Vendor pictures and owner pictures of PS stones

[mariedtiger]

I''ve been waiting for this picture TL

Thank you for the picture, it is indeed a lovely stone. With my stone I agree about the yellow, it''s not a sunshine stone at all. But have you seen how it glows in the shadow?

 

[T L]

Date: 7/9/2009 4:08:04 AM
Author: mariedtiger
I''ve been waiting for this picture TL

Thank you for the picture, it is indeed a lovely stone. With my stone I agree about the yellow, it''s not a sunshine stone at all. But have you seen how it glows in the shadow?

Hi MT!!
It''s a very lovely Loliondo specimen, and I have heard that those gems tend to run on the more yellow side, which some people really love. I would highly recommend the stone to anyone that likes a more yellowish orange spessartite. I personally prefer a more pure orange hue, like my pear. I actually puchased it because I thought it would fit in my 8x8 LOGR, but it''s slightly too small, so since I already have two spessartites, I think it''s best I return this one so that someone else can enjoy and cheerish it. It does glow neon in the shade, you are correct.

 

[mariedtiger]

I hear you TL

 

[Barcelona]

Pink tourmaline from Gene
Color is very accurate in real life.

 

[kas baby]

Barcelona that is such a cool tourmaline! what does Gene call that cut? its so interesting...

 

[Barcelona]

Date: 7/10/2009 12:48:19 PM
Author: kas baby
Barcelona that is such a cool tourmaline! what does Gene call that cut? its so interesting...

He said it has a frosted star cut into the pavilion.

 

[Barcelona]

Another pink tourmaline from Gene, this one is concave cut. This stone is very hard to photograph.

 

[ydiamonds]

Pink tourmaline from Dan Stair. My camera just couldn''t get good close-ups of the loose stone but here it is set in a simple basket. It''s a 7x7, 1.6 ct.

 

[ydiamonds]

Dan''s picture. It''s more purple than pink but very pretty.

 

[LtlFirecracker]

ACS pink spinel - I think the vendor photo was accurate.

 

[klewis]

Although I wasn''t expecting this stone to look IRL like it does in this vendors pic it actually does look this vivid - my pics haven''t done it justice. Apologies in advance - I can''t post multiple pics in same post.

 

[klewis]

daylight

 

[klewis]

also daylight

 

[klewis]

cropped and straightened

 

[klewis]

This Mali Garnet from the same vendor

 

[klewis]

Again the vendor pic is accurate to the actual stone. This pretty much shows the its real colour

 

[klewis]

This shows much a more golden than it actually is.

 

[T L]

Klewis,
Nice zig-zag tourmaline. Is that a John Dyer cut?

 

[klewis]

Hi TL- Stupid of me to post in this thread and forget to mention the vendor, I thought I had. Yes it is a John Dyer cut.

 

[T L]

Klewis,
Can we see pictures of the JD tourmaline in it''s own thread? I would love to see the pavillion cutting on it as well. John comes up with such unique and fun cuts.

 

[klewis]

Date: 7/19/2009 4:30:55 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Klewis,

Can we see pictures of the JD tourmaline in it''s own thread? I would love to see the pavillion cutting on it as well. John comes up with such unique and fun cuts.

TL Yes, of course. It''s 9am and I have to go out, but I will do that as soon as I get back

 

[Lady_Disdain]

3.1cts sphelaerite from GemLine (litnon).

The vendor picture is very true to life.

 

[Lady_Disdain]

My picture doesn''t show the two colours quite as well. The vendor picture is better

 

[Lady_Disdain]

And an ACS red spinel - once again, a great picture, very true.

 

[megeve]

Pink tourmaline from AJSgems 5.27ct octagon 12.40x7.60x6.30

Vendors pic my pic

after setting, the stone looks exactly like vendors IRL!

 

[megeve]

I would like to add some thoughts to my above post.

With AJS, I would only buy stones with the 'extra comments' above the stones details, e.g. this is the comments to my pink tourmaline:

"What a Beautiful Color. This fine gemstone has been Superbly cut and polished to a high brilliance with Full Luster and No Windows. This is a fabulous gems has a fully saturated vivid pink color and bursts with flashes of color from all angles. I'm sure you will be pleased with this fine gem once you received it and see the real thing"

Despite the information above, when I received it, I was not so happy with the color as it doesn't hold its color in all lights. Most of the time, it tended to look darker than the vendors pic. I was seriously considering to send it back. That being said, in certain light, I do see the pink as in vendors pic. So, I decided to chance it. After the setting, the color of the stone became closer to vendors pic and thats what I see IRL. This setting is just perfect for this stone as it closed up the tilt window in it and the white metal brightens up the color too.

 

[brandy_z28]

purchased from AC Stones

Details: Cat'seye Moonstone Pair(J) 3.89 tcw., 9x7mm oval cabochons


my picture:

vendor pic:

 

[brandy_z28]

purchased from AC Stones

details: Reverse Carved Citrine Pair (J) 10.2 ct. tw. Round cabochon.

my pic:

vendor pic:

 

[brandy_z28]

purchased from AC Stones

details: Sleeping Beauty Turquoise(J) 4.79ct. 14x11 triangular cabochon

my pic:

vendor pic:

 

[brandy_z28]

stone purchased from Gemline www.litnon.com

Origin: Afghanistan
Weight: 0.62 carats
Size: 6 x 4 mm
Clarity VS Top eye clean gemstone!
Cut: Well cut emerald baugette shape
Color: Light neon blue
Treatment: None, guaranteed natural color!

vendor pic:

my pics: