.

http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/03/07/does-the-color-pink-exist-scientists-arent-sure/

Does the Color Pink Exist? Scientists Aren’t Sure
First Pluto, now this? Science takes all the fun stuff away.

In a blog post, Robert Krulwich of the public radio show Radiolab noted that there is no pink in the colors of the rainbow. Pink is actually a combination of red and violet, two colors, which, if you look at a rainbow, are on the opposite sides of the arc. Remember the old colors of the rainbow mnemonic ROYGBIV? The R (red) is as far as it can get from V (violet). That’s where the trouble lies. Pink can’t exist in nature without a little rainbow-bending help, which would allow the shades of red and violet to commingle. This is leading scientists to believe, as Krulwich puts it, that “pink is a made-up color.” Krulwich explains:

I know, of course, that all colors are just waves of light, so every color we “see,” we see with our brains. But what this video says is that there is no such thing as a band of wavelengths that mix red and violet, and therefore, pink is not a real wavelength of light. That’s why pink is an invention. It’s not a name we give to something out there. Pink isn’t out there.

(MORE: Hues You Can Use)

So there you have it. Pink, the color, is just the wishful thinking of our brain blending the red and violet wavelengths together to create the color of many little girls’ birthday parties. But as compelling as Krulwich’s argument is, there are plenty of scientists (and probably My Little Pony fanatics) who disagree with him. In a blog post aptly named Stop This Absurd War on the Color Pink, Scientific American blogger Michael Moyer points to research that indicates that all color, whether in the rainbow or not, is a fabrication of our brains. He quotes biologist Timothy H. Goldsmith as noting that, “Color is not actually a property of light or of objects that reflect light. It is a sensation that arises within the brain.” He concludes by stating that, “Pink is real—or it is not—but it is just as real or not-real as red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.”

We will leave the debate over the color pink to the experts, because we know one Pink who definitely still exists. (Although she has been going by her given name of Alecia Moore a lot lately. Perhaps she knows something we don’t.)

 

[mtsapphirelovingannie]

I bought an aquaprase from acstones.com. It is 12.73 cts., 22.6 x 14.5mm oval cabochon. Barry described it as "This gem has a medium blue-green color and has more of a bluish component than most. It is free of inclusions and is quite translucent."

Here is Barry's picture:



And mine:


In bright sunlight:

 

[Burmesedaze]

I bought an aquaprase from acstones.com. It is 12.73 cts., 22.6 x 14.5mm oval cabochon. Barry described it as "This gem has a medium blue-green color and has more of a bluish component than most. It is free of inclusions and is quite translucent."

Here is Barry's picture:

So yummy gemmy looks delish to eat!

 

[missy]

I bought an aquaprase from acstones.com. It is 12.73 cts., 22.6 x 14.5mm oval cabochon. Barry described it as "This gem has a medium blue-green color and has more of a bluish component than most. It is free of inclusions and is quite translucent."

Here is Barry's picture:



And mine:


In bright sunlight:

Oh I love this color. I wanna go swimming in it.

 

[ShinyPink]

I purchased a 4.0 ct tourmaline and a 2.2 ct mahenge garnet from Rioux Rocks, and they arrived today.
His pictures: (The second one was a video I poorly screen shot.)


And my photos outside:




They are beautiful gems, but I'm probably going to send the garnet back. I don't love it enough for the price. I'm on the fence with the tourmaline, since I prefer more blue than yellow.

 

[mellowyellowgirl]

@MrsKMB thanks for the pics! I bought a tourmaline in a similar shade and cut so it's fantastic to be able to see what yours looks in real life vs the vendor photo.

I'm taking a gamble and having JD set mine, sight unseen!

 

[Gemobsessed]

I purchased a 4.0 ct tourmaline and a 2.2 ct mahenge garnet from Rioux Rocks, and they arrived today.
His pictures: (The second one was a video I poorly screen shot.)


And my photos outside:




They are beautiful gems, but I'm probably going to send the garnet back. I don't love it enough for the price. I'm on the fence with the tourmaline, since I prefer more blue than yellow.

The Tourmaline has more of a yellow hue?

He has a lovely blue tourmaline he just posted about too. I’ve been eyeing it forever - it’s a lovely cushion. Do check it out.

 

[ShinyPink]

The Tourmaline has more of a yellow hue?

He has a lovely blue tourmaline he just posted about too. I’ve been eyeing it forever - it’s a lovely cushion. Do check it out.

I see yellow, or a lighter green, along the edges. I figured since yellow & blue make green, I was safe to say it's yellow, but it's probably some random color from an element in tourmaline.

I did see his blue tourmaline. I think I'm just going to text him and pick his brain about the different gems. He's just the nicest guy, and I want to support him.